Pemex Looking To Take Over 2 Billion Barrel Talos Field

Pemex is reportedly seeking a way to take over an offshore oil exploration project in the Gulf of Mexico that is currently developed jointly by the Mexican major and U.S. Talos Energy. Reuters reports, citing unnamed company insiders and two former government officials from the energy sphere, that Pemex’s plan to take over the Zama field is part of the new government’s drive to return more control of the country’s energy industry into the hands of the state company. Talos Energy was among the first foreign companies awarded exploration…