Tropical Storm Dolly could become a hurricane Jul 21, 2008
The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning Sunday for the Yucatan Peninsula from the Border of Campeche, Mexico. The storm is currently moving toward the northwest at 17 mph. (KHOU.com, TX)
Health, environment departments strengthen tomato import checks Jun 24, 2008
" Safe sources for red plum, red Roma and red round tomatoes harvested in Mexico and Florida include: Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sure, Campeche, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacn, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Lon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quertaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potos, Sonora, Tobasco, Tamaulipas, Tlexcala, Veracruz, Yucatn and Zacatecas. Also excepted for sale of Florida tomatoes are those from... (Farmington Daily Times)
Mexico's missing $3 billion: The mystery over Pemex Jun 6, 2008
A Petroleos Mexicanos oil rig platform in the state of Campeche, Mexico. (Pemex via Bloomberg News ). (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
South to North: Chef stays true to his Mexican roots Jun 5, 2008
Jacinto's line cooks, whom he refers to as "la familia," represent practically every state in Mexico: Oaxaca, Distrito Federal (Mexico City): Yucatan, Sinaloa, Michoacan, Jalisco, Guanajuato; Campeche, Queretaro and Tlaxcala. Jacinto teaches them his culinary tricks, and in return, they cook staff meals. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pemex Suspends Two Oil Export Terminals as Arthur Brings Heavy Winds, Rain Jun 2, 2008
By remaining over land, Arthur missed the Bay of Campeche and its Cantarell oilfield, where Petroleos Mexicanos produces 1 ... Early forecasts showed the storm could strengthen over the Bay of Campeche. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Storm Arthur Threatens Flooding In South Mexico Jun 2, 2008
Arthur, which formed a day before the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season, was centred 80 miles (130 m) south of the colonial port of Campeche and moving west-southwest at 6 mph (10 kph). "Weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours and Arthur could degenerate into a remnant low later tonight," the centre said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Arthur Storm Weakens To Tropical Depression Jun 2, 2008
Just before 11 a.m. Eastern time, the center of the storm was about 125 miles south of Campeche, Mexico, moving west-southwest at about eight miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were near 35 miles per hour. (Click2Houston, TX)
Hurricane Season Kicks Off Over The Yucatan Peninsula Jun 1, 2008
AT 11 p.m. the storms center was located over the southern Yucatan Peninsula, approximately 80 miles (125 km) west of Chetumal, Mexico, and 120 miles (195 km) south-southeast of Campeche, Mexico. The upcoming hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin will be above normal this year, and residents in areas usually affected by them should be prepared. (eFluxMedia)
Tropical Storm Arthur, First of Atlantic Season, Heads for Gulf of Mexico Jun 1, 2008
The center said the storm will likely reach the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico in the ... He said he didn't know if the storm would affect oilfield operations in the Bay of Campeche ... Mexico has closed ports in Quintana Roo to smaller vessels and issued storm warnings in the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas, according to the Mexican Merchant Marine's weather bulletin. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Tropical Storm Arthur, first storm of 2008 Atlantic hurricane season Jun 1, 2008
"I just came to lay in the sun and get a nice tan, but so far there hasn't been any sunshine,'' said Debbie Fountaineau, a police officer from Lake Charles, Louisiana, who arrived on the island Thursday. The storm was projected to weaken as it crosses the Yucatan before moving out into the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical depression early Sunday. There was chance it could strengthen back into a tropical storm before hitting Mexico again south of Veracruz, said Jamie Rhome, a meteorologist with the... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Tropical Storm Arthur moves west across Yucatan Jun 1, 2008
The National Hurricane Center says the storm is expected to be downgraded later Sunday to a tropical depression, unless it veers north over the Bay of Campeche and regains strength ... At 1 a.m. CDT, the center of the storm was located inland about 110 miles south-southeast of Campeche, Mexico. (AL.com)
Fabulous Flamingos May 21, 2008
The village of Celest;n is the gateway to the Reserva Ecol;gica de los Petenes, a 100,000-acre wildlife reserve on a mangrove-fringed estuary that extends into northwestern Campeche state. The estuary is also one of the Gulf's largest duck wintering grounds, hosting at least 15 species, along with hundreds of other types of waterfowl and birds of prey. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Three names retired from hurricane list May 14, 2008
