<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . (June 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 2012, federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico produced 463 million barrels (73.6 × 10 ^ m) of oil, which made up 19.5% of all U.S. oil production that year, and more than that of any U.S. state other than Texas . The 2012 production was less than the 570 million barrels (91 × 10 ^ m) in 2009; however, due to new deep - water discoveries, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement projects that oil production from the Gulf of Mexico will increase to 686 million barrels (109.1 × 10 ^ m) per year by 2013 . </P> <P> The state of Louisiana issued its first offshore oil and gas lease in 1936, and the following year the Pure Oil Company discovered the first Louisiana offshore oil field, the Creole Field, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the shore of Cameron Parish, from a platform built on timber pilings in 10 - to - 15 - foot - deep (3.0 to 4.6 m) water . Today, there are more than 4,000 production platforms and drilling rigs off the coast of Louisiana . </P> <P> The first offshore well in Texas was drilled in 1938, but the first oil discovery was not made until 1941, off of Jefferson County . Through 2007, Texas state waters have produced 39 million barrels (6.2 × 10 ^ m) of oil and 4.0 trillion cubic feet (110 km). In 2007, Texas state waters produced 600,000 barrels (95,000 m) of oil and condensate and 26 billion cubic feet (0.74 km) gas . </P>

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