[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59644-59645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24052]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales; 
MMAA104000

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: List of Restricted Joint Bidders.

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    Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6213 and the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management (BOEM) regulatory restrictions on joint bidding, 30 CFR 
556.511-515, the Director of BOEM is publishing a List of Restricted 
Joint Bidders. Any entity appearing on this list is limited in its 
ability to submit a joint bid. Specifically, an entity appearing within 
one of the following groups is restricted from bidding with any entity 
listed in any of the other groups on the List of Restricted Joint 
Bidders at all Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be 
held during the bidding period November 1, 2019, through April 30, 
2020.
    This List of Restricted Joint Bidders is in effect for the period 
November 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, and replaces the prior list 
published on June 6, 2018 (84 FR 26442), covering the period of May 1, 
2019, through October 31, 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.

    In addition to the entities listed above on the List of Restricted 
Joint Bidders, certain joint or single bids submitted by any 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(b)-(d).


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    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 6213; and 30 CFR 556.511-556.515.

Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2019-24052 Filed 11-4-19; 8:45 am]
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