Lease Sale 196

Western Gulf

Western Gulf Lease Sale 196 was held on August 17, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 500 Poydras Plaza, Downtown New Orleans.

NOTE: MMS Extends Post-Sale Evaluation Period

The MMS has extended for 45 days the post-sale evaluation period for Western Gulf Lease Sale 196. All bids evaluations will be completed by December 30, 2005. The extension was necessary due to the prolonged closure of the Gulf Regional Office because of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.76 KB) (released January 17, 2006)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase II Decision Matrix (212.82 KB) (Released December 23, 2005)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (82.71 KB) (updated December 23, 2005)
Final Phase I Decision Matrix (196.97 KB) (Released September 30, 2005)
Final Phase I Acceptances (23.77 KB) (Released September 30, 2005)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (389.91 KB) (released August 17, 2005)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 196, held on August 17, 2005. 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 follow:
  • Sale 196 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 196

 Files

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution

  pdf file

zipped postscript file*

Active Leases and 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 (100.95 KB) (released August 17, 2005)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (13.39 KB) (released August 16, 2005)

Final Notice of Sale  

Final Notice Of Sale

(Revisions to certain documents have been made in accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Please refer to Supplemental Final Notice of Sale Package above.)

Sale Maps

Lease Sale 196

  Files

Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf filezipped postscript file
Stipulations and Deferred Blockspdf filezipped 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. 

Supplemental Final Notice Of Sale

Lease Sale 196

  Files

"Revised" Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf filezipped 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. 

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments  

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (23.75 KB) Please note that this document includes instructions for making both the 1/5 and 4/5 payments and has been recently modified. (updated June 2005)