Mexico
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July 17, 2015
Sierra Oil & Gas, poised to become Mexico’s first private crude producer in seven decades, has never drilled a well.
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July 16, 2015
International energy producers that sat out Mexico’s historic auction of oil and natural gas fields this week will be among the fiercest competitors for potentially massive deepwater prospects that go up for sale as soon as next month.
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July 16, 2015
EMGS has received permits from Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorizing the acquisition of up to approximately 88,000 km2 of 3D EM multi-client data in the Salina de Itsmo basin.
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July 15, 2015
Fewer than half of the companies qualified to bid in Mexico’s first auction for offshore oil blocks have chosen to submit offers so far as that nation tries to entice foreign investment decades after seizing energy assets.
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July 15, 2015
The largest oil companies have chosen to skip bidding for blocks in Mexico, as that nation tries to entice foreign investment 77 years after seizing energy assets.
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July 15, 2015
Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total SA weren’t among the nine bidders that presented offers in the final stage of Mexico’s first oil auction Wednesday, the National Hydrocarbons Commission announced in Mexico City.
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July 09, 2015
Mexico’s national oil company withdrew from the country’s first license auction to conserve cash and focus on bringing in partners for its existing operations.
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July 06, 2015
MEXICO CITY -- Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Perforadora Mexico to support with the transportation and installation of a platform rig for a fixed platform offshore Mexico.
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July 03, 2015
BP’s $18.7 billion U.S. legal settlement is being cheered by investors and analysts as it ends five years of financial uncertainty. It also makes the British oil producer a more attractive takeover target.
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July 03, 2015
With Thursday’s announcement that BP has settled federal, state and local claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill for a total of more than $18.7 billion, leaders with Texas’ RESTORE Centers of Excellence are moving forward with plans to use millions in spill-related Clean Water Act funding on research and science activities that will benefit Texas and help to restore the health of the Gulf of Mexico.
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July 03, 2015
ION Geophysical Corporation has launched the first phase of MexicoSPAN, encompassing more than 22,000 km of deep-imaged 2D seismic data.
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July 03, 2015
Mexico plans to auction 914 onshore and offshore oil areas in the next five years as the historic opening of the country’s energy industry aims to add 1 MMbbl of production by 2025.
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July 02, 2015
PGS has executed an MOU for a cooperation agreement with Spectrum and Schlumberger in Mexico. The collaboration will acquire 80,000 to 100,000 km of modern, long-offset 2D data encompassing all the major hydrocarbon provinces offshore Mexico.
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June 30, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and left intact a ruling that opens the companies to potentially billions of dollars in fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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June 22, 2015
GulfSlope Energy has received notice of award of two offshore lease blocks for which it was the high bidder at offshore lease sale 235, central Gulf of Mexico, conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
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June 11, 2015
Spectrum announced Thursday that their vessel has arrived in Mexico and started the acquisition of their Gulf of Mexico 2D campaign, in collaboration with Schlumberger.
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June 11, 2015
Petroleos Mexicanos, the world’s ninth-largest oil producer, announced its biggest discovery in five years as the state-owned company seeks to reverse its decade-long decline in production.
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June 09, 2015
EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, has announced that its flagship subsea construction vessel, Lewek Constellation, has established an industry record for pipelay in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
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June 04, 2015
McDermott International has been awarded an offshore contract by Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning of the Ayatsil-C replacement jacket and associated deck installation.
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June 02, 2015
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M), is on track to deliver three KFELS B Class jackup rigs to Mexican company, Grupo R, safely, on time and on budget.
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May 21, 2015
Mexico has announced the next phase of Round One with an offering of 26 onshore conventional fields. All are located in the Burgos, Tampico-Misantla, and Salinas-Sureste basins.