It weakened over land and then emerged into the Bay of Campeche, strengthening to Category 2 status before making a second landfall south of Tuxpan, Mexico. Dean killed 32 people across the Caribbean, the said, with the largest death tolls in Mexico and Haiti. (CNN -- US)
Poet fined $5 for insulting Mexican flag May 9, 2008
Poet Sergio Witz Rodriguez published the poem in a magazine in the southern state of Campeche in 2000 and could have faced as many as four years in prison under a law protecting the flag and national insignia. Judge Jose de Jesus Banales said in the ruling that the fine was small, but symbolic: "It will set an example so that people do not abuse freedom of expression, and to discourage anti-social behavior.". (MSNBC -- International)
The Budget-Friendly Skies May 8, 2008
Other destinations worth a look: Aguascalientes, Chetumal, Ciudad del Carmen (Campeche), Ciudad Obreg;n (Sonora), La Paz, Los Mochis, Torre;n ... Other destinations worth a look: Aguascalientes, Campeche (summer 2008), Hermosillo, Le;n/Baj;o ... Campeche Mexico's most beautiful yet least-discovered colonial city is full of pirate lore and provides a gateway to historic haciendas and largely unexplored Maya ruins deep in the Yucat;n. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Oil exploration issue splits Mexico Mar 30, 2008
In February, the output of Cantarell, in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters off Campeche state, averaged 1. 145 million barrels per day, according to government figures. (Yahoo News -- Oil and Gas)
Mexico Braces for an Oil War Mar 18, 2008
A Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, near the shores of the state of Campeche, Mexico. Eunice Adorno / AFP / Getty Article Tools. (Time.com)
Scientistslearn secret of Mayas blue paint Feb 28, 2008
Field MuseumThis piece is a figurine head from Jaina Island, Campeche, Mexico, still bearing traces of Maya Blue pigment. It dates to the Late Classic (ca. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Best Historic Haciendas Feb 7, 2008
Three are located near M;rida: Temozon, about 24 miles south of the city on the road to Uxmal; Santa Rosa, about 40 miles south of M;rida along the highway to Campeche; and San Jose Cholul, about 24 miles east on the highway to Canc;n. The two others are in Campeche state: Uayamon, 25 minutes southeast of Campeche city, and Puerta Campeche, in the city's historic center ... about 56 miles south of M;rida, off Highway 180 in Campeche state, is steeped in history. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
New Mexican interior minister named Jan 17, 2008
Mourio's family arrived in Mexico in the late 1970s and made its fortune in gas stations in the Gulf state of Campeche ... Entering politics at the behest of his father, Mourio first ran for office in 1997, winning a seat in the Campeche state legislature. (Los Angeles Times)
Welcome To The Biosphere Jan 10, 2008
Yucat;n and Campeche, and , Yucat;n: These two reserves on the Yucat;n Peninsula's northern coast are most famous as Mexico's only flamingo breeding grounds. The extensive mangrove forests and salt flats are vitally important to not just flamingos but tens of thousands of other migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Woes mount for Mexico's state oil titan Jan 2, 2008
Located in shallow waters off Campeche state in the Gulf of Mexico, Cantarell supplied about 60% of Mexico's output until recently. The field's production peaked in 2004, when it averaged more than 2 million barrels a day. (Los Angeles Times)
Clay Aiken & Family Celebrate Christmas With Survivors of Mexico's Floods Dec 26, 2007
Tabasco is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Mexico, to the south by the state of Chiapas, to the east by Guatemala and Campeche and to the west by Veracruz. Villahermosa is Tabasco's capital city. (PR Newswire)
Undocumented customers disappear from Chandler businesses Dec 10, 2007
Fewer undocumented immigrants are gathering at a Chandler day-labor center and along Arizona Avenue soliciting work, said Mainor Martnez, an undocumented construction worker from Campeche, Mexico. "There's no work. They aren't hiring anyone, and it's really difficult," Martnez said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Mexico oil leak could last months Nov 30, 2007
Silva said at least two beaches in the Gulf coast states of Tabasco and Campeche have been affected by the oil spill, but the full extent of the damage has not been determined. A fire was still raging Wednesday at the damaged well, about 20 miles offshore from the port of Dos Bocas in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, but only faint traces of crude could be seen shimmering on the water. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Mexican oil leak could take months to fix Nov 29, 2007
