Mexico Attorney General Hampered Probe of Pemex Rig Accident, Report Finds Nov 4, 2008
6 kilometers) from Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico's Campeche state. Pipeline Corrosion. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Pemex Needs Better Forecasts to Prevent Gulf Accidents, Consultant Reports Nov 1, 2008
The platform and rig were located 47 miles from Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico's Campeche state. Multiple Reports. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Final advisory Aug 6, 2008
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN MEXICO. THE DISSIPATING DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 6 MPH.. 10 KM/HR. THE REMNANTS OF ARTHUR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARD AND REMAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH.. (The Palm Beach Post)
The Budget-Friendly Skies May 8, 2008
Other destinations worth a look: Aguascalientes, Chetumal, Ciudad del Carmen (Campeche), Ciudad Obreg;n (Sonora), La Paz, Los Mochis, Torre;n ... Other destinations worth a look: Aguascalientes, Chetumal, Ciudad del Carmen, Colima, Huatulco, Le;n/Baj;o, Puerto Escondido, San Luis Potos;, Torreon ... Other destinations worth a look: Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Mexico oil leak could last months Nov 30, 2007
CIUDAD DEL CARMEN, Mexico - An oil platform leak that has spilled thousands of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico could take several months to repair, state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos said. Since a drilling rig slammed into a production platform Oct. 23, killing at least 21 workers, a total of 11,700 barrels of oil about 420 a day have seeped into the gulf, Pemex Assistant Director for Exploration and Production Pedro Silva Lopez told reporters invited to fly over the site... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Mexican oil leak could take months to fix Nov 29, 2007
CIUDAD DEL CARMEN, MEXICO An oil platform leak that has spilled thousands of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico could take several more months to repair, state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos said Wednesday. Since a drilling rig slammed into a production platform Oct. 23, killing at least 21 workers, a total of 11,700 barrels of oil about 420 a day have seeped into the gulf, Pemex assistant director for exploration and production Pedro Silva Lopez told reporters invited to fly over the... (Globe and Mail)
Pemex Oil Accident Kills 19, Worst Gulf of Mexico Disaster in Four Decades Oct 26, 2007
Rescuers have retrieved 63 of the 86 employees from the site of the Oct. 23 accident, about 47 miles (75 kilometers) from Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico's Campeche state, Petroleos Mexicanos Chief Executive Officer Jesus Reyes Heroles said today. The impact on production at the company will be ``relatively low,'' Energy Minister Georgina Kessel said in Mexico City, without providing details. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Pemex Says Storm Kills 18 Workers on Oil Platform (Update3) Oct 25, 2007
6 miles (75 kilometers) off the shore from Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche state, the company, known as Pemex, said in a statement. Eight Mexican ports on the Gulf were closed to commercial traffic yesterday after the storm produced gusts of 81 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, said Martin Munoz, of Mexico's meteorological service. (Bloomberg)
Cheap Flights to Monterrey, Mexico Oct 25, 2007
Regional airline Aeroliteral, owned by Aeromexico, uses Monterrey Airport (MTY) as a major hub with flights from Acapulco, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Jurez, Ciudad Obregn, Culiacn, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Len, Mrida, Mexicali, Piedras Negras, Puebla, San Luis Potos, Tampico, Tijuana, Torren, Veracruz, and Villahermosa. Non-Stop Flights from Monterrey Airport (MTY) on Mexican Full-Service Airlines. (Suite101.com)
Storm Strands Mexico Oil Workers at Sea, Ports Shut Oct 25, 2007
"There is bad weather at the moment. We don't know how long it will last, it could be two days," Sergio Cantarell, port captain in Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche state, told Reuters by telephone. "No ships are leaving. Everything is closed.". (Planet Ark, United States)
Cheap Flights: Mexico City Region Oct 23, 2007
Interjet flies to Toluca from Acapulco, Cancn, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Jurez, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, San Jos del Cabo, Tampico, Tuxtla Gutirrez, Veracruz, and Zihuatanejo. Interjet is a point-to-point airline with no connection guarantees. (Suite101.com)
Mexican federal police detain alleged members of powerful drug cartel Sep 8, 2007
Ponce Salazar allegedly also was involved in an attempt on the life of the public safety director in Ciudad del Carmen, a city in the Gulf state of Campeche, and is allegedly connected to the disappearance of a federal police officer from the northern state of Nuevo Leon in February, the news release said. The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico's most powerful and brutal trafficking gangs and is believed responsible for much of the bloodshed along the Mexican border with Texas. (North County Times)
