Drilling Permit Application Hurdles for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Exploration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Crouch ◽  
John Hoefler
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Permit Application

Introduction to this special section: Latin America

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 874-874
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Velásquez ◽  
Wagner Moreira Lupinacci ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Molinares
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
The Caribbean

Recent oil and gas exploration and development projects in Latin America, particularly in offshore basins, have increased the hydrocarbon resources of the region considerably. Geophysical technologies have played a significant role in the growth observed across the region, and those technologies will be crucial in the development of smart energy transition alternatives. That is what inspired this special section, which showcases a variety of technology applications, project scopes, scales, depths of investigation, and techniques, representing the diverse solutions required to tackle subsurface challenges in three major growth geographies: the Brazilian presalt, the Caribbean offshore, and the Gulf of Mexico.

scholarly journals Bivalve Diversity on the Continental Shelf and Deep Sea of the Perdido Fold Belt, Northwest Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo ◽  
Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez ◽  
M. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo ◽  
Daniel Pech ◽  
Edlin Guerra-Castro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Shelf Zone ◽  
Fold Belt ◽  
Topographic Complexity ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Β Diversity ◽  
Α Diversity

Mollusk diversity in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has been studied extensively, but this is not the case for deep-water habitats. We present the first quantitative characterization of mollusks in shallow and deep waters of the Perdido Fold Belt. The data came from two research cruises completed in 2017. Sediment samples were collected from 56 sites using a 0.25-m2 box corer. We tested hypotheses about spatial patterns of α, β, and γ-diversity of bivalves in two water-depth zones, the continental shelf (43–200 m) and bathyal zone (375–3563 m). A total of 301 bivalves belonging to 39 species were identified. The two zones display similar levels of γ-diversity, but host different bivalve assemblages. In general, α-diversity was higher on the continental shelf, whereas β-diversity was higher in the bathyal zone. These patterns can be explained by the higher input of carbon (energy) to the near-coast shelf zone, as well as by the greater topographic complexity of habitats in the bathyal zone. These results enabled us to propose redirection of sampling efforts for environmental characterization from continental zones to the deep-water zone, especially in the context of environmental assessments during oil and gas exploration and production.

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