Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
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Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region |
| FOR RELEASE: | March 17,1998 | CONTACT: | Barney Congdon |
(504) 736-2595 |
| John Romero |
(504) 736-2775 |
News Desk Alert:
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service announced at 10 a.m. today that it has received 1,188 bids on 794 tracts offered in the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 169.
| Sale 166 | March 1997 | 1,790 bids on 1,032 tracts |
| Sale 157 | April 1996 | 1,381 bids on 924 tracts |
| Sale 22 | December 1970 | 1,043 bids on 127 tracts |
| Sale 72 | May 1983 | 1,015 bids on 656 tracts |
| Sale 113 | March 1988 | 931 bids on 684 tracts |
| Sale 152 | May 1995 | 880 bids on 588 tracts |
Lease Sale 169 will take place tomorrow, March 18, 1998, at 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MMS is the Federal Agency that manages the Nation’s oil and gas and other mineral resources on the OCS and collects, accounts for, and disburses about $6 billion yearly in revenues from Federal offshore leases and Federal and Indian onshore mineral leases.
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MMS's Website Address:
www.mms.gov
24 Hour Fax-on-Demand Service: 202-219-1703