In what country were huge oil reserves discovered during the late 1970s

Mexico
In the late 1970s vast new oil reserves were discovered in Mexico. This introduced oil as a major source of revenue for the Mexican economy. The discovery made  Mexico the eleventh largest producer of oil in the world and the thirteenth largest in terms of net exports.

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