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Pemex planning more than 10,000 job layoffs
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex is planning more than 10,000 layoffs, and the jobs cull is already under way, according…
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Workers evacuated as fire on Pemex platform is contained
Almost 100 workers were evacuated on Saturday from a platform run by Pemex after fire broke out there, according to…
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Pemex signs MOUs with Saudi Aramco and Mubadala Petroleum
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with two major Middle East players about potential cooperation…
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Regulator approves Pemex request to drill two deepwater wells in Gulf of Mexico
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex on Tuesday was granted permission to drill two offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico,…
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Fieldwood Energy signs PSC for fields offshore Mexico
A subsidiary of Houston, Texas-based Fieldwood Energy announced that it has signed a production sharing contract to work on an…
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Swiber AHTS aground off Mexico
A Swiber anchor handling tug supply vessel ran aground yesterday near the port of Dos Bocas, Mexico. The 2008-built was…
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Statoil signs up to Schlumberger’s seismic survey of Campeche Basin
Houston-based oilfield services multinational Schlumberger has made a deal whereby Norway’s Statoil has signed up to license a substantial portion…
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Fugro wins $20m contract extension from Pemex
Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has awarded Dutch survey company Fugro a $20m contract extension for work supporting offshore exploration…
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BP facing lawsuit in Mexico over environmental damage from Deepwater Horizon
BP is facing a class-action lawsuit in Mexico over the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf…
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Pemex announces two oil finds in shallow waters of Gulf of Mexico
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has announced that it has made two shallow water offshore oil discoveries, according to Bloomberg.…
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Eni cleared by Mexican authorities to develop oilfields in Gulf of Mexico
Italian oil and gas multinational Eni has been cleared by Mexican authorities to develop some oil fields offshore Mexico in…
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Farstad Shipping wins long-term Mexican deal for newbuild CSV
Farstad Shipping has won a contract from Mexico’s Subtec S.A.de C.V. for construction work, inspection maintenance and repair, and other subsea…
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Grounded Mexican ship to be scuttled
The , a Mexican-flagged bulk carrier, which ran aground north of Manzanillo last week during Hurricane Patricia, will need to…
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Hurricane Patricia claims bulker
Mexican bulk carrier was pushed aground onto rocks by hurricane Patricia on Saturday off Manzanillo, Colima. The ship suffered several…
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Mexican ports close as Hurricane Patricia approaches
Mexico was battening down the hatches on Friday as Hurricane Patricia – measured early in the day as one of…
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US oil-swap deal with Mexico questioned
A US Senator and prominent proponent of bills to lift the ban on US crude oil exports has called for…
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Hurricane Patricia poses threat to Pacific coast Mexican ports
The Mexican shipping port of Manzanillo was bracing for a possible hit from Hurricane Patricia as it appeared headed for…
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Pemex escapes fine over fatal April platform explosion
Mexico’s oil safety agency ASEA said on Friday that the country’s state-run oil giant Pemex faces no fines over a…
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Pemex evacuates 85 personnel from Gulf of Mexico rig after gas leak detected
Pemex evacuated 85 personnel from an oil platform it runs in the Gulf of Mexico, after a gas leak was…
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Pemex extends with Fugro
Dutch geotechnical specialist Fugro has announced that Mexican oil national Pemex has extended a contract with the firm for an…
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