MEXICO CITY, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Mexico awarded a consortiumof Statoil, BP and Total the third block tendered in the Gulf ofMexico's Salina Basin in a historic deep water oil and gasauction on Monday.
Block 3 is a 1,269 square mile (3,287.1 square km) blockwhich the energy ministry says contains some 1.669 billionbarrels of oil equivalent (boe) in light crude and natural gas.
Earlier, the same consortium won the first block auctionedfrom the Salina Basin. (Reporting by Dave Graham)