Keywords
Theme:
fields, hydrocarbon, Earth Science Associates, GOMsmart, GOM3, GOM-Cubed
Place:
Gulf of Mexico, GOM, USA
Stratum:
Offshore
Temporal:
Current
Description
Abstract
The Fields shapefile contains polygons for all the fields designated by the BOEM in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Field outlines are created from the union of the sand-body reservoirs of each field.
Purpose
Analysis for oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Status of the data
Complete
Data update frequency:
Monthly
Description:
publication date
Publication Information
Who created the data:
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Earth Science Associates
Series name:
BOEM Website/BOEM Atlas Series/Public Sources
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Data storage and access information
File name:
fields
Type of data:
vector digital data
Location of the data:
http://www.boem.gov
Data processing environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 9.2.0.1324
Size of the data:
4.09 MB
Data transfer size:
4.09 MB
Constraints on accessing and using the data
Access constraints:
Licensed GOM
3
/GOMsmart Users
Use constraints:
License Terms under GOM
3
/GOMsmart license agreement
Details about this document
Who completed this document
DBA
Earth Science Associates
mailing and physical address:
4300 Long Beach Blvd., Ste. 310
Long Beach, CA 90807
USA
(562) 428-3181 (voice)
contactesa@earthsci.com
Hours of service:
9-6- Pacific Time (Monday-Friday)
Standards used to create this document
Standard name:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version:
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document:
local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information
ESRI Metadata Profile:
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Horizontal coordinate system
Geographic coordinate system name:
GCS_North_American_1927
Details
Geographic Coordinate System
Latitude Resolution:
0.000000
Longitude Resolution:
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name:
North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid Name:
Clarke 1866
Semi-major Axis:
6378206.400000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio:
294.978698
Depth System Definition
Datum Name:
Mean sea level
Distance Units:
feet
Encoding Method:
Attribute values
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Bounding coordinates
Horizontal
In decimal degrees
West:
-97.1426575
East:
-86.59420278
North:
30.23556667
South:
26.01614173
In projected or local coordinates
Left:
-97.1426575
Right:
-86.59420278
Top:
26.01614173
Bottom:
30.23556667
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Lineage
FGDC lineage
Process step 1
Process description:
ESA downloaded the original file from BOEM. The data were then cleaned and formatted. A new mdb was generated and a shapefile created.
Who did this process
DBA
Earth Science Associates
mailing and physical address:
4300 Long Beach Blvd., Ste. 310
Long Beach, CA 90807
USA
(562) 428-3181 (voice)
contactesa@earthsci.com
Hours of service:
9-6 Pacific Time (Monday-Friday)
Process step 2
Process description:
Dataset copied.
Source used:
X:\Backup\Metadata_xmls\fields.shp
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Spatial data quality
Horizontal positional accuracy
BOEM data checked for obvious errors in entry. ESA calculated values checked for quality.
Vertical positional accuracy
BOEM data checked for obvious errors in entry. ESA calculated values checked for quality.
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Spatial data description
Vector data information
ESRI description
fields
ESRI feature type:
Simple
Geometry type:
Polygon
Topology:
FALSE
Spatial Index:
TRUE
Linear referencing:
FALSE
SDTS description
Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count
fields:
G-polygon