Analysis of Ocean Current Data from Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Platforms.

摘要

On April 21, 2005, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), now the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, of the U.S. Department of Interior issued Notice to Lessees and Operators, NTL No. 2005-G05, in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. This NTL required that companies report ocean current data to the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Internet website for two years effective April 30, 2005. These ocean current data were measured by acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) installed on oil and gas platforms and all floating MODUs operating in locations with water depth greater than 400 meters.