The purpose of this atlas is to provide a summary of research undertaken as part of a multiyear study (2009–2014) of Texas State Waters and the adjacent Federal Offshore continental shelf (i.e., near offshore waters of the State of Texas).
This report describes a case history in a densely drilled, but spatially restricted, area (47 km2) containing 240 wells in the Mioceno Norte Area of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.