(Talos, 9.Jul.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that on 7 July 2020, that it received a notice from Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) instructing the partners of Block 7 and Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to unitize the Zama field. Talos is the operator of Block 7 in a partnership with Wintershall […]
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Talos Energy Completes Zama Appraisal Program
(Talos, 26.Jun.2019) — Talos Energy Inc. provided an update on the Zama appraisal program in Block 7, located in the offshore portion of Mexico’s prolific Sureste Basin. Talos is the operator of Block 7 in a consortium (the “Consortium”) with its partners Sierra Oil & Gas, a Wintershall DEA company, […]
Talos Energy Announces Start Of Zama Appraisal Program In Mexico
(Talos Energy Inc., 4.Dec.2018) — Talos Energy Inc. announced the Zama-2 appraisal well was spud on Thursday, November 29, 2018. The spudding of the Zama-2 well marks the commencement of the Zama discovery appraisal program, which will consist of three reservoir penetrations, including two wells and one sidetrack. The first […]
Premier Oil Eyes 3D Seismic At Mexico’s Block 30
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2018) — Premier Oil plans to acquire 3D seismic across Block 30, which contains the high impact Wahoo prospect, and reprocess existing 3D seismic over Blocks 11 and 13 in the Burgos basin in 2019, the company announced in an official statement. *** #LatAmNRG Related Stories https://energy-analytics-institute.org/premier-oil-to-spud-zama-appraisal-well-in-late-november-2018/
Premier Oil To Spud Zama Appraisal Well in late-November 2018
(Premier Oil, 15.Nov.2018) — In September, the Mexican authorities approved the Zama pre-unitisation agreement between Pemex and the Block 7 partners as well as the Block 7 Zama appraisal programme. The first Zama appraisal well is on track to spud at the end of November and will be drilled to […]
Argentina’s Conventional Oil and Gas Attract Explorers
(Ft.com, Charles Newberry, 23.Sep.2019) — Fresh discovery indicates life beyond Vaca Muerta. A few years ago, when the giant shale play of Vaca Muerta was starting to lure oil majors such as Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to Argentina’s south-west, a small company called Roch struck oil far away at the […]
Pemex, Consortium Sign First Ever Pre-Unitization Agreement in Mexico
(Pemex, 20.Sep.2018) — Pemex and the Block 7 consortium signed the first ever pre-unitization agreement in Mexico. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Talos Energy, as operator of the Block 7 Consortium, announced that Pemex and the international Block 7 Consortium (Talos Energy, Sierra Oil and Gas, and Premier Oil) signed a […]
Background: Premier Oil’s Entry Into Mexico
(Premier Oil, 6.Aug.2018) — London-based Premier Oil is focused on development of assets in parts of the world from South East Asia, the North Falklands Basin, as well as Mexico and the world-class oil discovery at Zama. What follows is a backgrounder on Premier in Mexico: In July 2015, Premier […]
Eni Hat-trick at Mackenzie’s Annual Awards
(Wood Mackenzie, 12.Jul.2018) – Italian major Eni won its third consecutive Most-Admired Explorer title, an accolade awarded in conjunction with Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration Survey. Eni’s chief exploration officer, Luca Bertelli, accepted the award – which Eni has won for three years in a row – at the inaugural […]
Mexico Awards Blocks In Final Oil Auction Before Election
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia & Marianna Parraga, 27.Mar.2018) — Mexico awarded just under half of the 35 shallow-water blocks it tendered on Tuesday, in an auction muddied by the promises of the presidential frontrunner to review contracts awarded under a historic energy opening if he wins the July 1 election. […]