2020-08181. Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales; MMAA104000  

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    AGENCY:

    Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

    ACTION:

    List of Restricted Joint Bidders.

    SUMMARY:

    Pursuant to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regulatory restrictions on joint bidding, the Director of BOEM is publishing a List of Restricted Joint Bidders. Each entity within one of the following groups is restricted from bidding with any entity in any of the other following groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held during the bidding period May 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020.

    DATES:

    This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020, and replaces the prior list published on November 5, 2019 (84 FR 59644), which covered the period of November 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020.

    Group I

    BP America Production Company

    BP Exploration & Production Inc.

    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.

    Group II

    Chevron Corporation

    Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

    Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.

    Unocal Corporation

    Union Oil Company of California

    Pure Partners, L.P.

    Group III

    Eni Petroleum Co. Inc.

    Eni Petroleum US LLC

    Eni Oil US LLC

    Eni Marketing Inc.

    Eni BB Petroleum Inc.

    Eni US Operating Co. Inc.

    Eni BB Pipeline LLC

    Group IV

    Equinor ASA

    Equinor Gulf of Mexico LLC

    Equinor USA E&P Inc.

    Group V

    Exxon Mobil Corporation

    ExxonMobil Exploration Company

    Group VI

    Shell Oil Company

    Shell Offshore Inc.

    SWEPI LP

    Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.

    SOI Finance Inc.

    Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.

    Group VII

    Total E&P USA, Inc.

    Even if an entity does not appear on the above list, certain joint or single bids submitted by such entity may be disqualified, and rejected, by BOEM if that entity is chargeable for the prior production period with an average daily production in excess of 1.6 million barrels of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. See 30 CFR 556.512.

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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6213; and 30 CFR 556.511-556.515.

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    Walter D. Cruickshank,

    Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

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    [FR Doc. 2020-08181 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P

Document Information

Published:
04/17/2020
Department:
Ocean Energy Management Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
List of Restricted Joint Bidders.
Document Number:
2020-08181
Dates:
This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020, and replaces the prior list published on November 5, 2019 (84 FR 59644), which covered the period of November 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020.
Pages:
21455-21455 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2020-08181.pdf
Supporting Documents:
» Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 257
» Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Region-wide Lease Sale 251
» Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
» Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226
» Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area
» Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193
» Request for Information: Long Term Monitoring Plan for Marine Mammals; Gulf of Mexico
» Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Western Planning Area
» Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, Outer Continental Shelf; 238
» Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Social Indicators in Coastal Alaska: Arctic Communities Survey