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The NewsRoom
Release: #3846
Date: August 19, 2008
Bids Received for Western
Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
NEW ORLEANS – The bids are in for Western
Gulf of Mexico Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207 to be held
tomorrow. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management
Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico Region announced that 423 bids were
received from 47companies on 319 tracts offered offshore Texas.
“This sale is an important next step in the
journey to ensuring the nation’s energy security,” said MMS Director
Randall Luthi. “The participation of the offshore oil and gas
industry in this sale shows their commitment to the leasing,
exploration, and production of the nation’s energy resources in the
Gulf of Mexico.”
Reading of the sealed bids will take place
tomorrow, August 20, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of
the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans.
Preliminary sale statistics for Western Sale 207
are posted on the MMS website at
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/lsesale/207/wgom207.html
The sales will be Webcast through the Offshore Oil
Scouts Association at
www.oosa.com. Real Player will need to be installed in
order to run the Webcast. Webcast of the lease sale does not imply
any endorsement by MMS.
Contact:
Caryl Fagot
504-736-2590
Eileen Angelico
504-736-2595
MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Last Updated:
08/19/2008,
01:14 PM
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