Mexico to Auction Off 29 Oil-Producing Areas in 5 States

Details of the third phase of the Round One oil and gas offerings will be released next week, with 29 onshore areas in five states to be auctioned off, the Mexican Energy Secretariat said.

The auction rules for the areas in Chiapas, Nuevo Leon, Tabasco, Tamaulipas and Veracruz states will be made public on May 12, the secretariat said in a statement.

Contracts covering the areas included in the third phase of the auction process will be awarded in November.

The auction provides an "opportunity for Mexican companies, both existing and newly created ones, to operate in fields of this . . .