Mexico

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March 29, 2017
The newest oil refineries in Texas are looking to join the hottest two plays in the North American oil industry.
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March 28, 2017
When an angry mob torched City Hall in the southern Mexican town of Tecpatan last month, it sent a warning flare across a country already thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump.
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March 23, 2017
Eni has successfully drilled the Amoca-2 well in the shallow waters of Campeche Bay, offshore Mexico, confirming the presence of oil in multiple reservoirs.
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March 06, 2017
BHP Billiton has advanced its exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico by executing a contract with PEMEX Exploration & Production Mexico (Pemex) to complete work on the significant Trion discovery in Mexico.
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January 27, 2017
It could take more than a political standoff between President Donald Trump and Mexico to keep U.S. shale gas from flowing south.
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December 21, 2016
NRC announces the establishment of its strategic Tier 2 oil spill response base in the Bay of Campeche region of Mexico. Driven by new shallow and deepwater drilling developments in Mexico, NRC’s robust Tier 2 base will support NRC E&P clients now operating in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.
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December 06, 2016
Total has been awarded exploration licenses on three blocks in offshore Mexico, following the country’s first competitive deep water bid round.
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December 05, 2016
Mexico’s first competitive deepwater oil auction surpassed expectations as eight of 10 blocks were awarded to some of the world’s top oil companies.
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December 05, 2016
For the three titans of Latin American oil—Pemex, PDVSA and Petrobras—last week’s OPEC-driven price rally won’t be enough to halt a slow descent from the ranks of international crude heavyweights.
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December 01, 2016
In Mexico, the era of big oil is just getting started. But for the state oil dinosaur, its best days appear to be behind it.
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November 28, 2016
AGR’s business in the Americas, AGR F.J. Brown Inc., has been confirmed as an approved third party supplier to the country’s oil and gas operators, to certify and audit reserves.
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October 26, 2016
Mexico's wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country's declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
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October 25, 2016
CGG has been awarded a major contract by Pemex to deliver an orthogonal wide-azimuth integrated solution designed to optimize subsalt seismic imaging in the geologically complex deep waters of the Perdido area.
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October 17, 2016
Mexico has eased the terms of a joint venture with state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos in the deepwater Trion field to attract more bids.
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October 06, 2016
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Mexico’s Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (ASEA) have signed a letter of intent to strengthen cooperation, coordination and information sharing on environmental matters related to offshore hydrocarbon activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
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October 06, 2016
Searcher Seismic has completed acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey, offshore Mexico.
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October 04, 2016
TGS has completed acquisition of its 186,000 km Gigante seismic survey in Mexico. Acquisition of this survey began in June 2015 with five seismic vessels contracted to acquire a dense, modern, long-offset regional 2D seismic grid.
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September 20, 2016
CGG said Tuesday that the Fast Trax Reverse Time Migration (RTM) data from its Encontrado multi-client mega-merge project, covering the Perdido fold belt, has been delivered on time to the industry and the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) ahead of Mexico’s December licensing round.
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September 16, 2016
In a project that established a new worldwide milestone in casing while drilling (CwD) operations, Frank’s International provided its FA-1 casing running tool (CRT), modified for 30-in. casing drilling and running, to Schlumberger for a 30-in. CwD shallow water project in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
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September 13, 2016
Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen has been awarded funding to create a skills development framework for the oil and gas sector in Mexico.
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