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September 25, 2017

Total, Chevron Team up in Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration

 Total announced that its subsidiary, TOTAL E&P USA, INC., has entered into an agreement to capture seven prospects operated by CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The agreement covers 16 blocks.

 
The associated prospects are located in two promising plays and areas of the GoM: Wilcox in Central GoM next to the Anchor discovery, and Norphlet in Eastern GoM nearby to the Appomattox discovery. Total’s participation in these wells will be between 25 percentand 40 percent.The first of these wells was spudded late July on the Ballymore prospect in Mississippi Canyon.
 
“This agreement, together with the recently announced participation in the Jack field as part of the Maersk Oil acquisition, increases Total’s footprint in the USA GoM where it can apply its exploration expertise and deepwater technologies. Total values Chevron’s performance as a GoM deepwater company and this agreement expands a successful co-ownership already in place on the Tahiti field”, stated Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production. “As a continued effort to highgrade its portfolio, Total won six offshore exploration licenses in the August Lease Sale.”
 
Total has been active in exploration and production in the United States since 1957. In the Gulf of Mexico, Total focuses on the deepwater with a participation in two producing fields, Tahiti with 17 percent, operated by Chevron, and Chinook with 33.33 percent, operated by Petrobras, as well as in the world-class discovery of North Platte with 40 percent, operated by Cobalt International. 
 
As part of the acquisition of Maersk Oil company, Total will also become a 25 percent partner in the Chevron operated Jack field. Total also has a participation in over 160 exploration leases.
 
Arnaud BreuillacChevron USA Inc.Cobalt International
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