Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales
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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 May 1, 2025, through October 31, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17832-17833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07326]
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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 May 1, 2025, through October 31, 2025.
DATES: This list of restricted joint bidders covers the bidding period
of May 1, 2025, through October 31, 2025, and succeeds all prior
published lists.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Group I
BP America Production Company
BP Exploration & Production 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, 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.
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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. 2025-07326 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4340-98-P
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