The Atlas documents principal geologic and engineering characteristics of natural gas and oil sands of the offshore northern Gulf of Mexico basin.  The objectives of the Atlas are to

·      organize all Federal OCS offshore gas and oil sands in the GOM into plays on the basis of geologic and engineering parameters;

·      illustrate and describe each play and typical sands within each play;

·      tabulate sands to include descriptive and quantitative summaries of play characteristics, cumulative production, reserves, and various other engineering and geologic data; and

·      provide the spatial location of plays, fields, and sands through a computerized geographic information system (GIS) available on CD-ROM.

As part of our ongoing mission, it is our goal to provide periodic updates of the extensive reserves and production database, maps, and text that are presented in each Atlas. The first Atlas was based on January 1, 1995, data and the most recent publication was based on January 1, 1999, data. An Atlas has not been compiled or published since, but tabular files for subsequent data sets are available for download by clicking on the link below.

Atlas of Gulf of Mexico Gas and Oil Sands Data Available for Download

Atlas of Gulf of Mexico Gas and Oil Sands as of January 1, 1999

Offshore Gulf of Mexico Atlas Project as of January 1, 1995