astern Gulf of
Mexico Sale 181 Information
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On January 29, 2002, MMS announced the completion of the bid
evaluation process for Lease Sale 181. The MMS awarded 95 lease totaling
$340,474,113 in high bids. All 95 blocks were located in water depths
greater than 1,600 meters (5,249 feet). The highest bid ($26 million) was
submitted by Anadarko Petroleum for Lloyd Ridge Block 91.
Eastern Sale 181 was held on December 5, 2001. The area
of Lease Sale 181 is in
deepwater off Alabama and Louisiana. The area lies 100+ miles from
any portion of the Florida coast; for example, its northern border is more than
100 miles from Pensacola, Florida, and the eastern edge is 285 miles from the
shores of Tampa Bay.
The preleasing process for OCS Lease Sale 181 commenced on January 15, 1999,
with the publication of a Call for Information/Notice of Intent to Prepare an
EIS in the Federal Register. The Area Identification for OCS Lease Sale
181 (i.e., what area was to be considered in the environmental impact statement)
was announced on July 7, 1999. Scoping meetings were held in July 1999 at
select sites located in Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida. The draft EIS was
distributed to the general public on December 1, 2000 and public hearings were
held at select Gulf Coast sites the week of January 8, 2001. The final EIS
was made available to the public on July 3, 2001. The
Coastal Zone Consistency Determination and Proposed Notice of Sale
were released on July 12, 2001.
Preliminary Sale Statistics (released December 4, 2001)
Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution
(released December 5, 2001)
Blocks Receiving Bids
(released December 5, 2001)
News Releases and Fact Sheets
Final
Notice of Sale Package (released
October 26, 2001)
NOTE:
The Final Notice of Sale contains incorrect dates for the last revision of the two Official Protraction
Diagrams involved in the Sale. The correct dates, on page 2 of the final Notice, should read:
NG16-02 Lloyd Ridge (revised September 1, 1999)
NH16-11 De Soto Canyon (revised September 1, 1999)
MMS regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused.
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability
(released December 5, 2001)
Sale Statistics
(released December 5, 2001)
Bid Evaluation Results
(updated January 24, 2002)
Final Bid Recap (released February 15, 2002)
Final Sale Summary
by Bid System (released February 15, 2002)
Map of Area in Proposed Sale 181