STATUS OF SALES IN THE 5-YEAR 
                    OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF PROGRAM FOR 1992-1997  
                                            (as of October 12, 1995)


MAJOR STEPS IN THE OCS OIL AND GAS LEASING PROCESS  (as of 10/12/95)


GULF OF MEXICO OCS REGION

Western GOM/Sale 155

I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS, FEIS/CD, NOS -- Complete;
SALE -- 9/13/95


Central GOM/Sale 157

I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS -- Complete; FEIS/CD -- Late 95; NOS -- Early
96; SALE -- Early 96


Western GOM/Sale 161

I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS -- Complete; FEIS/CD -- Early 96; NOS -- Mid
96;  SALE --  Mid 96


Central GOM/Sale 166

I, CALL, AREA ID -- Complete;  DEIS/PNS -- Early 96;  HEARINGS -- Mid 96;  FEIS/CD
-- Late 96;  NOS -- Early 97;  SALE -- Early 97


ALASKA OCS REGION

Cook Inlet/Sale 149


I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS -- Complete;  FEIS/CD -- Early 96;  NOS --
Mid 96;  SALE -- Mid 96 


Gulf of Alaska/Yakutat/Sale 158

I, CALL, AREA ID -- Complete; DEIS/PNS -- Late 95; HEARINGS -- Early 96; FEIS/CD --
Late 96; NOS -- Early 97;  SALE -- Mid 97


Beaufort Sea/Sale 144

I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS -- Complete; HEARINGS -- Late 95; FEIS/CD -- Mid 96;
NOS -- Mid 96; SALE -- Late 96


Key to the Major Steps in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Process:

   I      Information Base Review
  PNS          Proposed Notice of Sale (90-day comment period)
  CALL    Call for Information and Nominations (45-day comment period)
  FEIS    Final Environmental Impact Statement (30-day comment period)
  AREA ID Area Identification
  CD      Consistency Determination (90-days before decision on NOS)
  DEIS    Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  NOS          Notice of Sale

          The following sales already have been held:  Western GOM Sale 141 was held on
8/19/92;  Central GOM Sale 142 on 3/24/93; Western GOM Sale 143 on 9/15/93; Central
GOM Sale 147 on 3/30/94; Western GOM Sale 150 on 8/17/94; Central GOM Sale 152 on
5/10/95; and Western GOM Sale 155 on 9/13/95.

          The following sales have been deferred from the current program:  Chukchi Sea Sale
148 and Hope Basin Sale 159 were deferred on 2/9/95; and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 151,
St. George Basin Sale 153, and Mid- and South Atlantic Sale 164 on 6/22/95.

                                                    --MMS--