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Hill+Knowlton Strategies has been hired to provide "an all-inclusive crisis communications and training plan" for Deer Park refinery that is owned by Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos.
Pemex in January took over the 340K barrel-a-day refinery that is located east of Houston from its partner Shell Oil, which had owned and operated the facility for more than 90 years, in a deal worth about $600M.
On Sept. 22, Pemex filed a report with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality saying that a compressor trip occurred at Deer Park that lasted more than two hours and sent some 4,800 pounds of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
H+K's contract went into effect on Sept. 26.
Tricia McLaughlin, the combative spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving her post.
While finding the right solution to a problem is still important, the work that differentiates effective communications leaders is problem-finding—identifying the real risk before it becomes visible, reputational or irreversible.
Orchestra has recruited Deepika Sandhu for the senior VP-legal & crisis communications slot.
Apologies are often seen as a weakness or as proof that a leader has lost control of the narrative. But Donald Trump's failure to apologize after he posted—and then deleted—a video with a racist clip of Barack and Michelle Obama shows how flawed this mindset is.
Tim Allan, communications director for embattled British prime minister Keir Starmer, has quit as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has engulfed Ten Downing Street.
