PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Total said its subsidiary Total E&P USA won the tender for 12 deep-water exploration blocks in the central and east part of the Gulf of Mexico.
Total E&P will 100 pct own and operate five blocks in the Gardens Bank zone, three in Green Canyon zone and four in the Walkridge zone.
Total obtained the blocks as part of a tender covering 205 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico. The company acquired twenty exploration blocks in the same area last year. tfn.paris@thomson.com gt/ak/ses/lam COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.