Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

The web-based interactive tool provides users specialized “ocean neighborhood analyses,” including maps and graphics by analyzing more than 100 ocean datasets instantaneously.

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a final environmental impact statement (PEIS) for proposed geological and geophysical surveys of the Gulf of Mexico regarding possible oil and gas development.

After the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Obama administration broke the scandal-plagued federal agency that policed offshore drilling into separate bureaus. Now, the Trump administration is considering putting it back together again.