Downloadable Shape Files in Geographic Projection

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Layer Name	Source
Exploratory wells	MEM/PTB
Offshore tenure - BC	MEM/PTB
BC offshore petroleum grid	MEM/PTB
Cruise ship routes	MEM/OOGT;AlaskaCruise
Oil and Gas Play (QCB)	MEM
Tanker exclusion zone	CCG;DFO
Territorial limit	MEM/OOGT;NRCan
Offshore tenure - Canada	NRCan
Offshore basins	NRCan
Seismic lines	NRCan
Sponge reefs	NRCan
Sponge reef buffer zone	DFO
Abbreviations: NRCan - Natural Resources Canada; MEM - BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, PTB - Petroleum Titles Branch; OOGT - Offshore Oil and Gas Team; DFO=Fisheries and Oceans Canada; CCG=Canadian Coast Guard

All files are in geographic projection, NAD83 datum. Additional base map and geology layers are available for download from the Ministry of Energy and Mines Geospatial Data Download page. For other data layers users should contact the custodians listed in the data sources table directly.