Mexico: Trion field kickoff event [photo journal]

MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre with Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Mar.2026, Words: 141) — Activities at the Trion offshore field are being developed owing to the collaboration of Mexico’s Energy Secretariat (SENER), state-owned Pemex, the government of Tamaulipas and Australia’s Woodside Energy.

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Other Trion field highlights:

— this, as Mexico’s first deepwater oil development;

— the project reached 50% completion at YE:25;

— Woodside plans to use a floating production unit (FPU) with a nameplate capacity of 100,000 b/d to process Trion’s production;

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— according to Woodside, the FPU can process up to 120,000 b/d in the early producing years of the field with no water breakthrough; and

— initial oil is expected to flow in 2028. 

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EDITOR’S NOTE: all photos courtesy of SENER.

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By Isaac Silvestre reporting from Monterrey and Pietro D. Pitts contributing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. © 1999-2026 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.

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