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.

AY2M6J - 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 Contaminated soil and biodetergent filters from the spill near the Rio Jaltepec are stored and loaded into a semi trailer for transport to an industrial waste burning site The sign reads Industrial waste 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