Mad Dog oil field

Mad Dog Oil Field is an offshore oil field located along the Sigsbee Escarpment at Green Canyon blocks 825, 826 and 782, Western Atwater Foldbelt, Gulf of Mexico.

[1] The gross estimated reserves are ranged from 200 to 450 million barrels (32×10^6 to 72×10^6 m3) of oil equivalent.

[1] The field is operated by using a truss spar oil platform manufactured in Finland.

[2] It was reported on September 16, 2008 that Mad Dog was damaged due to Hurricane Ike.

A new drilling package was built and replaced the damaged one on the spar in early 2012.