[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25738]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 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 MMS 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 OCS oil and gas lease 
sales to be held during the bidding period November 1, 2003, through 
April 30, 2004. The List of Restricted Joint Bidders published April 
28, 2003, in the Federal Register at 68 FR 81 covered the period May 1, 
2003, through October 31, 2003.

Group I.
    Exxon Mobil Corporation
    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.
    Shell Rocky Mountain Production LLC
    Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
Group III.
    BP American Production Company
    BP Exploration & Production Inc.
    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
Group IV.
    TOTAL E&P USA, Inc.
Group V.
    ChevronTexaco Corporation
    Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Texaco Inc.
    Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.

    Dated: September 24, 2003.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25738 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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