Mexico

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February 2018
Total (40%) and Chevron (operator, 60%) have announced a major discovery at the Ballymore prospect, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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January 2018
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) recently launched the Rolligon dry additive mix unit, which uses a custom-designed mixer to pre-mix the gel powder with water on the fly, giving optimum gel quaity even at high rates.
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May 04, 2017
M² Subsea has joined forces with Frontera Offshore to deliver remedial pipeline work for Permaducto, a subsidiary of Grupo Protexa, in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) oilfield in the Bay of Campeche, 65 mi north east of Cuidad del Carmen, Mexico. This contract also marks the first award for M² Subsea in the Gulf of Mexico region.
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May 02, 2017
Mexico’s historic opening of its oil and gas sector to private investment, which began three years ago, continues on pace, and only a few phased moves remain to be completed, said a top governmental official.
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April 21, 2017
Shipments of crude to the U.S. from Mexico fell to a new low last week, extending a trend that goes back to when the Energy Information Administration began compiling preliminary weekly import data in June 2010.
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April 04, 2017
Canadian crude shipments to the U.S. are poised to shrink just as the effects of OPEC-led output cuts are being felt in the Caribbean.
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April 02, 2017
Mexico’s existing oil reserves are dwindling so fast the country could go dry within nine years without new discoveries.
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March 29, 2017
Senior figures from Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, have been discovering the secrets of the UK subsea sector’s success and how it has revolutionized the way in which hydrocarbons have been extracted from beneath the seabed during a fact-finding visit to Aberdeen.
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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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November 2016
Unleashing potential hinges on government policies
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August 2016
A new forged completion landing string gives operators and drilling contractors the flexibility to use the same tubular string for both drilling and completion operations, without compromising performance or safety.
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May 2016
Despite the industry downturn, regionwide potential drives E&P forward
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January 2016
A case history offshore Mexico has shown that the key to keeping the exploration prospect pipeline flowing, is to reprocess and re-evaluate old seismic data, allowing geologists to obtain useful information, using a low-risk approach. When high resolution and deep imaging are required, however, new data must be acquired.
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August 2015
Less than a year after the enactment of Mexico’s new energy reform law, which was promulgated in June 2014, the Director General of national oil company Pemex, Emilio Lozaya, announced significant new oil and gas discoveries in the country.
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May 2015
Mexico is the world’s 10th largest oil producer and has some of the largest reserves in the Western Hemisphere.
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