International operators in Mexico are continuing to make progress with deep-water work in an initial round of blocks awarded in 2016, which included both the country’s inaugural deep-water bid Round 1.4 as well as state oil company Pemex's initial farm-out.
In June, Malaysia's Petronas spudded its Yaxchilan Este-1 well in Area 4 in the Salina basin, understood to be a carbonate target.
