MOSCOW (MRC) -- Five workers were hurt when a fire broke out at the Lazaro Cardenas refinery in Minatitlan, Mexican state oil and gas company Pemex confirmed, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing.
The Lazaro Cardenas refinery is located in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Pemex said in a statement that the fire, which erupted last Thursday, had been put out. The fire occurred in a catalytic plant that had been closed for maintenance, the company said.
The rest of the refinery was operating normally.
Four workers suffered burns and were taken to a local hospital, Pemex said. Another worker fell as he operated a fire hose during the emergency response.
The Minatitlan refinery's capacity was raised to 246,000 bpd in 2012. The complex was also hit by a fire in early September of this year.
As MRC informed previously, a burst of flame at the Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) refinery in Ciudad Madero in August, 2014, killed three workers and injured several more. The fire occurred at one of the refinery’s coking plants which wasn’t operating at the time of the accident because of maintenance. There was no damage to the refinery, which is located in the northern Tamaulipas state.
Pemex, Mexican Petroleum, is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company. Pemex has a total asset worth of USD415.75 billion, and is the world's second largest non-publicly listed company by total market value, and Latin America's second largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009. Company produces such polymers, as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS).
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