Oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported that an offshore oil rig accident at the Caan Alf platform has claimed the lives of two workers.

The accident happened when the Troll Solution rig was positioning itself to carry out maintenance in the company’s Abkatun-Pol-Chuc shallow water oil field.

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During this process, a failure of one of the rigs’ legs led to a partial collapse, and the rig is reportedly leaning after the accident.

"Three Pemex employees and 98 contract workers were on board the jack up rig when the accident happened. Reportedly 28 workers have suffered injuries."

According to Bloomberg, there were three Pemex employees and 98 contract workers on board the jack up rig when the accident happened. Reportedly 28 workers have suffered injuries.

The Mexican company said that the incident has not affected crude production as it is a mobile platform and it probably contained diesel.

The platform, which had been completely evacuated following the accident, is operated by Grupo Salinas-owned oilfield services company Typhoon Offshore.

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Before the accident took place, a well located close to platform was closed, meaning there was no oil or gas spill.

Pemex data revealed that the accident took place at Caan field, which produced nearly 12,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude in March.

In April, an offshore accident that occurred due to a huge blaze in the Gulf of Mexico’s oil platform killed four workers.

One of the missing workers was employed by Pemex, while the other two were from contractor Cotemar, sources said.