[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 49242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19780]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2025-0020]


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 Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) regulatory restrictions 
on joint bidding, BOEM is publishing this 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 groups listed below at 
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales held during the bidding 
period of November 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026.

DATES: This list of restricted joint bidders covers the bidding period 
of November 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, and succeeds all prior 
published lists.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Group I

BP America Production Company
BP Exploration & Production Inc.
BP Products North America, Inc.

Group II

Chevron Corporation
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Unocal Corporation
Union Oil Company of California
Noble Energy, Inc.
Hess Corporation
Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.

Group III

Eni Marketing Inc.
Eni BB Petroleum Inc.
Eni US Operating Co. Inc.
Eni Petroleum Co. Inc.
Eni Next LLC
Eni USA Gas Marketing LLC
Eni GoM LLC
Versalis Americas Inc.
Eni Trading & Shipping Inc.

Group IV

Equinor ASA
Equinor Gulf of Mexico LLC
Equinor USA E&P Inc.

Group V

Exxon Mobil Corporation
ExxonMobil Upstream Company

Group VI

Shell USA, Inc.
Shell Offshore Inc.
SWEPI LP
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.
SOI Finance Inc.
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.

Group VII

TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc.
TotalEnergies SE

    Even if an entity does not appear on the above list, BOEM may 
disqualify and reject certain joint or single bids submitted by an 
entity 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.

Matthew N. Giacona,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2025-19780 Filed 11-3-25; 8:45 am]
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