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Green Canyon is an area in the Gulf of Mexico [1] that is rich in oil fields and under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.Among other oil fields Green Canyon consist of Atlantis (blocks 699, 700, 742, 743, and 744) operated by BP, [2] Marco Polo (block 608) and K2 (blocks 518 and 562) operated by Anadarko Petroleum, [3] [4] Manatee (block 155) operated by Shell, [5 ...
Copper Canyon. / 27.51611; -107.76583. Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is 65,000 square kilometres (25,000 sq mi) in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side ...
Bullwinkle was a 1,736 feet (529 m) [ 1] tall, pile-supported fixed steel oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Installed in 1988, the total weight of the platform was 77,000 tons, of which the steel jacket comprises 49,375 tons. [ 2] At the time of its construction it was the third tallest freestanding structure ever built – shorter than only ...
Atlantis Oil Field. / 27.195278; -90.026944. The Atlantis oil field is the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. The field was discovered in 1998 and is located at the Green Canyon blocks 699, 700, 742, 743, and 744 in United States federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico about 130 miles (210 km) from the coast of Louisiana.
Protected. 39% [ 1] The Sonoran Desert ( Spanish: Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California ). It is the hottest desert in both Mexico and the ...
7 t) Mad Dog Oil Field is an offshore oil field located along the Sigsbee Escarpment at Green Canyon blocks 825, 826 and 782, Western Atwater Foldbelt, Gulf of Mexico. The field is located about 190 miles (310 km) south of New Orleans and 150 miles (240 km) southwest of Venice, Louisiana, United States. It is in the depth of 5,000 to 7,000 feet ...
The thick-billed parrot ( Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that formerly ranged into the southwestern United States. Its position in parrot phylogeny is the subject of ongoing discussion; it is sometimes referred to as thick-billed macaw or thick-billed conure. In Mexico, it is locally called guacamaya ...
Cukang Taneuh. / 7.7352°S 108.4564°E / -7.7352; 108.4564. Cukang Taneuh, which means Soil Bridge in Sundanese, is a canyon located in Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia. It is also known as Green Canyon. [ 1][ 2] The name may have been derived from the color of the surrounding water and hills. The canyon was formed over millions of ...