So that’s why the Eastern Gulf looks so interesting. Off Florida, there is a fairly broad shelf where operations would not be so expensive as in the LA and TX Deepwater. And there are onshore producing fields, not just in the Panhandle, but on the Peninsula, that increase the possibility of finding oil and gas offshore.
The light blue lines on the map are water depth contours. The map, which is the planning document for the 8/20/08 lease sale, is best appreciated in its full glory, and is available in pdf form here.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Florida
Offshore GOM 101
