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Mexico delays shallow water round

Dec 22, 2016

Mexico is delaying the country’s shallow water bid round, Round 2.1, by three months in a move that regulators hope will garner more participation, increased competition and investments. Image of Mexico's deepwater round…

Mexico's deepwater round ends in success

Dec 05, 2016

Mexico's highly anticipated deepwater bidding round, Round 1.4, in Mexico City resulted in eight of the 10 deepwater blocks in the Gulf of Mexico awarded.  Evaluating submitted bids. OE…

Growing expectations

Nov 03, 2016

After some rough starts, Mexico’s energy future might be headed in the right direction. Mexico’s upcoming deepwater round and the state owned oil firm Pemex’s upcoming joint ventures were up for discussion at a recent event held by Rice University’s Baker Institute…

Eni gets Mexican approval for Amoca

Oct 21, 2016

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has approved Italian giant Eni to drill a well in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, according to news reports. Image from Eni. Drilling…

Petrobras ditches Diamond

Sep 01, 2016

Diamond Offshore Drilling has said it is going to defend a move by Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to terminate its contract on the Ocean Valor semisubmersible early.  The Ocean Valiant…

Mexico reveals prequalified deepwater bidders

Aug 25, 2016

Mexico's state oil regulator, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), has revealed 26 companies that have qualified to participate in the country's so-called Round 1.4, in Mexico's deepwater offshore. The companies pre-qualified in the fourth phase of Mexico's historic Round One…

Australia reveals 2016 offshore acreage

Aug 11, 2016

The Australian government is offering 28 exploration areas in its 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Map from Australia government.  The acreage comprises 28…

Big hitters sign up for Mexico's deepwater round

Jun 03, 2016

Mexico’s highly anticipated deepwater bid round set for the end of the year is getting registered bids from as many as 21 companies, with some of the oil and gas industry’s heavy hitters, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Image from CNH…

Mexico's rate of change

Mar 07, 2016

In early February, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto shook things up at the country’s oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), immediately replacing then-CEO Emilio Lozoya Austin with Mexico’s director of the Social Security Institute (IMSS) José Antonio González Anaya…

Bidding for deepwater

Mar 01, 2016

Dallas Parker, Gabriel Salinas and Diego Perez, of law firm Mayer Brown, assess the terms of Mexico’s phase four bid round to be held in 2016.   The Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission…

Assessing Mexico’s geological potential

Mar 01, 2016

Heather Saucier examines the potential of deepwater plays to be auctioned in Mexico’s next offshore round, including the most prized area in the Perdido Fold Belt. Shell’s deepwater Perdido spar in the US Gulf of Mexico…

Developing Mexico’s information industry

Mar 01, 2016

Oscar Roldan, head of the National Data Repository for Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), discusses the development of Mexico’s data libraries. One of CNH’s data rooms. Images from CNH…

CERAWeek: New Pemex CEO details road ahead

Feb 24, 2016

José Antonio González Anaya has only been on the job for two weeks, but he’s ready to work. The new head of Pemex made his debut at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday afternoon in a discussion session with IHS moderators Daniel Yergin and Carlos Pascual…

CERAWeek: Mexico's deepwater round set for December

Feb 22, 2016

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told delegates at this year’s IHS CERAWeek forum in Houston that the fourth phase of Mexico’s historic Round One, will go forward in early December. The long-anticipated fourth phase of Round One will auction off 10 deepwater blocks…

Undeveloped Down Under

Feb 01, 2016

Australia and New Zealand hold vast petroleum potential, much of which remains undeveloped. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Samples of oil from various New Zealand discoveries. Photo from TAG Oil…

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