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As of January 16, 13 companies have initiated the prequalification process for Round 2.1, the shallow water exploration and extraction contract auction process that Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) intends to award in June 19 of this year. According to CNH’s website, the companies are:
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US: Chevron, Conoco Philips, Hunt Overseas Oil Company, Noble Energy.
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UK: BP, Premier Oil Exploration and Production, Shell (UK-Netherlands)
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México: Citla Energy E&P, Sierra O&G.
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Germany: Dea Deutsche Erdoel AG.
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Italy: ENI.
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Norway: Statoil.
The auction, originally planned for March 22, was postponed until June after CNH received formal requests from four interested companies. The R02-L01 process will tender 15 shallow water fields in the Gulf of Mexico, in the areas of Tampico-Misantla, Veracruz and the Southeastern Basin. The fields have an average 592 km2 area and 1,587 million boe in prospective resources. The first oil and gas production from these fields is expected to be delivered in 2020. A total of 23 companies have expressed interest in the process. The final companies that will participate in the auction will be announced by CNH on March 1.
The next bidding round in the opening of Mexico’s oil and gas sector will be called by the end of July and consist of 15 shallow water blocks for exploration and extraction in the Gulf of Mexico, Energy Minister Pedro Joaquin Coldwell said.
Coldwell announced the round, denominated 2.1, at an event in the northern city of Monterrey on Wednesday.
The following round, or 2.2, would be called by the end of the summer and comprise 14 onshore blocks for exploration and production in the gas-rich Burgos basin in the north of the country as well as in southeast Mexico, Coldwell added.
Mexico ended the oil and gas monopoly of national oil company Pemex at the end of 2013 to open up the industry to more private sector investment. However, the auctions of oil and gas blocks have been complicated by a sharp drop in crude prices.
Crude futures on Wednesday hit their highest levels in 2016, beyond $50 per barrel. Coldwell said it was very hard to forecast whether the recovery in prices would last
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