Lease Sale 180

Western Gulf Lease Sale 180 was held on August 22, 2001, in New Orleans, LA

Western Gulf Lease Sale 180 was held on August 22, 2001, in New Orleans, LA, in the Hyatt Regency Conference Center (Cabildo Room), 500 Poydras Plaza.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (450.61 KB) (released November 20, 2001)
Final Sale Statistics by Bid System (20.46 KB) (released November 20, 2001)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Bid Evaluation Results (updated November 19, 2001)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (307.27 KB) (released August 22, 2001)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 180, held on August 22, 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
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:
Company  Amount Bid Amount of High Bids Number of Bids  

Sale 180 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  

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Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (23.75 KB) (released August 22, 2001)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (23.75 KB) (released August 21, 2001)

Final Notice of Sale  

Documents that have this symbol are in Adobe Acrobat's pdf format. These files can be downloaded, read and printed using the free Acrobat Reader.

Sale Maps 

Lease Sale 180  Files 
 Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf (color)pdf (black/white)zipped postscript*  
 Stipulations and Deferred Blockspdf (color)pdf (black/white)zipped postscript* 

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Special Information Sheets  

Supplemental Official OCS Block Diagrams (SOBDs) are now available in Adobe Acrobat’s pdf format for fractional blocks in the Keathley Canyon (NG 15-05) and Sigsbee Escarpment (NG 15-08) Areas abutting the U.S.-Mexico Maritime Boundary, the U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Boundary, the U.S. 200 Nautical Mile Limit, and the U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Article IV "Area" Limit lines.  These SOBDs may be used to determine acreages not shown on the OPD.