Stock photography picture of At a spill site a private firm contracted by PEMEX has built a containment facility for soil contaminated by the crude oil.

AY2KGK - Licenced Caption At a spill site a private firm contracted by PEMEX has built a containment facility for soil contaminated by the crude oil. Description The small town of Jesus Carranza Veracruz on the Rio Jaltepec was the victim of an upriver crude oil spill in October 2007 A PEMEX Petroleos Mexicanos duct ruptured and the hidrocarbon entered the river by way of a small stream known as the Arroyo Honduras Although the river is the source of the town s drinking water PEMEX has up to now february 2008 declined to provide chemical analysis of the river water At the site of the spill a private firm contracted by PEMEX has built a containment facility for soil contaminated by the crude spill The sign reads Soils contaminated with hidrocarbons Keywords oil, gas, natural, gas, pipeline, environment, pollution, degradation, destruction, costs, natural, nature, petroleum, reserve, oil, patch, refinery, shipping, export, greenhouse, Kyoto, conservation, energy, waste, resource, toxic, hidrocarbon, fossil, fuel, damage, health, ecology, industry, contamination, global, Mexico, Latin, America, Veracruz, business, commerce, distribution, economy, government, material, preservation, protect, supply, tropical, aquatic, boat, body, cleaning, clothes, company, contract, float, garment, group, land, man, manage, outside, people, repair, uniform, water, worker, working