MEXICO CITY – Naval Secretary Raymundo Morales announced Thursday that investigators have identified the cause of an oil spill affecting Mexico’s Gulf coastline as a combination of vessel activity and naturally occurring oil seepage from the ocean floor.
During a Thursday press briefing, Morales explained that both a ship and natural oil emissions rising from the seabed were responsible for the environmental incident along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s national oil corporation Pemex has launched underwater inspections of offshore drilling infrastructure to ensure that no equipment malfunctions contributed to the spill, according to Morales’ statement to reporters.
