Minerals Management Service (MMS) publishes information
on a regular basis that provides valuable information for the evaluation
of potential hydrocarbon prospects in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001,
MMS began to offer incentives to encourage drilling for potential gas
targets in the Deep Shelf Gas Trend. This publication (Potential
Hydrocarbon Prospects for Sale 192) highlights information related to potential
prospects on tracts that will be available for bid in the Western
Gulf of Mexico Sale 192.
We have selected several potential hydrocarbon prospects
to highlight on unleased OCS acreage in the Western Gulf of Mexico planning
area. Several of these prospects are in areas (water depth<=200 m) and
at drill depths (total depth >=15,000’ TVDSS) that may qualify for the Deep
Gas Initiative if natural gas discoveries are made. There
are already several
fields, active and expired, in the Western Gulf of Mexico
planning area that are in less than 200 meters of water that have gas
production from below 15,000’ TVDSS. Detailed information from these
and other Gulf of Mexico fields is available in the 1999 Offshore
Atlas. The complete 1999 Offshore Atlas is available through
the MMS Public Information Office. Production data for each field in
the Gulf of Mexico is available in the
MMS OCS Field Directory which is updated monthly on the MMS
website. Numerous wells
have been drilled in the Western Gulf of Mexico planning area that have total
depths greater than 15,000' TVDSS and in water depths of less than 200 meters.
We have included information from over 160 of these wells, as well as other
wells of interest, that may provide pertinent information for the identification
and evaluation of prospects for the Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 192. The
well information
attached to the above map is also summarized and available in a spreadsheet
format. Additional information on potential wells of interest is available
in the MMS publication, the
Indicated Hydrocarbon List. Also highlighted on this
map are OCS tract(s) that received bids in Western
Gulf of Mexico Sale 187, but were not awarded because the high
bid amounts were determined by MMS to be below Fair Market Value (i.e.
"Rejected Bids"). These tracts are available for bid in the
Western
Gulf of Mexico Sale 192.
The well information provided in this publication is just an example
and does not represent all of the well information that MMS has available
for the public. Additional information (such as complete suites of
well logs available in hard copy, digital format and/or as raster images,
paleontological data, etc.) on the wells highlighted in this
publication is available through the MMS website and /or the MMS Public
Information Office (1-800-200-GULF). In addition to well data, there
are other data available to download via the MMS' Public
Information Website or to order via MMS' Fast Facts.
The prospects
we selected to highlight in this publication represent only some of the plays
in the Gulf of Mexico that we believe have the potential to produce significant
hydrocarbon discoveries. Recently, there have been several significant discoveries
in
some of these highlighted plays in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Detailed
information on all of the plays in the Gulf of Mexico is available in the MMS 2000 National
Assessment. If you have any questions and/or comments concerning
the content of this publication, please feel free to contact Greg Condray
at (504)736-2927 or via e-mail (link provided below).
Greg Condray
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