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GOM: Ten Largest, Oldest, Deepest
Data Provided by Minerals Management Service
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Table 1. Ten Largest Discoveries

Location Operator Field Name
Estimated BOE (MMbbl)
Date of Discovery
Notes
1
 Mississippi Canyon BP Thunder Horse
>1,000
4/1999
Announced Press Release 11/2000
2
 Eugene Island Devon, et al EI 330
783
3/1971
Proved
3
 West Delta Exxon WD 30
712
4/1949
Proved
4
 Grand Isle BP GI 43
645
9/1956
Proved
5
 Green Canyon BP Atlantis
635
5/1998
Announced Press Release 5/28/2003
6
 Bay Marchand Chevron BM 2
617
3/1949
Proved
7
 Tiger Shoal Texaco Tiger Shoal
601
7/1958
Proved
8
 Vermillion Unocal VR 14
599
6/1956
Proved
9
 Mississippi Canyon Shelf Mars
578
4/1989
Proved
10
 Main Pass Chevron MP 41
507
5/1956
Proved

Table 2. Ten Oldest Fields Still Producing

 Location Operator
Field Name
Date Drilled
1
 Ship Shoal Kerr-McGee
SS 032
11/1947
2
 Vermillion Anadarko, et al
VR 071
12/1947
3
 Ship Shoal Petroquest
SS 072
5/1948
4
 Grand Isle Exxon
GI 016
11/1948
5
 Vermillion Union Oil Co.
VR 039
11/1948
6
 Eugene Island Hunt et al
EI 045
11/1948
7
 South Timbalier Chevron
ST 052
11/1948
8
 Bay Marchand Chevron
BM 002
11/1948
9
 Vermillion Nexen, et al
VR 076
3/1949
10
 West Delta Exxon Mobil
WD 030
4/1949

Table 3. Ten Deepest Water Depth Wells

 Location Operator
Date Drilled
Depth
1
 Aliminos Canyon Union Oil
7/7/2001
9,743
2
 Aliminos Canyon Union Oil
10/22/2001
9,727
3
 Aliminos Canyon Union Oil
9/17/2002
9,672
4
 Lloyd Anadarko
3/4/2003
9,086
5
 Lloyd Anadarko
5/9/2003
8,950
6
 Walker Ridge BHP-Billiton
10/17/2000
8,845
7
 Walker Ridge BHP-Billiton
10/22/2000
8,835
8
 Walker Ridge BHP-Billiton
1/13/2003
8,831
9
 Atwater Valley Anadarko
2/27/2003
8,825
10
 Desoto Canyon Kerr-McGee
1/16/2003
8,469