Description
This national data layer shows the extent of the probable oil and/or gas geologic structures (plays) identified within the US Outer Continental Shelf located in the waters near The United States of America in 2021. Plays are groups of known and/or postulated sub-seafloor pools (hydrocarbon accumulations) that share common geologic, geographic, and temporal properties, such as history of hydrocarbon generation, mitigation, migration, reservoir development, and entrapment. The analysis of the plays and their Unrecovered Technically Recoverable Resource (UTRR) characteristics represented herein was based on seismic surveys analyzed by BOEM geologists. Plays are represented in horizontal space but may overlap vertically allowing for multiple plays in the same horizontal space. Area calculations were completed in World Mercator. Data is displayed in the same projection.
These data are not an OFFICIAL record of exact boundaries and should be used for cartographic purposes only. These data should not be used to calculate areas.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO-19139 metadata | XML | A copy of the full metadata describing the data. | Open resource |
| CSV | CSV | Open resource | |
| Excel | XLS | Open resource | |
| Feature Collection | Text | Open resource | |
| File Geodatabase | ZIP | Open resource | |
| GeoJSON | GeoJSON | Open resource | |
| GeoPackage | Unknown | Open resource | |
| KML | KML | Open resource | |
| Shapefile | ZIP | Open resource | |
| SQLite Geodatabase | Unknown | Open resource | |
| ArcGIS Hub Dataset | HTML | Open resource | |
| Web Page | HTML | ArcGIS Feature Service | Open resource |
| ArcGIS GeoService | ArcGIS GeoServices REST API | Open resource | |
| 2021 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation's Outer Continental Shelf | Unknown | Web Map | Open resource |