Pemex: 'Production continues after blast'

Devastated: Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto visits the blast site

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 01 February 2013 08:28 GMT

Mexico's state oil company Pemex has vowed that production will continue as normal despite a huge blast at company headquarters on Thursday which left at least 25 dead and 100 injured.

The search continues for further bodies and survivors after an explosion ripped through the 52-storey-high building in Mexico City, destroying three of the lower floors.

Initial indications are that the blast was not caused by terrorism, but may have been caused by a fault in an adjoining smaller Pemex building.

In a brief statement published on Pemex's website on Friday morning, the oil giant said: "On [Thursday] there was an incident in the Mexico City-based Pemex's headquarters. In response, the company has activated its financial operations contingency system.

"Additionally, Pemex confirms that its production processes,…

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