the Consortium is assigned to both block 1 and block 3, reports Reuters.
It is the first time that Mexico holds the auction for deep water oil and gas fields.
media relations in Statoil, Erik Haaland, confirming the assignment facing E24.
– We think it is exciting to get access to the area in an area that is so unexplored. There is uncertainty around the underground and there is an early phase, but there is the potential to open a new area, ” he says.
Block 1 as Statoil consortium is awarded, a 2.391 square kilometers large area of the mexican energy believes holds 1.852 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Block 3 is 3.287 square kilometers large and contains 1.669 billion barrels of oil equivalent in light oil and natural gas.
A number of companies had in advance announced their interest, including Exxon, Chevron, BP, Statoil and Petrobras.
Nøkkelåpning
Mexico’s production is falling, and the statsoljeselskapet also close by have struggled with low investeringsevne. The country has therefore opened up for auctions in order to attract international companies and capital to the country.
According to the Financial Times marks the auction a nøkkelåpning of the country’s energy sector.
– It is the start of the great oljespillet in Mexico, ” says Pablo Medina, analyst at energikonsulentbyrået Wood Mackenzie.
Mexico has already awarded blocks on land and in shallow water. But dypvannskontraktene is considered as the crown jewel in the auction process to date, because that’s probably where the biggest discoveries will be made.
While the United states side of the gulf of Mexico is full of oil rigs and accounts for 17 percent of the U.s. total production, is the mexican side relatively untouched.
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