[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 24980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10100]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 
556.41, 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, 2012, through October 31, 2012. The 
List of Restricted Joint Bidders published in the Federal Register on 
November 2, 2011, covered the period November 1, 2011, through April 
30, 2012.

Group I.
    Exxon Mobil Corporation
    ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Group II.
     Shell Oil Company
    Shell Offshore Inc.
    SWEPI LP
    Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.
    SOI Finance Inc.
    Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
Group III.
    BP America Production Company
    BP Exploration & Production Inc.
    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
Group IV.
    Chevron Corporation
    Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.
    Unocal Corporation
    Union Oil Company of California
    Pure Partners, L.P.
Group V.
    ConocoPhillips Company
    ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
    Phillips Pt. Arguello Production Company
    Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP
    Burlington Resources Offshore Inc.
    The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company
    Inexeco Oil Company
Group VI.
    Statoil ASA
    Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC
    Statoil USA E&P Inc.
    Statoil Gulf Properties Inc.
Group VII.
     Petrobras America Inc.
    Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
Group VIII. Total E&P USA, Inc.

    Dated: April 6, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-10100 Filed 4-25-12; 8:45 am]
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