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Oil output halted at Mexican platform hit by deadly blaze


    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Oil production has been suspended at the Mexican platform where a fire killed at least 4 people on Wednesday, but there was no spill into the ocean from the blaze, a spokesman for state oil company Pemex said.

    The affected platform produces around 40,000 barrels per day, the spokesman said in a telephone interview.

    Production at the rest of the Abkatun Pol Chuc complex, with a total output of around 300,000 bpd, was not affected, he said. Mexico's total output is around 2.3 million bpd.

    (Reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez)