UPDATE 3-Mexico's Pemex raises hand in final oil auction before election
March 27, 2018 at 20:42 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY, March 27 (Reuters) - Mexico awarded nearly half of the 35 oil and gas blocks tendered on Tuesday, in an auction where state-run Pemex took advantage of growing political risk ahead of a presidential election to consolidate its predominance in the Gulf's shallow waters.