290 59 Beaumont

LOUISIANA New
10
Houston 90 Orleans
10

59
45
Galveston
TEXAS Freeport Gulf of
Mexico
Water
IT COMES FROM THE DEEP depth,
The Lower Tertiary is a group of geological in feet
formations under about a mile of water in the
Gulf of Mexico. It has yielded numerous
major oil discoveries, including the one BP 00
The Lower Tertiary 3,2
announced Wednesday. • Age: 23 million-65 million years 0
• Depth of previous wells: 15,000- 4,20
Previous discoveries
Tiber 30,000 feet beneath the sea floor.
00
Most recent discovery 2009 8,5
00
9,8
40 mi.

Cascade
Kaskida 2002
2006 Chinook
2003 10,0
00+
Perdido* Jack * Perdido is a
2004 regional production
platform that ties
in multiple fields.

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