This map is included as a large fold-out insert at the back of this volume. It is also available for download as a high-resolution PDF, for readers and institutions that have purchased the volume or subscribe to the Lyell Collection.
The first version of this map came together in 2012 following the authors' work reviewing the offshore basins of Mexico. In 2013/14 Mexico introduced sweeping changes to encourage foreign investment, ending Pemex's 75-year monopoly over the nation's oil and gas industry. Between 2014 and 2018 Mexico offered and awarded blocks in nine licence rounds, with each round releasing more data via the Cómision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) website. The end result is a compilation of eight years of work from a multitude of sources ranging from academia, the oil industry, government and independent research.
The map covers the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico and the adjacent onshore orogenic …
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