Table MP 19. Gulf of Mexico OCS oil and gas resource and reserve estimates in 

 1979 (U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ca . 1981). 



Oil Gas 



Location/depths -, 



(billion obi) (trillion ft ) 



Western Gulf of Mexico 

 (Main pass area and west) 

 0-2,500 m water depth 5.2 69.0 



Eastern Gulf of Mexico 

 (East of main pass area) 

 0-2,500 m water depth 1.3 2.9 



Reserves 2 .8 37 .2 



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