[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 22067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08626]


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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 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 held during the bidding period of May 1, 2021, through 
October 31, 2021.

DATES: This List of Restricted Joint Bidders covers the bidding period 
of May 1, 2021, through October 31, 2021, and succeeds the prior list 
published on September 24, 2020 (85 FR 60266), which covered the period 
of November 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

List of Restricted Joint Bidders

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

Amanda Lefton,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-08626 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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