Western Gulf
Western Gulf Lease Sale 204 was held on August 22, 2007, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel in Downtown New Orleans.
Lease Sale 204
Final Bid Recap
Final Bid Recap
(23.76 KB)
(released December 12, 2007)
Bid Evaluation Results
Final Phase II Decision Matrix
(23.76 KB)
(released November 26, 2007)
Interim Phase II Decision Report
(23.75 KB)
(released November 20, 2007)
Final Phase I Decision Matrix
(23.76 KB)
(released October 15, 2007)
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability
(23.75 KB)
(released August 22, 2007)
Sale Statistics
The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 204, held on August 22, 2007. 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) Four reports are sorted by company as follows:
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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 204 | Files | |
| Lease Sale Map – Bid Distribution | zipped postscript | |
| Active Leases and Bids Received Map | zipped postscript | |
*Note: This is an encapsulated Postscript plot file generated by Arc View. WinZip 8.1 was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.
Blocks Receiving Bids
Blocks Receiving Bids
(23.75 KB)
(released August 22, 2007)
Miscellaneous Presale Statistics
Preliminary Sale Statistics
(23.75 KB)
(released August 22, 2007)
Final Notice of Sale
- Cover Sheet for Final Notice of Sale Package
- Final Notice of Sale 204
- Lease Stipulations Sale 204
- Information to Lessees for Sale 204
- List of Blocks Available for Leasing, Sale 204
- Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under Lease or Deferred
- Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement
- Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
- Bid Form and Envelope
Sale Maps
| Lease Terms and Economic Conditions | pdf file | zipped postscript file |
| Stipulations and Deferred Blocks | pdf file | zipped 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
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 204 Attracts $ 289,953,066 in High Bids
(118 KB)
(August 22, 2007)
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 204 Receives 358 Bids on 282 Tracts
(115.12 KB)
(August 21, 2007)
MMS Director Randall Luthi to Host Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 204
(165.56 KB)
(August 15, 2007)
New Provisions Proposed for Western Gulf Sale
(191.64 KB)
(April 11, 2007)
Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 204 Nets $287,081,023 in High Bids
(120.34 KB)
(December 3, 2007)
MMS Issues Final Multisale Environmental Statement
(120.85 KB)
(April 13, 2007)
Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments
Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments
(23.76 KB)
(updated March 2007)