Scotty wrote:
''lease blocks'' ?


In 1982 Congress passed the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
to ensure that all Federal lands in the offshore have proper accounting
and enforcement mechanisms. This included a comprehensive system for
determining, collecting and auditing all fees and payments for offshore
leases in addition to conducting inspections and enforcing penalties.
The increased responsibilities led the Secretary of the Interior to
create the MMS within the Department to administer all responsibilities
relating to natural gas and oil production on the OCS. They range from
the scheduling of sales and the leasing of
Energy Information Administration, Office of Oil and Gas, September
2005 8
OCS tracts to approval and oversight of offshore operations and the
conduct of environmental studies. Today the MMS collects and disperses
billions of dollars in revenue from the sale of mineral leases.
Offshore leases brought in revenues of $5.2 billion in 2000. This
represents 73.1 percent of the $7.1 billion in revenues collected from
all Federal and American Indian mineral leases that year.

The MMS sectioned off most offshore seabottom land into lease blocks.
If you ever sail up to any offshore oil platform you will see a sign on
two corners that tell the name of the area and the block number, this
is the area leased to an oil company by the MMS.

You can purchace block charts from any chart dealer. They are great
for fishing and a rock solid way to double check your position in any
area that has offshore mineral exploration.

Capt. American






"Capt.American" wrote in message
ups.com...

My charts have lat and lon in hours, min and seconds,
shipping lanes,
currents, soundings in fathoms, loran lines, lease blocks,
compass
rose, loran linear interpolator, variation factors,
pollution reports,
ship wrecks, conversion tables, explosive dumping areas,
submarine
operation areas, radio range info, reefs, islands, atolls,
bottom info,
ect..ect..ect and thats the simple charts, not the pilot
chart which
have average currents, wind, and information beyond your
simple
understanding of charts.

After reading the responce you provided I suggest you
hang your charts
on the wall and marvel at all the information you have no
clue existed.
What a putz you are you deserve a chart that rolls up when
you try to
use it. Go buy software with a chart plotter GPS
interface.
Surely you can push a few buttons right?


Ever heard the phrase "off soundings"?


I would agree in a port with major traffic, an up
to date chart is the one to use.

What does traffic have to do with the chart?

High traffic areas have marked channels, dredging, bouys
dragged off
location, ranges, light list, designated anchorage areas,
ect.. and
lots of mariners that submit reports for an up to date
Local Notice to
Mariners. Charts in high traffic areas are in general more
up to date
and critical to safe navigation.

In an area like a secluded cove or harbor with no traffic
and no aids
to navigation and older chart showing depths, currents,
bottom info is
all that is needed to safely navigate.

Hope this helps.

Capt. American

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)