The Gulf of America currently has about 1300 offshore platforms in Federal waters with up-to-date accounting on the BSEE Offshore Infrastructure Dashboard. GORI is working with Gulf of America oil and gas operators to evaluate offshore platforms at the end of their oil and gas producing life. By law, these platforms must be removed or reefed at the end of their producing life unless they are approved for alternate uses by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under 30 CFR Part 585 Subpart J. These regulations were authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

The platforms we are currently working with are described below:

Arena Offshore South Pass 83 Platform