Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States. Crude oil production from US federal waters in the Gulf reached an all-time annual high of about 1.9 million barrels per day in 2019, and was about 1.8 million in 2024. There were ten new oil fields which had been planned to start production in about 2018 and 2019. According to the Energy Information Administration, "Gulf of Mexico federal offshore oil production accounts for 15% of total U.S. crude oil production and federal offshore natural gas production in the Gulf accounts for 5% of total U.S. dry production." Major fields include Eugene Island block 330 oil field, Atlantis Oil Field, and the Tiber Oil Field (discovered 2009). Notable oil platforms include Baldpate, Bullwinkle, Mad Dog, Magnolia, Mars, Petronius...

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