Lease Sale 185

Central Gulf Lease Sale 185 was held on March 19, 2003, in New Orleans, LA.

NOTE: Vermilion Area Block 112, although listed as available in this sale in the document "List of Blocks Available for Leasing", is NOT available. Also, the document titled "Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under Lease or Deferred" contains an administrative error regarding West Cameron Area Block 132. The portion of that block which is unleased and thus available for bid in Sale 185 is actually the North ½, not the South ½, of the block. Please click here to obtain the change notice: Change to List of Available Blocks for Sale 185.

NOTE: The Offshore Oil Scouts Association (OOSA) will provide a live webcast of Sale 185. The webcast will begin 9:00 am (CST). Interested listeners may pre-register via the OOSA website at www.oosa.com. This webcast will be accessible by using MS Windows Media Player as well as Real Player. There are links for MS Windows Media Player and Real Player available via the OOSA website for those who may need to upgrade their computer to the required version.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.76 KB) (released June 26, 2003)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase I Decision Matrix (249.65 KB)
Final Phase II Decision Matrix (323.7 KB) (released June 16, 2003)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (updated June 9, 2003)
Final Phase I Acceptances (23.75 KB) (updated March 31, 2003)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (566.31 KB) (released March 19, 2003)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 185, held on March 18, 2003.  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 follow:
  • Sale 189 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  

 Lease Sale 185 

 Files 

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution

  pdf file 

zipped postscript file*

Active Leases and EGOM Sale 189 Bids Received Map

  pdf file 

zipped postscript file*

*Note: This is an encapsulated Postscript plot file generated by ArcView.  WinZip 8.1 was used to compress this file.  Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files. 

Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (298.95 KB) (released March 19, 2003)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (11.14 KB) (released March 18, 2003)

Final Notice of Sale  

 Sale Maps

Lease Sale 185

  Files

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

*Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcInfo.  They can be plotted locally.  Version 8.1 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.  Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files. 

News Releases  

Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 185 Attracts $315,531,229 Million in Bids (40.3 KB) (March 19, 2003)
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 185 (42.77 KB) (November 20, 2002)
Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 185 Receives 793 Bids on 561 Tracts (87.99 KB) (March 18, 2003)
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 185 Nets $297,598,165 in High Bids (65.84 KB) (June 17, 2003)
MMS Issues Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 185 (97.68 KB) (February 14, 2003)