Oil and Gas Platforms
Gulf Coast Locations
The active 2008 hurricane season, combined with heightened interest in factors effecting oil and gas production, has focused attention media attention on the locations of oil rigs. Download this GPS map of drilling platform locations off the shore of Texas, Lousiana and other Gulf Coast states.
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on the binoculars to see a screen shot of Google Earth displaying the
oil and gas drilling platform locations in the Gulf of Mexico off the
coast of Texas near Corpus Christi.
GoogleEarth_Image.jpg (Approx. 78 KB) opens in a new window.
GPS Map
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Download the free GPS Map in Google Earth (KMZ) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS with free GPS software. (The file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)
GPS Map Details
File Name rigs.kmz (620KB)
Revised: 10 September 2008
Class B Data
Waypoints Coordinates: Over 51,000 points! (Note this is a large data
file converted - not edited - from the referenced source. Inspection
of the data reveals numerous points that appear to be duplicate.)
More information
The current rig count can be found at
http://dr.divestco.com/RigCount/Pages/RigCount.aspx
Reference
The GPS Map data in GPX file format, was converted from Geographic Mapping Data found the U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service web site at:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/repcat/arcinfo/index.html
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