Oil & Gas Shell and Nexen make promising US Gulf oil strikeSHELL, with Nexen, has made a major new oil strike in the deepwater sector of the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. April 5th 2010, 2:52 am 1 min read Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. SHELL, with Nexen, has made a major new oil strike in the deepwater sector of the eastern US Gulf of Mexico.