Sechin laid out the plans of the Russian government-led oil company after an announcement earlier Wednesday that it had signed a deal to take a 30% stake in 20 deep-water ExxonMobil blocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
“I hope Halliburton, Weatherford, Schlumberger, other service companies, that you hear my message in order to develop such large-scale projects,” Sechin told a ballroom of attendees at IHS CeraWeek through an interpreter.
“We
