RPT-UPDATE 5-Shell wins three oil blocks in Brazil's deepwater
October 27, 2017 at 15:44 PM EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc won half the blocks awarded in Brazil's deepwater oil auction on Friday, while rival BP took two blocks and Exxon Mobil Corp took one in a historic opening of the pre-salt play to foreign operators.