Lease Sale 187

• Final Phase I Decision Matrix   (released August 29, 2003)
• Final Phase I Acceptances   (released August 29, 2003)
• Interim Phase II Decision Report   (updated November 10, 2003)
• Final Phase II Decision Matrix   (released November 10, 2003)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 187, held on August 20, 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 follows:

• Company
• Amount Bid
• Amount of High Bids
• Number of Bids
• Sale 187 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: pdf file | zipped postscript file *
• Active Leases and WGOM Sale 187 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 ASCII file

(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.)

• Cover Sheet for Final Notice of Sale Package
• Final Notice of Sale 187
• Information to Lessees Sale 187
• Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 187
• Royalty Suspension Provisions, Sale 187
• List of Blocks Available for Leasing, Sale 187
• Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under Lease or Deferred
• Debarment Certification Form
• Bid Form and Envelope
• Phone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments
• Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement

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.)

• Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 187 Nets $145,917,314 in High Bids (November 12, 2003)
• Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 187 Attracts $148,715,127 in High Bids (August 20, 2003)
• Secretary Norton Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187 (August 20, 2003)
• Interior Secretary Norton to Speak at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale in New Orleans, Aug. 20 (August 19, 2003)
• Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187 Receives 407 Bids on 335 Tracts (August 19, 2003)
• Department of the Interior Secretary Gale Norton to Hold Press Conference Following Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187 (August 11, 2003)
• MMS Issues Final Notice of Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187 (July 17, 2003)
• MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187 (March 31, 2003)