Lease Sale 168

Sale 168 (Western Gulf) was held on August 27, 1997, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (23.75 KB) (released January 6, 1998)

Environment  

Lease Terms and Economic Conditions (23.75 KB)

Media and Stakeholder Notifications  

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase I Acceptances (23.75 KB)
Final Phase I Decision Matrix (23.75 KB)
Final Phase II Decision Matrix (23.75 KB)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (All leases awarded as of December 9, 1997)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 168, held on August 27, 1997. The reports organize the data in several different ways. Information regarding bid acceptance is found elsewhere.

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 receiving bids. Information regarding the final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results is found elsewhere.
High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount  (Report 4)  
Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.

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 168 ZIP File  (old format)
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.  Version 2.04G of PKZIP was used to compress this file.  Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file.
 
Sale 168 ZIP File  (new format)
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.  Version 2.04G of PKZIP was used to compress this file.  Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file. 

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution  

Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (23.75 KB) (released August 27, 1997)

Final Notice of Sale  

Final Notice of Sale Package (23.75 KB) (released August 27, 1997)

News Releases  

Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 168 Attracts $616 Million in High Bids (9.83 KB) (August 27, 1997)
Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 168 Nets $599,587,041 (16.69 KB) (December 10, 1997)
MMS Extends Period to Accept or Reject Bids On Offshore Natural Gas And Oil Tracts for Western GOM Sale 168 (23.69 KB) (November 20, 1997)
Sale 168 Sets All Time Western Gulf of Mexico Record for Number of Bids and Number of Tracts Bid On (23.69 KB) (August 26, 1997)
Minerals Management Service Presents Oryx Energy with Conservation Award for Respecting the Environment (23.69 KB) (August 27, 1997)