Mr. Silva said at least two beaches in the Gulf coast states of Tabasco and Campeche have been affected by the oil spill, but the full extent of the damage has not been determined. The spill is far smaller than a major disaster like the 1989 Exxon Valdez supertanker spill that released 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. (Globe and Mail)
Leaders need to address energy woes Nov 16, 2007
The vast bulk of Mexican oil comes from the Cantarell oil field in the Bay of Campeche. Cantarell was the third largest field ever found and is now in terminal decline. (Stratford Star, CT)
Mexico floods recede as thousands more evacuated Nov 6, 2007
Thousands of Tabascans fled by bus on Friday and Saturday to the neighboring states of Veracruz and Campeche, and tempers frayed among those left as people hunted for relatives and fought over dwindling food and drinking water supplies. A supermarket in the state capital Villahermosa and several trucks were looted, and some stores ran out of goods, although water supply was being restored and army helicopters dropped food packages. (AlertNet)
Thousands perched on rooftops in Mexico floods Nov 4, 2007
With electricity and drinking water cut off in much of the state, and fixed-line and cellular telephone networks down, several thousand Tabascans fled on buses on Friday to the neighboring states of Veracruz and Campeche. Authorities said on Saturday they had started restoring drinking water to parts of the state. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
UNICEF Readies to Assist Mexican Flood Victims Nov 3, 2007
Tabasco is located in southeast Mexico, bordered to the north by the Gulf of Mexico; to the south, by the state of Chiapas; to the east, by the Republic of Guatemala and Campeche, and to the west, by the state of Veracruz. It covers an area of 24,578 square kilometers. (PR Newswire)
Mexico head pledges disaster aid Nov 3, 2007
Red Cross official Max Romero said 650 shelters had been set up on high ground in Tabasco and in neighbouring Campeche and Veracruz states. Oil jam. (BBC News -- Americas)
Flooding traps 300,000 in Mexico Nov 3, 2007
----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Friday, 2 November 2007, 19:24 GMT. (Yahoo News -- Mexico)
Your stories: Mexico flood crisis Nov 2, 2007
I arrived in Villahermosa from Campeche yesterday around 6pm, and it was raining lightly. I have barely no Spanish so didn't work out what was going on at first. (BBC News -- Americas)
Oil Prices Rise Above $93 a Barrel Oct 30, 2007
7 million come from the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf. In addition, Vienna's PVM Oil Associates noted that "more bad weather could hit the region in the form of Tropical Storm Noel.". (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Mexico's Pemex to resume oil production after accident Oct 30, 2007
Pemex has closed several Gulf of Mexico ports due to rough weather in the southeastern states of Tabasco and Campeche, Mexico's main offshore production centers, wells producing 600,000 barrels a day, because of the ports' closure. Editor: Sun Yunlong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Crude oil climbed above $93 a barrel for the first time Oct 29, 2007
The closure was in the Bay of Campeche, the same area where 21 workers died after another storm last week caused an oil rig to hit a platform. The decline in the dollar is helping lift crude oil prices, said Rowan Menzies, an analyst at Commodity Warrants Australia in Sydney. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Oil price surpasses $93 a barrel Oct 29, 2007
7 million barrels a day comes from the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf. Related Articles. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident death toll rises to 19 Oct 26, 2007
The accident occurred late Tuesday when an oil drilling rig crashed into a platform amid high winds and rough waters in Campeche sound. The collision caused a rupture that forced an evacuation, and prompted desperate workers to plunge into the water in an effort to flee the escaping gas, said an official with Mexico's state-run Pemex oil company. (Forbes)
Pemex Oil Accident Kills 19, Worst Gulf of Mexico Disaster in Four Decades Oct 26, 2007
Rescuers have retrieved 63 of the 86 employees from the site of the Oct. 23 accident, about 47 miles (75 kilometers) from Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico's Campeche state, Petroleos Mexicanos Chief Executive Officer Jesus Reyes Heroles said today ... I have also thanked and asked the armed services to continue their search efforts for the four people that are still missing,'' Mexican President Felipe Calderon said today after visiting the victims and their families in Campeche state, according to a... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
19 killed in Mexican oil rig collision Oct 26, 2007
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday changed his agenda and traveled to the accident's site in the state of Campeche to supervise the rescue efforts and visited some of the survivors. He blamed the bad weather as the "fundamental" cause of the accident, but saying he has ordered a "most exhaustive investigation.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Pemex Says Storm Kills 18 Workers on Oil Platform (Update3) Oct 25, 2007
