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Mexico Makes Biggest Oil Find in a Decade

Foxnews Latino -- State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it found reserves of up to 500 million barrels of crude in southern Mexico, a discovery that President Felipe Calderon hailed as the "biggest find" of petroleum on land in the past decade.

The Navegante 1 field is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Villahermosa, the capital of the southern state of Tabasco, and yielded light crude at a depth of 6,800 meters (22,295 feet), Pemex officials told Efe.

Initial estimates are that the field contains 500 million proven, possible and probable (3P) barrels of petroleum, but new test wells are planned and could boost reserve estimates to up to 1 billion barrels, Pemex said.

Calderon, who is less than a week away from handing over power to President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto, announ

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,624 Points:1,609,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Nov 30, 2012 5:55:56 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse viro: you said it before I could.
virostek Veteran Author Virginia Posts:423 Points:90,285 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 29, 2012 1:00:33 PM Ignore virostek Report Abuse So are the drug cartels diversifying?
MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,547 Points:766,840 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 9:59:26 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse This is definitely good news for the citizens of Mexico especially those in Southern Mexico and for all of the people in North America. One certainly hopes that this newly discovered crude oil field is developed with a long term view in control to maximize the economic benefits to Mexico over the longest term practical. Perhaps the time is right to form the North American Petroleum Exporting Countries (NAPEC) organization as a counter weight to OPEC on the world scene.
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,355 Points:1,243,325 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 9:53:53 AM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Peak Oil? I doubt it...
BEGTWO Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,947 Points:724,515 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 8:44:55 AM Ignore BEGTWO Report Abuse COOL!!!
Canucktree Champion Author Alberta Posts:4,896 Points:1,020,625 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 7:51:35 AM Ignore Canucktree Report Abuse So lets all look for new news.
virostek Veteran Author Virginia Posts:423 Points:90,285 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 7:22:22 AM Ignore virostek Report Abuse So are the drug cartels diversifying?
jethro5000 Champion Author Kentucky Posts:1,877 Points:391,235 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 6:51:54 AM Ignore jethro5000 Report Abuse ??????
gbs1 Champion Author Minnesota Posts:2,001 Points:742,600 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 9:59:28 PM Ignore gbs1 Report Abuse Good news for Mexico to offset their declining production
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:11,095 Points:1,623,180 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 6:11:07 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse How wonderful for Mexico's 1%ers! True MidNJ that it is a mere drop in the bucket relative to U.S. oil consumption. Hardly tomok.
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,559 Points:1,173,100 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 5:39:30 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse 500 million barrels may seem like a lot, but the USA uses 15 to 18 million barrels of oil each day. Even using the 15 million barrel a day figure that means this amount of oil will give the USA just a 33 day of oil supply. (500 divided by 15 = 33.3)
GatorGuy Champion Author Columbia Posts:2,233 Points:1,207,470 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 2:23:57 PM Ignore GatorGuy Report Abuse It's about time we invaded Mexico, don't you think?
dbellie Veteran Author Twin Cities Posts:305 Points:45,480 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 1:59:57 PM Ignore dbellie Report Abuse I though the world was coming to an end, soon
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:33,020 Points:2,345,510 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 1:09:59 PM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Mexico Makes Biggest Oil Find in a Decade, so much for that 'Peak Oil' thing. There is oil all over this world, find it, get it out of the ground and get it to market. And the price of fuel at the pump keeps going up and up! Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, vehicle manufactures Produce and the population ‘Drives’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! XII/XXII/MMXII!
BigKart All-Star Author Indianapolis Posts:771 Points:225,350 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 11:57:08 AM Ignore BigKart Report Abuse Great. Something else for the drug dealers to fight over... don't expect the standard of living to increase.
doctorindyj Champion Author Santa Fe Posts:3,453 Points:839,810 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 11:36:34 AM Ignore doctorindyj Report Abuse Good for the Mexican government not so good for the Mexican people.
zimowski Champion Author San Jose Posts:6,671 Points:1,584,465 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 11:33:52 AM Ignore zimowski Report Abuse Good news for Mexico and North American energy independence.
joebobdiddly Champion Author California Posts:4,068 Points:945,920 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 11:20:13 AM Ignore joebobdiddly Report Abuse There's no shortage of oil, despite the doomsayers
Utrix Champion Author Lansing Posts:23,785 Points:2,052,705 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 10:59:50 AM Ignore Utrix Report Abuse Now mexico can; 1. pay back the $10 billion The U.S.A. gave them for oil exploration! 2. pay back the $40 trillion The U.S.A. gave them for the war on drugs! or was it used for the production of drugs? 3. pay back the $30 trillion The U.S.A. gave them for sending their citizens to The U.S.A. to collect government assistance or take low paying jobs and send half the money back to mexico.
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itzagasgasgas1 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:3,974 Points:1,599,495 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 10:00:47 AM Ignore itzagasgasgas1 Report Abuse They should take the crude and boil the drug dealers in oil.
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