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I've been seeing stories on this since late last week in both industry communications as well as the press. Unbelievable that Mexico has devolved so far that pirates are attacking offshore oil & gas platforms.
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Mexican state oil company confirms pirates attacked oil rig in Gulf of Mexico America
By Jorge Antonio Rocha February 20, 2025

Mexico City, Mexico – Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico’s state-run oil company, confirmed that “modern pirates” assaulted an offshore oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico America on February 13, assaulting workers and stealing some of the company’s property.

The assailants raided the Zaap-D oil rig, part of the massive Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field which sits off the coast of the Campeche state in the Gulf.

Reportedly, the unknown “pirates” arrived by boat to the Zaap-D rig – a “satellite” platform usually manned by two workers – sometime between the late evening on February 13 and the early morning hours of February 14. The two workers were reportedly beaten and bound for five hours by eight men before authorities found them while the facilities were being robbed.

Pemex said that the attackers stole tools, radio devices, breathing equipment and other property.

While oil facilities have previously reported stolen property, with 102 raids reported from 2018 to 2022 within the Campeche Sea Shelf, such violence against employees is uncommon.

The Ku-Maloob-Zaap zone is a hotspot for oil production in Mexico, accounting for 40% of the oil produced by Pemex, roughly 745,000 barrels per day as reported by El Economista.

The “Sonda de Campeche” is an oil and natural gas-rich stretch of sea that borders Campeche within the Gulf of Mexico America, the body of water currently disputed by U.S. President Donald Trump as he has pushed to rename it as the Gulf of America.

The Sonda of Campeche harbors 100 facilities, most of them oil and gas producers, which fuel domestic consumption and international exports.

During her morning briefing, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the Navy reinforced patrols to safeguard the oil facilities within the Gulf.

On February 17, the Mexican government granted clearance for the U.S. military to enter Mexico’s territory and travel into Campeche, where 10 military officers will train Mexican Navy officials under the brokered agreement between Mexico and the U.S. to cooperate in security.
Here is a map of the location:


The US Energy Information Administration hasn't produced a Mexico report since 2023. One thing that jumps out at me is their continuing decline in production since 2011. Their corruption and lawlessness is a factor in this.



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I'm surprised a satellite oil rig would only have two workers on it.




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Probably just enough staff to do operational rounds and input maintenance requests for a crew to come over.

Old school arrangement for shallow water oil production. Main/hub platforms likely have an operations console where they operate the field, operate any offshore separation and compression, and the maintenance staff for itself and the satellites.



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the body of water currently disputed by U.S. President Donald Trump as he has pushed to rename it as the Gulf of America.


LOL Trump has reporters putting him into articles that have nothing to do with the subject just to try and get eyeballs on them...

Never understood why companies don't arm employees on these things to combat pirates, I'm guessing this isn't the first rig hit. Guess exposing your employees to potentially getting killed is in the risk envelope along with tools and computers...
 
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Never understood why companies don't arm employees on these things to combat pirates, I'm guessing this isn't the first rig hit. Guess exposing your employees to potentially getting killed is in the risk envelope along with tools and computers...
It could be done, but if a company did it then it'd comply with area classification (i.e. the API system for classifying areas with potentially explosive environment and the ignition prevention equipment to make it safe) and likely there would be designated safe firing positions. Oil & gas companies would set their plan up to prevent ignition unlike the pirates.

On the other hand, if platform personnel don't have guns then there isn't going to be a gunfight and less risk for bullets leading to explosions. Training up the crew on comms and getting them the ability to directly call the Navy would be pretty appealing to SSHE and mgmt.



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Well you never know if the Rig is real or taken over by an international villain like Blofeld


 
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I'm surprised a satellite oil rig would only have two workers on it.

One to turn it on. The other to turn it off.


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