Central Gulf Lease Sale 208 was held at the Louisiana Superdome on March 18, 2009.
Lease Sale 208
Final Bid Recap
Media and Stakeholder Notifications
Bid Evaluation Results
- Final Phase I Decision Matrix (released May 6, 2009)
- Final Phase I Acceptances and Interim Phase II Decision Report (released June 15, 2009)
- Final Phase II Decision Matrix (released June 15, 2009)
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability
Sale Statistics
The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 208 held on March 18, 2009. 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 208 | Files | |
Lease Sale Map – Bid Distribution | zipped postscript | |
Active Leases and Bids Received Map | zipped postscript |
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Blocks Receiving Bids
Miscellaneous Presale Statistics
Final Notice of Sale
- Correction to Final Notice of Sale Package (updated January 22, 2009)
- Cover Sheet for Final Notice of Sale Package (updated January 22, 2009)
- Final Notice of Sale
- Lease Stipulations
- Information to Lessees
- List of Blocks Available for Leasing (updated January 22, 2009)
- Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under Lease or Deferred (updated January 22, 2009)
- Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement and Sample Envelope
- Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
- Bid Form and Envelope
Sale Maps
Lease Sale 208 | Files | |
Lease Terms and Economic Conditions | zipped postscript* | |
Stipulations and Deferred Blocks | zipped postscript* |
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News Releases
- Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 208 Nets $690 Million in High Bids (June 29, 2009)
- Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 208 Attracts $ 703,048,523 in High Bids (March 18, 2009)
- Secretary Salazar Announces Bid Totals for Tomorrow’s MMS Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale (March 17, 2009)
- MMS Issues Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 208 (January 15, 2009)
- MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale (October 3, 2008)
- MMS to Conduct Environmental Review for Proposed Central and Western Gulf of Mexico Areas (September 10, 2007)