OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING HISTORY(#30052)

                   (Quarterly as of 09/30/93)


                  Alaska  Atlantic       GOM  Pacific    Total

Sales Held            17*       10*       70       11*     105*

Blocks offered    24,659     9,160   145,034    1,887  180,740

Leases Issued      1,562       410    11,293      470   13,735

Active Leases        382        53     5,288       93    5,816

Active Acres Leased
   (millions)       2.04      0.30     27.09     0.47    29.90

Number of Platforms    0         0     3,796       23    3,819

Wells drilled         80        51    30,240    1,062   31,433

 
Statistics on Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 143, which was held
September 15, 1993, are omitted from this table pending the
completion of the bid evaluation analysis.

*    Note that the reoffering Sale RS-2, held on August 5, 1982,
offered oil and gas tracts on the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific OCS
and is recorded as a separate sale within each of those Regions. 
However, Sale RS-2 is considered a single sale in the overall
statistical summary on OCS leasing.

SUBJECT:  Qrtly lsng update (9-30-93) (#30052)