Lease Sale 178, Part 1

Central Gulf Lease Sale 178, Part 1, was held on March 28, 2001, in New Orleans, LA.

Central Gulf Lease Sale 178, Part 1, was held on March 28, 2001, in New Orleans, LA.

NOTES: Correction to two additional Central Gulf of Mexico Leasing Maps

Change to List of Available Blocks for Sale 178, Part 1

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.75 KB) (released July 9, 2001)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase I Decision Matrix (23.75 KB)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (as of June 19, 2001)
Final Phase I Acceptances (23.75 KB)
Final Phase II Decision Matrix (23.75 KB) (as of June 22, 2001)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (23.75 KB) (released March 28, 2001)

Sale Statistics  

Final Sale Statistics by Bid System (23.75 KB) (released July 9, 2001)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 178, held on March 28, 2001. 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.
Analysis of Bids by Company
Includes information on all bids by all companies.


Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6)
Includes bidding information by companies)

Four reports are sorted by company as follows:

CompanyAmount BidAmount of High BidsNumber of Bids

Sale 178 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. (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  

Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (23.75 KB) (released March 28, 2001)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (23.75 KB) (released March 27, 2001)

Final Notice of Sale  

Sale Maps

Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf file zipped postscript file 
Stipulations and Deferred Blockspdf file zipped postscript file 

 (*Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcInfo. They can be plotted locally. Version 2.04G of PKZIP was used to compress these files. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.)

News Releases  

MMS Announces Lease Terms and Conditions for Central Gulf Lease Sale 178 Agency Issues Rulemaking for Deepwater Royalty Relief (29.19 KB) (February 20, 2001)
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 178, Part 1 Nets $499.6 Million in High Bids (17.83 KB) (June 22, 2001)
Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 178, Part 1 Receives 780 Bids on 547 Tracts (14.73 KB) (March 27, 2001)
MMS Sets Dates for Public Workshops for Lease Sale 178 and the Proposed Rule Regarding Discretionary Royalty Relief (18.94 KB) (November 29, 2000)
MMS Issues Final Notice of Sale for Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 178 (24.99 KB) (February 23, 2001)
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 178 Announcing Initiatives to Increase Domestic Energy Production (23.67 KB) (November 29, 2000)
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 178, Part 1 Attracts $505.4 Million in High Bids (15.53 KB) (March 28, 2001)
Proposed Notice of Sale 178 Amended to Add Western Gap Blocks (15.01 KB) (December 15, 2000)
Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 178, Part 1 (14.83 KB) (March 22, 2001)
Proposed OCS Lease Sale 178 (20.87 KB) (November 29, 2000)

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