Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. While existing residents obviously knew about it, the first European to find the Gulf was Sebastián de Ocampo in 1508-1509, according to the Texas State Historical ...

National Hurricane Center forecasters have their eyes on the Bay of Campeche, the southernmost section of the Gulf of Mexico, with south-central Mexico on one side and the Yucatan Peninsula on the ...

After that, it’s deemed international water.” The Gulf is shared with Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo. To the southeast is Cuba.

(Mississippi has about 62 miles of coast.) Mexican states border the Gulf, including: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatan. Cuba also has some coastline facing the Gulf.

Known by its acronym KMZ, in shallow waters off the level of the oil state of Campeche (southeast), it generates about 40 per cent of all Mexican production, of 1.68 million barrels per day of crude.

Gulf of Mexico temperatures at the coast have fallen to 68 degrees during the past week. From Dec. 11 to 17, the Gulf of Mexico saw temperatures from around 68 degrees to 82 degrees, according to ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Five Mexican oil workers were robbed and beaten by gun-toting “pirates” on a rig Feb. 14 in the Bay of Campeche, the state-run oil company workers union said.

Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. While existing residents obviously knew about it, the first European to find the Gulf was Sebastián de Ocampo in 1508-1509, according to the Texas State ...