Gulf of Mexico, Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana, Mobile Bay to the Mississippi River delta : offshore fishing maps / Catalog Record Only "This map is not intended to be used for navigational purposes." Gulf-Of-Mexico-Shelf News: Armed With New Technology, Oil Drillers Revisit Gulf Of Mexico, BP US Leadership Changes, Energy Partners Declares Dry Hole Map of the northern Gulf of Mexico showing the nearly 4,000 active oil and gas platforms. This data set contains Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) and Leasing Map (LM) outlines in ESRI shape file formats for the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region. About this Map. Outer Continental Shelf of the United States – Wikipedia. Geothermal gradients have been calculated in 1131 fields and wells, and a map has been prepared showing the below-mudline depth to the 300 o F subsurface isotherm over the northern Gulf of Mexico. OPDs are numbered using the United Nations International Map of the World Numbering System, and are generally named for land or hydrographic features contained within the limits of the diagram. The satellite images on this map are from the GOES satellite. The GOES satellite is composed of sophisticated instruments for sensing various aspects of the Earth’s atmosphere and weather systems. It is broken up into four separate regions: Alaska Region, Pacific Region, Gulf of Mexico Region, and the Atlantic Region.
A computer enhanced multibeam bathymetry map of the northwestern and northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and slope. Enhanced Gulf of Mexico Satellite View. Depths shown by gradient tints, soundings, and contours. The North American continental shelf presents a vastly different picture than the map of the same land area. Since the 300 o F isotherm values are a direct reflection of thermal gradient, thermal conductivity, and heat flow, the map may be considered as a portrayal of subsurface temperature distribution. Gulf of Mexico Shelf Exploration - Over the past several years, Houston Energy has placed major exploration emphasis on the offshore Gulf of Mexico.