30年前,美国的地质普查人员就在墨西哥湾南部深处发现了不大的沥青露头,但这些研究工作未获得进一步的发展。2004年,美—德—墨西哥考察队,使用属于不来梅大学并完成了“大洋边缘”国际研究项目的德国科研船“Sonne”号,对海区进行了详细的研究。在以前研究过的坎佩切水下丘陵 Thirty years ago, US geologists found little outcrop in the deep south of the Gulf of Mexico, but these studies have not been further developed. In 2004, the U.S.-German-Mexico expedition conducted a detailed study of the sea area using the Sonne German research ship belonging to the University of Bremen and completing the international research project “The Edge of the Ocean.” In the previous study of Campeche underwater hilly