Category Archives: Pemex headquarters incident
Explosion at Pemex HQ in Building B-2:
Narratives and counter-narratives
Written on , by Mexico Energy Intelligence
About 4 p.m. on January 31st, an explosion ripped through three floors of a Pemex administrative building at its headquarters complex in downtown Mexico City. Additionally, the blast—traveling through an underground tunnel—damaged a services building across the street. There were 37 fatalities and some 100 injuries. According to early reports, the explosion originated in the Continue Reading
Reflections on the Incident at Building B-2 of the
Pemex Headquarters Complex
Written on , by Mexico Energy Intelligence
The explosion in the basement of the building in Pemex’s headquarters complex was not an industrial accident, as the building is not a facility in which petroleum products are processed, transported or sold. The explosion could have taken place in any other building that operated as an administrative center or office building (the Latin American Continue Reading