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HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. on Wed nesday unveiled two major oil discoveries and a natural-gas find in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico that combined could contain more than 700 million barrels of recoverable oil and gas resources — a sign that the region’s energy potential is starting to reawaken from its post-Deepwater Horizon slumber.
Two of the finds, at the Hadrian South and Hadrian North prospects, had been made in 2009 and 2010 respectively. A third discovery was made in the same block of the Keathley Canyon area of the gulf after the company drilled its first exploration well in the region since the lifting of the nine-month U.S. moratorium following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
