???? 據世界石油3月15日墨西哥城報道，墨國油(Pemex)在塔巴斯科(Tabasco)發現了一個預計儲量達10億桶油當量的新油田，有望扭轉該公司15年來低迷的產量。

????Pemex首席執行官奧克塔維奧 羅梅羅 奧羅佩薩(Octavio Romero Oropeza)周日晚間接受墨西哥國有廣播系統負責人杰納羅?維拉米爾(Jenaro Villamil)采訪時稱，如果將墨西哥灣南部的新油田與附近的礦藏結合起來，其規模與其他發現的數十億桶石油儲量相仿。

????與最近發現的天然氣和凝析油田Quesqui（9億桶油當量）以及Ixachi（19億桶油當量）相比較，羅梅羅稱：“這是一個巨大的油田。”。他表示，墨國油將在3月18日提供有關這一發現的更多細節。3月18日是墨西哥20世紀30年代石油公司被剝奪的紀念日。

????以大多數標準來衡量，這家國有石油公司的境況比其83年歷史上的任何時候都要糟糕。自本世紀初以來，其產量急劇下降，債務高達1130億美元，是所有大型石油公司中最高的。該公司扭轉生產的策略未能打動投資者，惠譽評級(Fitch Ratings)和穆迪投資者服務公司(Moody 's investors Service Inc.)將其債券評級下調至垃圾級。

????裘寅 編譯自 世界石油

????原文如下：

????Pemex discovers new billion-barrel oil field in Tabasco

????Petroleos Mexicanos discovered what’s expected to be a billion-barrel oil field in Tabasco as it aims to reverse a decade and a half of sinking production.

????The new field at the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, when combined with nearby deposits, is similar in size to other billion-barrel discoveries, Pemex CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said in an interview with Jenaro Villamil, head of Mexico’s state-owned broadcasting system, on Sunday night.

????“It’s a gigantic field,” said Romero, comparing it to the recently discovered gas and condensate fields Quesqui, with 900 million barrels of oil equivalent, as well as Ixachi, with 1.9 billion. He said that Pemex will provide more details about the discovery on March 18, the nationally celebrated anniversary of Mexico’s 1930s expropriation of oil companies.

????By most measures, the state-owned oil company is worse off than at any time in its nearly 83-year history. Its output has fallen sharply since the early years of this century and its debt -- at $113 billion -- is the highest of any major oil company. Its strategy to turn around production has failed to impress investors, and its bonds have been downgraded to junk by Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service Inc.