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Pemex Selected To Operate Major Oilfield

MEXICO
  • Mexico's Pemex has been selected to operate the Zama offshore oilfield, according to a ministerial letter and three sources close to the matter, giving the state company control over one of the country's most promising oil projects. (NP)
    • The resolution ends a long-standing conflict between Pemex, as the state company is known, and the Houston-based producer, Talos Energy Inc., over the field, which contains as many as one billion barrels of oil equivalent.
    • It was the first major oil discovery by foreign companies after reforms spearheaded by Mexico's previous administration opened up the country's energy sector to foreign and private producers, which Lopez Obrador has battled to roll back.

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