Pemex fighting crude leak from pipeline in Tabasco

Pemex closed wells in area

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Pemex says military forces along with local police have shutdown a nearby highway.

MEXICO CITY, June 9 (Reuters) – Mexican state run oil company Pemex on Thursday said it was working to contain a crude leak in a duct running from its Tokal 1 well to the city of Cunduacan in the Gulf state of Tabasco and that it had closed other wells in the area.

Pemex said in a statement that military forces and local police had shut down part of a nearby highway and that it was analyzing the causes of the incident.

(Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom)