Mexico unveils major deep-water oil finding

Mexican President Felipe Calderon unveiled Wednesday the country's first major deep-water oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, with probable reserves of 250-400 million barrels, according to dpa. 'If this parameter is confirmed, the figure amounts to a third of the annual national production of Petroleos Mexicans (Pemex),'Calderon said at the presidential residence Los Pinos. The light-crude oilfield lies 39 kilometres south of the maritime border with the United States and 180 kilometres east of the coast of the state of Tamaulipas. Mexico's state-owned oil monopolist Pemex had so far only found gas in the area. Several special guests including the media baron called the world’s wealthiest by Forbes magazine - Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim - were in attendance when Calderon described the finding as 'good news for Mexico.