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Major Oil Field Discovery Made In Mexican Offshore Block

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Thu, 11/25/2021 - 17:35

Russian IOC Lukoil announced its discovery of an offshore field this week in its Block 12 that could contain up to 250MMB. The discovery was made in the Yoti West-1 exploration well, the first one drilled in the block, located 60km off the coast of Tabasco. The well was drilled by a Valaris 8505 semi-submersible platform that penetrated a sand reservoir in Upper Miocene sediments, according to Lukoil’s official press release.

 

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