Petroleos Mexicanos is in talks with Exxon Mobil Corp., Total SA and Chevron Corp. as Mexico’s struggling state-run oil producer seeks partners to develop deepwater crude in the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex may also start discussions with Oslo-based Statoil ASA, according to company press officials who asked not to be named because of policy. Pemex seeks Areas of Mutual Interest agreements to evaluate whether the companies have opportunities to work together in offshore areas. The talks would indicate the world’s oil majors are interested in partnering with Pemex to produce the country’s underdeveloped crude reserves or bid with Mexico’s state-owned operator in the country’s first-ever deep water auctions in December. Pemex, which deferred investments in deepwater fields this year amid a $5.5 billion budget cut , has reiterated that it seeks to partner with the world’s largest producers to develop Mexico’s crude reserves, estimated by the country’s oil regulator […]