HIFLD OPEN Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Drilling Platforms

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Office of Technical Data Management, Data Administration Unit; United States Department of Homeland Security

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Project Citation: 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Office of Technical Data Management, Data Administration Unit, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Drilling Platforms. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240510V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Drilling Platforms
Summary:  View help for Summary This data set contains point locations for oil and gas platforms (structures) located in the Gulf of Mexico federal waters. Note: Platforms are being added or modified continuously; obtaining updates of this database are required to know the true distribution of platform data. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are considered to be approximate and are NOT an OFFICIAL record.An oil platform, offshore platform, or (colloquially) oil rig is a large structure with facilities to drill wells (optionally), to extract and process oil and natural gas, or to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing. In many cases, the platform contains facilities to house the workforce as well.Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be fixed to the ocean floor, may consist of an artificial island, or may float. Remote subsea wells may also be connected to a platform by flow lines and by umbilical connections. These sub-sea solutions may consist of one or more subsea wells, or of one or more manifold centers for multiple wells.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD Open; GIS; infrastructure; drilling platform; oil
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 4/1/2025 – 4/1/2025
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025.


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