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    • Oil and Gas Resource Potential 2021

    Metadata Updated: March 3, 2026

    Metadata

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI BOEM DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026
    Publisher Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ecd7870f0d57427192264866fff41e6e&sublayer=1
    Data First Published 2023-05-16T17:51:18Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-20T20:52:51.33Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:06
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/boem-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 56060c90-8000-47c8-a034-a30c59c70aad
    Harvest Source Id 1c6917da-8697-4548-9680-18518631fb48
    Harvest Source Title DOI BOEM DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://boem-metaport-boem.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BOEM::oil-and-gas-resource-potential-2021-1
    License https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -179.4688,23.8179,-65.7319,73.6801
    Program Code 010:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a0ff6dd6c3027bee40b06f6fedb8b76de130595194fbee7bc1f3b857ed3a52a9
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -179.4688, 23.8179, -179.4688, 73.6801, -65.7319, 73.6801, -65.7319, 23.8179, -179.4688, 23.8179}

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