Petronas, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Petronas (E&P) Overseas Ventures Sdn Bhd, has signed an agreement to license a significant part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic survey in the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a news release from Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB).

More than 80,000 sq km of newly imaged subsurface data, which have been acquired in the last 12 months, are available for oil and gas companies participating in exploration in Mexico. The project follows the Mexican government’s opening of licensing rounds to non-government companies for the first time.