Lease Sale 166

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 166, held on March 5, 1997. The reports organize the data in several different ways. Information regarding bid acceptance is found elsewhere.

• Sale Statistics - Includes general summary information on sale bids.
• Preliminary Bid Recap by Area & Block for All Bids - (Report 1) Includes complete information on all blocks receiving bids. A final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results became available as of August 11, 1997.
• High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount - (Report 4) Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.
• Summary of Company Bids - (Report 6) Includes information on bidding by companies; 3 reports sorted by: (a) company, (b) amount bid by company, and (c) amount of high bids by company.
• Sale 166 ZIP File - (old format) This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains 5 fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts. (Version 2.04G of PKZIP was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file.)
• Sale 166 ZIP File - (new format) This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains 5 fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts. (Version 2.04G of PKZIP was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file.)

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution (released March 5, 2006)

• Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 166 Nets $812 Million in High Bids (Released July 18, 1997)
• Record Sale in Gulf of Mexico Attracts $824 Million in High Bids (Released March 5, 1997)
• Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 166 Sets All Time Record for Number of Bids and Number of Tracts Bid On (Released March 4, 1997)