Alaminos Canyon

According to "Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: America's Expanding Frontier", a report issued by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Alaminos Canyon is one of the deep-water discoveries in water depths greater than 7,000 ft (2,134 m), discovered in 2002.^[2]

A world record for deep drilling was set by ChevronTexaco in November 2003, drilling in 10,011 ft (3,051 m) (Toledo prospect in Alaminos Canyon Block 951).^[3] That record was set by Deepwater Nautilus, an ultra-deepwater, column-stabilized, semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit.

• Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico

26°30′N 94°35′W / 26.500°N 94.583°W / 26.500; -94.583