Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said five people died and two people remained missing as of Monday afternoon following a fire on the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ku, Maloob and Zaap (KMZ) megafield. Oropeza said an investigation was underway to determine its cause. He also planned to go to the site. The fire, he noted, was not because of “a lack of maintenance.”

The fatal incident was impacting 421,000 b/d of oil production with 125 wells shut in.

“The oil industry is a risky business,” Oropeza said in a press briefing. “We have had accidents, which in numbers are less than in previous years.”  The press conference was the first organized by Pemex at headquarters in more than two...