Replication Data for: DOI-BOEM GOAR GIS Data and Maps

Replication of data for the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI-BOEM) Gulf of Mexico Regional (Gulf of America Regional - GOAR) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data and Maps. 

Quoted from the original page:  https://www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/mapping-and-data/goar-geographic-information-system-gis-data-and-maps (accessed 12/4/2025) -

“The Mapping & Boundary Branch performs mathematical offshore boundary location computations and prepares Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Leasing Maps (LMs), and Supplemental Official OCS Block Diagrams (SOBDs) depicting OCS Block information, the Submerged Lands Act Boundary (aka - State Seaward Boundary), Limit of "8(g) Zone", the Continental Shelf Boundary (CSB) which marks the limit of U.S. jurisdiction for offshore mineral development, and corresponding area measurements.

For clarification of Acronyms, see Codes and Abbreviations for Map/OPD/Area. The analytical procedures employed and the computer programs utilized to perform various offshore boundary geometric computations are described in OCS Report MMS 99-0006.”

This information and the full landing page are also available in the archive at <GOAR Geographic Information System (GIS) Data and Maps _ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.pdf>.