據路透社7月9日報道，墨西哥國家石油公司(Pemex)和美國塔洛斯能源公司（Talos Energy Inc.）領導的私人財團已接到指示，就如何共同開發大型海上石油資源達成協議。

能源部于7月7日發出正式指示，在周三的一份聲明中宣布了這一消息。此前，墨國油確認，在墨西哥灣塔洛斯經營的區塊中發現的Zama油田延伸到了墨國油經營的鄰近區塊。所謂的Zama統一開發，即雙方必須確定哪一家公司將負責共同開發項目的運營，并提出對共享資源的初步分割，而此類高風險交易在墨西哥尚屬首次。

Zama油田是2017年被發現的，據信含有近7億桶石油，這是數十年來私營公司在墨西哥發現的最大的新油田。

墨西哥能源部在聲明中表示，墨國油和塔洛斯能源有120個工作日的時間來提交一份聯合開發Zama油田的統一協議，以實現能源資源價值的最大化。

墨國油和塔洛斯均表示，該油藏的大部分資源位于其各自區塊內，盡管墨國油尚未在其所屬區塊內鉆探任何探井，而塔洛斯已在該區塊鉆探了4口井。

如果兩家公司無法達成一致協議，能源部最終將決定由哪家公司來運營Zama。兩家公司均未立即回應置評請求。

王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Mexico's Pemex, Talos Energy told to seek deal on shared oil find

Mexico’s state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc have been instructed to come to an agreement detailing how they will jointly develop a large offshore oil find, the energy ministry said on Wednesday.

The formal instruction from the energy ministry, dated July 7 but announced in a statement on Wednesday, follows a determination that the Zama discovery made in the Talos-operated block in the Gulf of Mexico extends into Pemex’s neighboring block.

The so-called unification of Zama, in which the parties must determine which company will run operations of a joint development and come up with a preliminary split of the shared reservoir, marks the first time in Mexico such a high-stakes deal is being negotiated.

Discovered in 2017, Zama is believed to contain nearly 700 million barrels of oil, making it the biggest new find in Mexico notched by a private company in decades.

The energy ministry said in its statement that Pemex and Talos Energy have 120 working days to present a unification agreement to jointly develop the Zama reservoir in a way that would maximize its value.

Both Pemex and Talos have claimed that a majority of the reservoir’s riches lie it its block, even as Pemex has yet to drill any exploratory wells on its side while Talos has drilled four.

If the two companies fail to reach an agreement, the energy ministry can ultimately decree which firm will run Zama.

Neither Pemex or Talos immediately responded to requests for comment.