[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 66416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27668]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)


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 November 1, 2002, through April 30, 2003.
    Group I. Exxon Mobil Corporation and ExxonMobil Exploration 
Company.
    Group II. Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., 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., Shell Rocky Mountain Production LLC, and Shell 
Gulf of Mexico Inc.
    Group III. BP America Production Inc., BP Products North America 
Inc., BP Exploration & Production Inc., and BP Exploration (Alaska) 
Inc.
    Group IV. TotalFinaElf E&P USA, Inc.
    Group V. ChevronTexaco Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco 
Inc., and Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.

    Dated: October 7, 2002.
R.M. Burton,
Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. 02-27668 Filed 10-30-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P