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Atlantic OCS Fast
Facts and Figures - Offshore Natural Gas and Oil Operations
The MMS Gulf of Mexico Regional Office conducts all leasing and resource management
functions on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region and the
Atlantic OCS Area.
The Atlantic OCS Area is divided into four planning areas along the Atlantic seaboard:
the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and the Straits of Florida.*
On November 17, 2000, the interests in the last remaining 8 natural gas and oil leases
active in the Federal
waters offshore North Carolina were relinquished by Conoco, Shell Offshore and
OYX USA. There are now no oil and gas leases in existence off the Atlantic Coast.
Publications Related to the Atlantic Coast
General Description |
| Planning Area |
Total OCS Acreage |
Historical Leased Blocks
(includes active and terminated) |
Active Leases |
Active Lease
Acreage |
Adjacent Coastal States |
| North Atlantic |
92.4 million |
63 |
0 |
0 |
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey |
| Mid-Atlantic |
113.1 million |
238 |
0 |
0 |
Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina |
| South Atlantic |
54.12 million |
109 |
0 |
0 |
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida |
| Straits of Florida* |
9.7 million |
23 |
0 |
0 |
Florida |
| Total** |
269.3 million
(48,447 blocks) |
433 |
0 |
0 |
Historical Atlantic Lease Sale Information**: |
| Tracts Offered |
Tracts Leased |
Bids Received |
Acres Bid On |
Acres Leased
(active and inactive) |
Total Bonus
High Bid |
| 9,240 tracts |
433 |
1,248 |
3,013,106 |
2,334,089 |
$2.99 billion |
Lease Sale History of the Atlantic
OCS
(table with information by lease sale)
* The Straits of Florida Planning Area was transferred to the Atlantic
OCS Area in 1985. At the time of Lease Sale #5 in 1959, the Straits of Florida was
administratively considered part of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
** Includes Straits of Florida Planning Area.
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