Incentive contracts could draw smaller oil companies to market

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* Incentive contracts could draw smaller oil companies to market - Mexico

The proposed incentive-based contracts that Mexico's state oil company Pemex plans to sign could attract smaller oil companies, Jeremy Martin, the director of the Institute of the Americas' energy program, told BNamericas.

It is widely believed that the incentive-based contracts, which were made legal by the 2008 energy reform, will initially be deployed at the Chicontepec field in Puebla and Veracruz states in an attempt to finally boost output.

Chicontepec's output has remained at some 30,00 ... more
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