中国石化新闻网讯 据俄罗斯《欧亚油气新闻》3月7日莫斯科报道，俄罗斯最大石油公司俄罗斯石油公司（俄油/Rosneft）麾下的间接独立子公司Neftegaz美国大陆架公司，日前根据一项俄油和美国埃克森美孚公司签署的协议，获得了埃克森美孚公司持有的位于墨西哥湾的20个深水勘探区块的30%股份。
这20个深水勘探区块总面积大约在11.16万英亩（450平方公里），水深在2100英尺和6800英尺（640米和2070米）之间。其中17个勘探区块位于墨西哥湾西部，另外3个勘探区块位于墨西哥湾的中部。
拥有70%股份的埃克森美孚公司仍将担任这20个深水勘探区块的作业者。地震数据分析时下正在进行之中，目前这些区块没有任何油气生产。
（李 峻 编译）
原文如下：
Rosneft Subsidiary Acquires Interest in ExxonMobil Gulf of Mexico Exploration Blocks
News Oil & Gas Eurasia
March 7, 2013
Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Neftegaz), an indirect independent subsidiary of Rosneft, acquires 30 percent interest in 20 deepwater exploration blocks in the Gulf of Mexico held by ExxonMobil, under an agreement signed by the two companies.
The 20 blocks have a total area of approximately 111,600 acres (450 square kilometers) in water depths ranging between 2,100 and 6,800 feet (640 and 2,070 meters). Seventeen are located in the Western Gulf of Mexico and three are in the Central Gulf of Mexico.
ExxonMobil retains 70 percent interest in the blocks and remains operator. Analysis of seismic data is under way. There is currently no production on the blocks.