Stronger Hurricane Dean rakes Mexico Aug 23, 2007
South of Veracruz state, the storm surge flooded Ciudad del Carmen, a city of 120,000 people ... Seventy percent of the oil city of Ciudad del Carmen was flooded, Campeche state Gov. Jorge Carlos Hurtado told Mexico's Televisa network. (FOX 11, AZ)
Hurricane Dean slams Mexico's Gulf coast Aug 23, 2007
The storm surge left large parts of the Ciudad del Carmen oil port underwater. There was flooding throughout Veracruz state, including Poza Rica, which is home to oil storage facilities and energy pipelines, although it is not a major producing area. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Dean hits Mexico for 2nd timeBatters oil platforms; thousands forced out Aug 23, 2007
South of Veracruz state, the storm surge flooded Ciudad del Carmen, a city of 120,000 people. Dean became the third most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in recorded history when it plowed into the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday as a ferocious Category 5 storm. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Hurricane Dean batters oil installations after slamming Yucatan Aug 23, 2007
Seventy percent of the oil city of Ciudad del Carmen was flooded Wednesday morning, Campeche state Gov. Jorge Carlos Hurtado told Mexico's Televisa network. The sprawling, westward storm was projected to slam into the mainland Wednesday afternoon near Laguna Verde, Mexico's only nuclear power plant, which is suspending production. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Dean Batters Mexico's Oil Industry Aug 23, 2007
Seventy percent of the oil city of Ciudad del Carmen was flooded Wednesday morning, Campeche state Gov. Jorge Carlos Hurtado told Mexico's Televisa network. Story Continues Below. (Newsmax)
As Hurricane Dean Continues on Destructive Path, ADRA Responds Aug 22, 2007
ADRA's initial response to Hurricane Dean in Mexico will include a distribution of 400 food baskets in Quintana Roo and 400 additional food baskets in Campeche and Ciudad del Carmen. More than 4,000 people will benefit from ADRA Mexico's preparedness and response activities, which may be increased as assessments determine the full scope of the hurricane's impact on the local communities. (AlertNet)
Caymans and Mexico brace for hurricane Aug 21, 2007
The government of Mexico had issued a hurricane warning for the western coast of the peninsula from Progreso southward to Ciudad del Carmen. It said Dean was currently moving to the west at a speed of around 21 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. (International Herald Tribune)
Perry: Texas May Not Be Completely Spared From Deans Effects Aug 21, 2007
"The latest projections that you have seen is that hurricane Dean is going to be a category 3 or 4 by the time it makes landfall in northern Mexico either late Wednesday or early Thursday, Perry said. But that doesn't mean we're going to escape completely. Even if it continues on its current tract, this storm is going to bring heavy rain and flooding to South Texas, he said. At 1 p.m. Monday, Dean was about 330 miles east of Belize City with 150 mile-per-hour sustained winds.... (KWTX.com, TX)
Storm As Big As Texas Bears Down On Mexico Aug 21, 2007
A hurricane warning is in effect for the entire coastline of Belize, along the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula from the Belize-Mexico border north to the resort of Cancun, and along the west coast of the Yucatan peninsula from south of Progresso to Ciudad Del Carmen. At 4 p.m. CDT, Deans center was about 270 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico, and the storm was moving west near 20 miles per hour. (KWTX.com, TX)
Dean aims at Caymans Aug 20, 2007
Warnings extended from the Mexican city of Chetumal north to the Yucatan resort of Cancun, and a hurricane watch was extended along the northern and western shores of the peninsula from Cancun to Ciudad del Carmen. Belize's hurricane warning extended from Belize City north to the Mexican border. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Mexico's feared band of hired guns takes a hit Jul 3, 2007
Vargas, alias "El Debora," was captured in April when federal agents stormed a house in Ciudad del Carmen in the Gulf state of Campeche, looking for kidnapping victims and weapons. After a brief standoff, authorities rescued a prominent local businessman and arrested 19 people. (Los Angeles Times)
Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Gets the Blame Mar 9, 2007
The New York Times MEXICO CITY, March 8 ; The KU-S oil production platform off the coast of Ciudad del Carmen, with its 10,000-ton tangle of yellow and red tanks and pipes, would seem the natural product of three years of soaring energy prices ... In a beige-carpeted glass-walled research center that Pemex opened in Ciudad del Carmen six months ago, scientists and engineers study 3D images of the geological layers below the gulf;s deep waters to determine where they will put exploratory wells. (Shoals TimesDaily)
