据离岸能源9月23日消息，意大利石油公司埃尼已获准在墨西哥近海浅水区钻探探井。

上周，该国石油和天然气监管机构国家碳氢化合物委员会(CNH)批准埃尼在7号区块钻探Ehecatl-1探井。

作为2017年许可招标的一部分，埃尼获得了该区块的权益。埃尼在该区块的合作伙伴凯恩能源本月早些时候表示，Ehecatl的开钻时间定于11月。

凯恩能源勘探总监埃里克?哈顿表示，埃尼将在计划于本月开钻的10号区块Saasken油井之后钻探Ehecatl油井。

预计这口井的总钻井深度将达到4400米，完钻后水深约420米，完工时间约为70天。凯恩能源表示，公司的目标是约1.4亿桶油当量的总平均资源预期。

裘寅 编译自 offshore energy

原文如下：

Eni gets nod for Ehecatl well offshore Mexico

Italian oil company Eni has received an approval to drill an exploration well in the shallow waters offshore Mexico.

The country’s oil and gas regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) last week gave its nod for Eni to drill the Ehecatl-1 exploration well in the Block 7.

Eni got hold of the block as part of the licensing round in 2017. Eni’s partner in the Block, Cairn Energy, said earlier this month that the spud of the Ehecatl was scheduled for November.

Cairn exploration director Eric Hathon said Eni would drill the Ehecatl well following the Saasken well in Block 10 scheduled to spud this month.

The well is expected to be drilled to a total depth of 4,400 meters, in a water depth of around 420 meters, taking around 70 days to complete. It is targeting gross mean prospective resources of ~140 mmboe, according to Cairn.