2018 and Statoil Statoil may start drilling in Mexico’s largely unexplored deep waters as soon as late 2018 in a move seen as a vote of confidence to the country’s efforts to overhaul its oil auctions. Mexico is getting attention from explorers after it nearly doubled the oil and gas blocks available and allowed companies to nominate areas of interest, said Helge Haldorsen, Statoil general director for Mexico. The Norwegian producer may then become one of the first foreign oil companies to drill in Mexico’s deep-water provinces after winning two blocks in the Gulf of Mexico in December. 1,5000 stations British oil and gas giant, BP which turned its back on Nigeria some years ago, says it will develop as many as 1,500 Mexican gasoline stations by 2022, deepening its commitment to become a major new player in the country’s energy revival. The London-based giant will invest “hundreds of millions” of dollars in local service stations, and plans to buy its fuel from state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos and other clients, Alvaro Granada, general director of BP Downstream Mexico, said Thursday in
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