Lease Sale 207

Western Gulf Planning Area

Western Gulf Lease Sale 207 was held August 20, 2008, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.

NOTE: MMS Extends Post-Sale Bid Evaluation Period

- The MMS has extended for 30 days the post-sale bid evaluation period for Western Gulf Lease Sale 207. All bid evaluations will be completed by December 18, 2008.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.76 KB) (released February 24, 2009)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liabilit (329.69 KB) (released August 20, 2008)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 207 held on August 20, 2008. The reports organize the data in several different ways.

Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6) Includes bidding information by companies. Four reports are sorted by company as follows:

NOTE: The royalty Rate field in the PREBID.DAT ASCII file has increased in size by one column. All other fields in the file and all other data files in the ZIP file remain the same (see the FORMATS2.doc file for the PREBID.DAT record layout).

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  

(*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  

(*Note: This file contains the two letter area identifier, block number, and number of bids received on that block. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (23.75 KB) (released August 19, 2008)

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments  

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (23.76 KB) (updated November 18, 2008)