[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 26442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11779]


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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, Interior.

ACTION: List of Restricted Joint Bidders.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 
regulatory restrictions on joint bidding, the Director of the 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, 2019, 
through October 31, 2019.

DATES: This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May 
1, 2019, through October 31, 2019, and replaces the prior list 
published on November 6, 2018 (83 FR 55560), which covered the period 
of November 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019.

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 an 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.

    Authority: 30 CFR 556.511-556.515.

    Dated: May 31, 2019.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2019-11779 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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