Campeche, gulf of mexico

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YUM II/Zapoteca; Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
1. On October 10, 1987, the YUM II, a Mexican exploratory oil well located approximately 20 miles northwest of Ciudad del Carmen in the Bay of Campeche under the Zapoteca rig, experienced a blowout and fire. Apparently, a blowout preventer (BOP) valve malfunction caused the initial blowout. Although the BOP had successfully shut the annulus between the drill pipe and well casing, the blind rams failed to shear through the drill pipe that was still in the well casing. Therefore, oil and gas flowed out of the well, up the drill pipe, and onto the platform where it ignited. The oil discharge increased after the escaping gas and oil forced the drill pipe out of the well. The initial fire was extinguished by October 17. As of October 28, the well was still spewing out a yellow gas/crude mix 60-100 feet in the air. The owners of the well, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and the Mexican Navy [...]
2. COMMODITY: LIGHT CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 18.800N 092.583W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6506: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6506