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Figures Page Figure 1. The Gulf of
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Tables Page Table 1 List of Deepwat
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INTRODUCTION The deepwater Gulf of
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BACKGROUND DEFINITIONS The GOM Oute
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EXPANDING FRONTIER When the origina
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1992 - 1993 Louisiana Mississippi A
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1992 - 2003 Texas Louisiana Mississ
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In addition to the traditional oil
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15 Figure 8. Gas hydrates on the se
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1998 - 1999 Louisiana Mississippi A
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4,500 4,000 Number of Active Leases
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY The extensiv
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Operators submit a remotely operate
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25 Figure 15. Loop and eddy current
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1975 - 1979 Louisiana Mississippi A
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29 Deepwater Discoveries $ #Y Texas
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31 Texas ð PORT ARANSAS 1000 ft 15
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Louisiana Mississippi Alabama 33 Te
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Pipelines New pipelines Proposed pi
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LEASING Until the mid-1990's, leasi
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Number of Leases Bid On 600 500 400
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1998 - 1999 Louisiana Mississippi A
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1992 - 1993 Louisiana Mississippi A
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2004 - 2005 (741 leases) Louisiana
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DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT Deepwater
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49 Figure 30. The Discoverer Deep S
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51 Number of Wells Spudded 250 200
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120 > 7,500 ft 107 108 100 5,000 -
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1998 - 1999 Louisiana Mississippi A
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1998 - 1999 Louisiana Mississippi A
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180 160 Deepwater EP Deepwater DOCD
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340 626 390 472 472 456 393 475 590
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- Page 99 and 100: 1992-1993 1994-1995 1996-1997 Lease
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- Page 117 and 118: 2,500 Number of leases Average U.S.
- Page 119 and 120: Number of Years 14 12 leas es in p
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- Page 125 and 126: 4,500 4,000 3,500 Leases tested Lea
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