6 miles (75 kilometers) off the shore from Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche state, the company, known as Pemex, said in a statement. Eight Mexican ports on the Gulf were closed to commercial traffic yesterday after the storm produced gusts of 81 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, said Martin Munoz, of Mexico's meteorological service. (Bloomberg)
Mexico Oil Rig Accident Kills 18 Oct 25, 2007
In this undated file photo provided by Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, on June 13, 2006, an offshore oil installation is seen in the gulf of Mexico near the coast of Campeche, Mexico. At least 10 oil workers were killed when a drilling platform hit an oil rig, spilling gas and oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Pemex said Wednesday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Storm Strands Mexico Oil Workers at Sea, Ports Shut Oct 25, 2007
"There is bad weather at the moment. We don't know how long it will last, it could be two days," Sergio Cantarell, port captain in Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche state, told Reuters by telephone. "No ships are leaving. Everything is closed.". (Planet Ark, United States)
Oil above $86, eyes new high Oct 16, 2007
Fuelling bullish sentiment, weather forecasters said a low-pressure system emerging from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico could develop into a tropical cyclone and threaten the oil infrastructure in the Bay of Campeche, which supplies about two-thirds of the country's output. Distillate inventories in the US are expected to ease by 300,000 barrels for the week ended October 12 ahead of peak winter demand, a poll ahead of the release of the Energy Information Administration's weekly data. (India Times)
Top 10 Astounding Animals Oct 10, 2007
Mexico Mix / Mexico's 10 most surprising animals (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
ICA Fluor Awarded Contracts by PEMEX to Construct Two New Lightweight Offshore Platforms Oct 2, 2007
"Industrias del Hierro has successfully designed and constructed 11 platforms for PEMEX since 2003. We are pleased that we can continue to contribute to PEMEX's development of the offshore fields in the Bay of Campeche," said Juan Carlos Santos, ICA Fluor's Director General. PEMEX Exploration and Production is a subsidiary of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned integrated oil and gas company. (Canada Newswire)
Tropical Storm Karen nears hurricane strength Sep 27, 2007
The system could disrupt operations in the Cantarell Complex of Mexican oil fields beneath the Bay of Campeche in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. The Cantarell Complex is one of the most productive oil fields in the world, supplying about two-thirds of Mexico's crude oil output. (MSNBC -- International)
Oil holds above $80 Sep 27, 2007
While it was forecast to move westward slowly, away from Mexico's offshore platforms in the Bay of Campeche, traders are keenly sensitive to rough weather after a tropical depression briefly shut down nearly two-thirds of U.S. oil production in the Gulf of Mexico last week. "Weather is always a factor as this time of year, the depression is probably supporting prices as it has the potential to disrupt supply," added Moore. (India Times)
Mexican federal police detain alleged members of powerful drug cartel Sep 8, 2007
Ponce Salazar allegedly also was involved in an attempt on the life of the public safety director in Ciudad del Carmen, a city in the Gulf state of Campeche, and is allegedly connected to the disappearance of a federal police officer from the northern state of Nuevo Leon in February, the news release said. The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico's most powerful and brutal trafficking gangs and is believed responsible for much of the bloodshed along the Mexican border with Texas. (North County Times)
Central America braces for Felix Sep 4, 2007
Whether it would re-emerge over the Bay of Campeche, home of Mexico's major offshore oil fields, and strengthen again in the Gulf of Mexico was unclear. U.S. energy firms and Mexican oil monopoly Pemex -- skittish since hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 toppled rigs, cut pipelines and flooded refineries -- were monitoring Felix. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Thousands flee coast as Hurricane Felix approaches Sep 4, 2007
Whether Felix would be able to re-emerge over the Bay of Campeche, where Mexico has its major offshore oil fields, and strengthen again in the Gulf of Mexico was unclear. Felix was about 305 miles east of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras and speeding westward, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. (FOX23 News, NY)
Oil Stalls Near Four-Week High on Signs Hurricane May Miss Gulf Sep 4, 2007
