Per our post on the first Gulf of Mexico OCS production, here is what has happened since:
- 54,948 wells drilled
- 7159 platforms installed; 1743 remain in place
- 40,000 miles of pipeline installed (per GAO)
- Deepest water depth well: 10141 feet, Murphy (2008)
- Deepest water depth platform: 9560 feet, Stones (Turritella) FPSO, Shell
- Total oil production: 1947-2022 YTD = 23.6 billion bbls
- Total gas production: 1947-2022 YD = 190.1 trillion cubic feet
- Max. annual oil production: 693 million bbls (2019)
- Max. annual gas production: 5.15 trillion cu ft (1997)
- 131 lease sales
- 28,482 tracts leased
Except for the GAO pipeline estimate, all numbers are from BSEE and BOEM online data centers.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 