This polygon shapefile shows the locations of oil and gas basins in North America. This layer is intended to assist users in locating and analyzing oil and gas basin data in North America and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Rextag Strategies. (2012) Oil and Gas Basins in North America, 2011. Hart Energy Publishing. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zz943vx1492 This release is intended to replace all previous datasets. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.