Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico’s national oil company has declared that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers. The July 2 blaze, caught on video apparently from a nearby helicopter, showed bright orange flames jumping out of the water as the fire raged a short distance from the oil platform. Pemex has previously said it took more than five hours to fully extinguish the fire. read more “There was no oil spill and the immediate action taken to control the surface fire avoided environmental damage,” the company said in a statement on Monday. The statement added that the blaze was sparked by an electric storm that […]