The MMS Gulf of Mexico Regional Office conducts all
leasing and resource management functions on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
for the Gulf of Mexico Region and the Atlantic OCS Area.
The Atlantic OCS Area is divided into four planning areas
along the Atlantic seaboard:
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North Atlantic |
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Mid-Atlantic |
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South Atlantic |
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Straits of Florida
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Ten oil and gas lease sales were held in the
Atlantic during 1976 and 1983. Forty-seven exploratory wells were drilled.
Only five wells discovered hydrocarbons. These five wells were offshore New
Jersey and were abandoned as non-commercial. A
summary
document 
of the eight wells drilled in the North Atlantic is
currently available. Reports
on each of the eight wells drilled in the North Atlantic are available.
