Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States) Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States) Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States. Oil production from US federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time annual high of 1.65 million barrels per day in 2017. Oil production is expected to continue the upward trend in 2018 and 2019, based on ten new
Gulf of Mexico Foundation certainly stepped in a hole and we're going to have to work ourselves out of it, but it isn't the end of the Gulf of Mexico. While the story did not mention the Foundation's ties to the oil industry, two days later, the New York Times added an editors note that said the foundation "... receives some money from the oil industry, and other business interests in the gulf, and includes industry executives on its board." The paper's blog also questioned Dokken's objectiveness, reporting, "But as an executive (Dokken) whose fortunes are tied to partnerships between his group and the