Lease Sale 169

Central Gulf Sale 169 was held on March 18, 1998, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans, LA.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.75 KB) (released July 27, 1998)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase I Decision Matrix (23.75 KB)
Final Phase I Acceptances (23.75 KB)
Final Phase II Decision Matrix (23.75 KB) (updated July 29, 1998)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (updated July 9, 1998)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 169, held on March 18, 1997. The reports organize the data in several different ways.

  • 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 that received bids. A final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results will be posted approximately three months after sale day.
  • High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount (Report 4)-Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.
  • Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6)-Includes bidding information by companies. 
    Four reports are sorted by company as follows:
  • Sale 169 ZIP File-This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains five fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts. (WinZip was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file.)

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution  

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Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (95.68 KB) (released March 18, 1998)

Final Notice of Sale  

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News Releases  

Proposed Notice of OCS Sale 169 (26.91 KB) (December 2, 1997)
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Sale For Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 169 (11.69 KB) (November 25, 1997)
Deep Water Royalty Relief Regulations Final (15.16 KB) (January 15, 1998)
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 169 Nets $784,120,709 in High Bids (18.1 KB) (June 10, 1998)
Lease Sale in Gulf of Mexico Attracts $810 Million in High Bids (18.42 KB) (March 18, 1998)
MMS Issues Final Notice of Sale for Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 169 (24.43 KB) (February 13, 1998)
MMS Extends Period to Accept or Reject Bids On Offshore Natural Gas And Oil Tracts for Central GOM Sale 169 (18.32 KB) (May 27, 1998)
Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 169 Receives 1,188 Bids on 794 Tracts (16.29 KB) (March 17, 1998)