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August 19, 2009

The Outer Continental Shelf Sale 210 was held in New Orleans on August 19, 2009. Sale 210 covered the WGOM Planning Area.  Sale 210, just completed, resulted in 189 bids, by 27 companies, on 162 tracts, for a total of $145,186,365. The total sum of apparent winning bids was $115,466,321, on approximately 0.9 million acres.  Last year, Sale 207 resulted in 423 bids, by 53 companies, on 319 tracts, for a total of $607.1 million. The total sum of apparent winning bids was $487.3 million, on approximately 1.8 million acres.

The following table reflects preliminary sale data released by the MMS, and shows how Sale 210 compares with previous Western Sales.

Western GOM Sales

 Sale
Year

Sale

Tracts
Receiving Bids

Total Bids

High Bids
(millions)

2009

210

 162

189

115.5

2008

207

 319

423

 487.3

2007

204

 282

358

290.0

2006

200

 381

541

340.9

2005

196

346

422

285.2

2004

192

 351

421

171.4

2003

187

335

407

148.7

2002

184

323

391

151.3

2001

180

320

386

165.6

2000

177

226

266

153.7

1999

174

153

177

94.6

1998

171

402

486

553.4

1997

168

804

1,224

616.2

1996

161

617

929

356.1

1995

155

275

348

114.3

 

The big players, in terms of number of tracts bid on, are:

  • BP Exploration & Production Inc. - 43 bids
  • Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - 30 bids
  • ConocoPhillips Company - 30 bids
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation - 19 bids
  • Focus Exploration, LLC - 15 bids

In terms of total amount exposed, we have:

  • BP Exploration & Production Inc. - $52.8 million
  • Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - $24.7 million
  • ConocoPhillips Company - $24.6 million
  • Petrobras America Inc. - $10.0 million
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation - $9.3 million

In terms of total amount of high bids, we have:

  • BP Exploration & Production Inc. - $50.6 million
  • ConocoPhillips Company - $15.2 million
  • Petrobras America Inc. - $10.0 million
  • Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - $9.1 million
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation - $8.6 million