Eni allowed to drill exploration well in Mexico’s ultra-deepwater Cuenca Salina Basin

Italian operator Eni will drill an exploration well in the ultra-deepwater Cuenca Salina Basin off Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico to obtain data that will help determine whether to develop the area. During its weekly meeting, Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission, or CNH, on April 18 approved the request presented by Eni to drill Tlazotli 1, the first exploration well…