[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the 
Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 
256.41, each entity within one of the following groups shall be 
restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the following 
groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held 
during the bidding period May 1, 2002, through October 31, 2002. The 
List of Restricted Joint Bidders published October 12, 2001, in the 
Federal Register at 66 FR 52150 covered the period November 1, 2001, 
through April 30, 2002.
    Group I. Exxon Mobil Corporation and ExxonMobil Exploration 
Company.
    Group II. Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., SWEPI LP, Shell 
Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., Shell Consolidated Energy Resources Inc., 
Shell Land & Energy Company, Shell Onshore Ventures Inc., Shell 
Offshore Properties and Capital II, Inc., and Shell Rocky Mountain 
Production LLC.
    Group III. BP Exploration & Oil Inc., BP Exploration & Production 
Inc., BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Amoco Production Company, Vastar 
Offshore Inc., and Vastar Resources Inc.
    Group IV. TotalFinaElf E&P USA, Inc., Elf Aquitaine Oil Programs, 
Inc., TOTAL Exploration Production USA, Inc., and Fina E&P Inc.
    Group V. ChevronTexaco Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco 
Inc., and Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.

    Dated: March 29, 2002.
R.M. ``Johnnie'' Burton,
Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. 02-8848 Filed 4-11-02; 8:45 am]
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