It Comes From The Deep

59

290 10

Beaumont

59

TEXAS

45

LOUISIANA

10

Houston

New Orleans

90

Galveston

Gulf of Mexico

Freeport

IT COMES FROM THE DEEP

The Lower Tertiary is a group of geological formations under about a mile of water in the Gulf of Mexico. It has yielded numerous major oil discoveries, including the one BP The Lower Tertiary announced Wednesday. • Age: 23 million-65 million years Previous discoveries Most recent discovery

Water depth, in feet 00

3,2

0

4,20

Depth of previous wells: 15,00030,000 feet beneath the sea floor.

•

Tiber

00 8,5 00 9,8

2009

40 mi.

Kaskida 2006

Perdido*

Chinook 2003

Jack 2004

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration; U.S. Minerals Management Service

Cascade

2002

10,0

00+

* Perdido is a regional production platform that ties in multiple fields. CHRONICLE