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

• Citation: 85 FR 21455
• Record Number: 2020-08181
• Published date: 17 April 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Ocean Energy Management Bureau

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 21455]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-08181]
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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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                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 to be held during the bidding period May 1, 2020,
                through October 31, 2020.
                DATES: This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May
                1, 2020, through October 31, 2020, and replaces the prior list
                published on November 5, 2019 (84 FR 59644), which covered the period
                of November 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020.
                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.
                Walter D. Cruickshank,
                Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
                [FR Doc. 2020-08181 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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