"Mexico's Pemex has no record of reporting methane leak from oilfield", October 6th, 2022.

Pemex did not inform Mexico's environmental regulator of a methane leak from at a key offshore oilfield in December, according to the state oil company's response to a freedom of information request, which confirmed an earlier Reuters report that the regulator had no record of the incident.

Under Mexican law, companies need to report incidents when they pose a risk to the safety of workers, the environment, to oil and gas production, or the infrastructure for it. Experts consulted by Reuters said the leak clearly met this criteria.

Pemex did not respond to a request for comment on why they did not report the incident...

Pemex confirmed a leak but disputed the volume the scientists had calculated.

Invisible and odorless, methane is considered a much more potent driver of global warming in the short-term than carbon dioxide because it traps more heat in the atmosphere...