Lease Sale 208

Central Gulf

Central Gulf Lease Sale 208 was held at the Louisiana Superdome on March 18, 2009.

Lease Sale #208 Map

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (198.44 KB) (released July 27, 2009)

Media and Stakeholder Notifications  

Call for Information and Nominations Map (146.19 KB) (September 10, 2007)

Bid Evaluation Results  

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)
Includes bidding information by companies

Four reports are sorted by company as follows:
Company Amount Bid Amount of High Bids Number of Bids 

Sale 208 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 208  Files 
Lease Sale Map – Bid Distributionpdf zipped postscript 
Active Leases and Bids Received Mappdf zipped postscript 

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Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (23.75 KB) (released March 18, 2009)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (23.75 KB) (released March 17, 2009)

Final Notice of Sale  

Correction to Final Notice of Sale Package (23.77 KB) (updated January 22, 2009)

Sale Maps

Lease Sale 208 Files 
 Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf zipped postscript*
 Stipulations and Deferred Blockspdf zipped postscript*

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Federal Register Notices  

Federal Register Call/Notice published (636.98 KB) (September 10, 2007)

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments  

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