Slim adds 2 Russian fields in the Gulf of Mexico to his expanding oil portfolio

Grupo Carso, owned by the household of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, has agreed to acquisition the Russian lipid institution Lukoil’s Fieldwood Mexico subsidiary, thereby gaining afloat power of the Ichalkil and Pokoch lipid fields disconnected the seashore of Campeche.

According to the statement announced connected Monday, Carso volition get 100% of Fieldwood Mexico for US $270 million, successful summation to settling US $330 cardinal of Fieldwood’s indebtedness with its genitor company, according to a connection sent to the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV).

Slim’s Grupo Carso has much than 18 years of acquisition successful onshore and offshore drilling, arsenic good arsenic level operation services. (Graciela López/Cuartoscuro)

While Carso committed to assuming the work to wage Fieldwood Mexico’s accumulated debt, Lukoil itself volition beryllium the seller.

Carso, done its subsidiary Zamajal, signed a binding statement with Lukoil to get 100% of the stock superior of Fieldwood Mexico, which has a fractional involvement successful the Ichalkil and Pokoch offshore fields successful the Gulf of Mexico. 

“These figures and outgo presumption are taxable to closing adjustments successful accordance with the presumption of the contract,” Carso stated successful the papers sent to the BMV.

Fieldwood Mexico is the relation and holds a 50% involvement successful the Ichalkil and Pokoch fields successful Contract Area 4 successful the Gulf of Mexico. On June 20, 2024, the Grupo Carso subsidiary Zamajal formalized the acquisition of Petrobal Upstream Delta 1, present Mx Dlta NRG 1, which holds the different 50% involvement successful Contract Area 4.

If approved, Grupo Carso would ain 100% of the involvement successful this field. Mexico’s National Antimonopoly Commission and the Energy Ministry indispensable authorize the acquisition arsenic does the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control which imposed sanctions connected Russia’s vigor sector successful October 2025.

Bloomberg News reported that the acquisition aligns with Slim’s program to grow his lipid portfolio, which includes contracts with Pemex for much than US $6.4 billion. The Pemex contracts see services successful strategical fields specified arsenic Lakach and Ixachi, successful summation to his introduction into the Zama megafield.

Carso, 1 of the largest and astir important conglomerates successful Latin America, controls and operates a wide assortment of companies successful the commercial, communications, concern and user sectors.

With reports from El Economista, El Financiero and Bloomberg Online