CNOOC to drill Mexico deepwater

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission has approved a plan by China’s CNOOC to drill two to four wells in the Perdido foldbelt, international media reported on Tuesday.

Exploration will start in early 2019, Upstream Online reported.

Drilling will take place in two blocks which CNOOC won in deepwater Round 1.4 in 2016, the report added.

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