Oil Rigs Gulf Of Mexico Map
Captain devin potts has done his fair share of oil rig fishing he operates the sea mixer a 66 foot long spencer yachts boat out of orange beach and offers this information when you re doing some gulf of mexico oil rig fishing the location of a rig is very important.
Oil rigs gulf of mexico map. We made this fishing map of the gulf of mexico offshore oil rig platforms and pipelines using bureau of ocean energy management data. Map created by skytruth org in carto. That s not to say that you shouldn t fish here. The us states of texas louisiana mississippi alabama and florida border the gulf on the north which are often referred to as.
Location of deepwater horizon oil spill of 2010. In april 2010 an explosion at bp s deepwater horizon oil rig pumped crude oil into the gulf of mexico for five months covering lousiana mississippi alabama and florida beaches with tar and. Map created by skytruth org in carto. Beachgoers look on as a crew cleaning oil from the deepwater horizon spill walk by on a beach in gulf shores alabama june 25 2010.
Gulf coast oil gas platforms map a map of active pipelines and offshore platforms in federal wasters of the gulf of mexico. Ship and oil rigs in the gulf. A map of active pipelines and offshore platforms in the gulf of mexico. The number of development and exploratory wells has fallen in each year since 2012.
Golfo de méxico is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the atlantic ocean largely surrounded by the north american continent. Military yearly galveston cams. A map of active pipelines and offshore platforms in the gulf of mexico. The gulf of mexico spanish.
It is bounded on the northeast north and northwest by the gulf coast of the united states on the southwest and south by mexico and on the southeast by cuba. The number of rotary rigs operating in the gom decreased from an average of 55 in 2014 when the brent crude oil spot price began dropping to 22 in 2016. 43rd beach. Although the number of operating rotary rigs in the gom increased from 2012 to 2014 falling crude oil prices in 2014 along with drilling delays caused by the 2013 discovery of faulty rig safety equipment led to decreasing drilling activity in that period.
There just aren t as many oil platforms in this part of the gulf. Oil infrastructure in the gulf of mexico. Reuters lee celano tourism along the gulf of mexico came to a screeching. Gulf of mexico oil rig platforms pipelines fishing map 2020 free the first strikelines custom chart available for free and updated january 12 2020.
Alabama and mississippi are a little different to western gulf states. A lot of floater rigs are close to underwater seamounts and then the rigs work like fish attracting devices. However the real action is inshore. It took quite a bit of effort.
Texas parks wildlife even made a handy interactive map to help you find them. Gulf beach towns recovery after the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill provides a roadmap for post coronavirus tourism rebound. Map of offshore oil rigs in the gulf of mexico. The states also have much fewer rigged reefs.