It may weaken to a depression after striking Belize and on its present route may remain over land south of Mexican oil fields in the Bay of Campeche, according to Hurricane Center forecasts ... Most of the model guidance keeps Felix out of the Bay of Campeche,'' he said. (Bloomberg)
U.S. oil companies monitor Felix, output unharmed Sep 3, 2007
Felix was forecast to follow the path taken last month by Hurricane Dean across the southern Caribbean into the Yucatan peninsula and then through Mexican offshore production areas in the Bay of Campeche ... Unlike Dean, computer models forecast Felix will move northwest from the eastern Bay of Campeche before making final landfall as early as Friday on the east coast of Mexico ... Dean's path through the Bay of Campeche led Shell Oil Co's joint-venture 334,000 bpd refinery in Deer Park, Texas,... (ABC News -- Wire)
Oil prices inch up to mid-$73 a barrel Aug 31, 2007
In this undated file photo provided by Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, on June 13, 2006, an offshore oil installation is seen in the gulf of Mexico near the coast of Campeche, Mexico. Oil prices rose Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 after the U.S. government reported sales of durable goods and new homes rose in July, suggesting the economy may not be slowing as much as investors feared. (Anchorage Daily News)
Mexico, Venezuela implement counter-dengue measures Aug 29, 2007
A warning has been issued for the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla and Mexico. The workers would teach local residents how to prevent the forming of water deposits, where mosquito breeds. (Xinhuanet, China)
Good news on US economy helps lift oil Aug 26, 2007
More than 18 000 workers evacuated ahead of the storm were to return to work on platforms in the Bay of Campeche by Friday. - Sapa-AP. (Business Report, South Africa)
Oil Jumps on U.S. Refinery, Supply Concerns Aug 25, 2007
Mexico's Gulf oil rigs have already restarted production in the Bay of Campeche after the hurricane shut in 2. 65 million barrels per day of the region's output. (Fox News)
Crude prices rise; natural gas falls Aug 25, 2007
More than 18,000 workers evacuated ahead of the storm were to return to work on platforms in the Bay of Campeche by Friday. Most read. (Anchorage Daily News)
A diluted Dean drenches Mexico's inland areas Aug 25, 2007
Though the storm regrouped somewhat in the Bay of Campeche late Tuesday, it mustered winds of about 100 mph when it hit just before noon near the Emerald Coast town of Tecolutla. "Despite the fury of this hurricane, up until now we've got off easy, and we've got off easy because we were prepared," President Felipe Calder. (San Antonio Express)
Hurricane Dean claims 10 lives in Mexico Aug 25, 2007
Oil production in the country has been brought to a virtual standstill, and oil platforms in the Bay of Campeche, numbering around 100, have been evacuated. other articles. (RIA Novosti)
Sprawling Hurricane Batters Mexico Again Aug 23, 2007
It then passed through the Campeche Sound, home to more than 100 oil platforms and three major oil exporting sites. It finally weakened to a tropical depression on Wednesday evening and was not expected to threaten the US coastline. (Sky News)
Texas-Sized Powerful Hurricane Dean Hits Mexico's Yucatan Aug 23, 2007
7 degrees west or about 40 miles (60 kilometers (km)) northwest of Chetumal, Mexico and about 135 miles (220 km) east-southeast of Campeche, Mexico ... On the forecast track, Dean's center will reach the southern Bay of Campeche late Tuesday afternoon and still remain a hurricane ... The National Hurricane Center noted in its 8:00 a.m. EDT report, "Storm surge flooding and waves will gradually diminish along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula today. Within the hurricane warning area in the... (Science Daily)
Mexico Braces for Second Hurricane Landfall as Dean Reorganizes Over Gulf Aug 23, 2007
A hurricane warning was in effect from south of Campeche to La Cruz, and a tropical-storm warning was in place from there north to Bahia Algodones. The storm may bring ``large and dangerous battering waves'' along the Mexican coast, with storm- surge flooding of up to 8 feet (2. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Hurricane Dean slams Mexico's Gulf coast Aug 23, 2007
Dean pounded Mayan villages and beach resorts in a run across the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday and then passed through the Campeche Sound where the vast majority of Mexico's crude for export to the United States is produced. OIL PRODUCTION. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Hurricane Dean drenches central Mexico Aug 23, 2007
The standing water in the low-lying town was a meter deep in many houses, the Campeche governor, Jorge Carlos Hurtado, told the Televisa network. Mexico also stopped production and evacuated employees from its only nuclear power plant, Laguna Verde, on the Veracruz coast. (International Herald Tribune)
