Pemex reports small diesel spill into Houston ship channel
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Aug 13 (Reuters) -Pollution response teams are responding to a two-gallon diesel spill into the Houston ship channel from the Pemex Deer Park refinery in Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday, revising down an earlier estimate of the spill size.
An estimated two gallons of diesel was discharged at Pemex’s Deer Park facility due to a flange leak, the Coast Guard said in an emailed statement, adding that the source is secured, and boom has been deployed to contain the discharge.
"The diesel was partially captured by their secondary containment, with an unknown amount entering the Houston Ship Channel," it said.
An earlier response from the Coast Guard had indicated 30 gallons of hydraulic oil leaked.
"Our oil spill team is working to deploy oil booms to contain the spill. We have notified the appropriate government agencies," Pemex said in a community alert.
Mexican national oil company Pemex operates a 312,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Deer Park.
Pemex did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.
Reporting by Brijesh Patel, Rahul Paswan, and Anushree Mukherjee in Bengaluru, editing by Deepa Babington and Sonali Paul
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