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Yesterday's Gulf of Mexico lease sale draws $382 million in high bids
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:38 am
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:38 am
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Competitive bidding in Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 261 pushed the total of high bids to $382 million Dec. 20, a large increase over the last sale, as companies especially went after blocks in Mississippi Canyon and Green Canyon deepwater areas south of Louisiana.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said 26 companies participated in the sale, submitting 352 bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters. BOEM had offered more than 13,000 tracts covering 72.7 million acres.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Hess Corp., and Shell plc were especially aggressive bidders, followed by Chevron Corp., Woodside Energy Group Ltd., Equinor ASA, bp plc, and Repsol SA.
Anadarko’s aggregate bids topped $100 million, including $25 million for a block in the Mississippi Canyon area, the highest of any single bid, and $17 million for a Green Canyon block.
Hess was not far behind at almost $91 million overall. Hess focused especially on the Green Canyon area, where its highest bid, at $21 million, topped a $4.8 million bid by Chevron. But Chevron may get that block anyway, along with the several other tracts Hess snapped up in Green Canyon, if their merger goes through as announced (OGJ Online, Oct. 23, 2023).
Shell bid on more blocks than any other company, its total aggregate bids reaching $74.6 million. Its went after blocks in the Mississippi Canyon and Green Canyon areas, in addition to a large number of tracts in the Alaminos Canyon area off Texas in the far southwest of the US Gulf of Mexico.
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On the day before the latest lease sale, Erik Milito, President of the National Ocean Industries Association, told Oil & Gas Journal he expected robust bidding, partly because it will be the last sale on the schedule until 2025. The lack of a 2024 sale plan has drawn criticism from oil and gas trade groups, who warn that Biden administration policies may simply shift more investment to other countries.
After the sale, Milito made a pitch for reinvigorated lease sale planning.
"Today signifies a critical point in American energy policy," Milito said, describing this as a time of significant and unnecessary uncertainty. "Without congressional intervention, this is the final lease sale until 2025. In our forward-thinking industry, securing new lease blocks is vital for exploring and developing resources crucial to the US economy."
Lease Sale 261 was originally scheduled to be held in 2022, but the Biden administration canceled it. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a 2022 law negotiated by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), in a tug of war with the White House, got the sale rescheduled for no later than Sept. 30, 2023. The Interior Department attempted to change the lease stipulations at the 11th hour but was blocked by the courts, after which the sale was rescheduled for Dec. 20.
"Lease Sale 261 has been a long time coming, and the fact that it is happening today despite the administration’s attempts to cancel, shrink, and delay this sale is a testament to the importance of the IRA for our energy security," Manchin said in a Dec. 20 statement.
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According to another article put out by Reuters, yesterday was the largest Gulf of Mexico lease sale since 2015.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:43 am to ragincajun03
Has Oxy not absorbed Anadarko fully by now? Did they keep the Anadarko name for some reason?
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:46 am to PenguinNinja
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Has Oxy not absorbed Anadarko fully by now? Did they keep the Anadarko name for some reason?
Some companies tend to do that, especially if who they acquired is already well established in a particular play.
XTO is still the operator of record of thousands of wells in the Permian, not Exxon, including ones permitted and drilled well after the acquisition.
This post was edited on 12/21/23 at 8:47 am
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:47 am to ragincajun03
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Equinor
My pappy called them StatOil, I’m gonna call them StatOil.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:50 am to ragincajun03
What are they going to do with all that oil? We’re all going to be riding around in electric vehicles in three years according to this administration.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:57 am to ragincajun03
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According to another article put out by Reuters, yesterday was the largest Gulf of Mexico lease sale since 2015.
And it's the second Gulf lease auction this year. Hopefully the offshore sector can start to compete with the shale plays.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 9:01 am to redstick13
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My pappy called them StatOil, I’m gonna call them StatOil.
They changed names 5 years ago or so
This post was edited on 12/21/23 at 9:02 am
Posted on 12/21/23 at 9:02 am to hubertcumberdale
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They changed names 5 years ago or so
2018
Posted on 12/21/23 at 9:20 am to ragincajun03
Anadarko’s aggregate bids topped $100 million, including $25 million for a block in the Mississippi Canyon area, the highest of any single bid, and $17 million for a Green Canyon block.
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Thought Vicki H wanted to get out of the Gulf when Oxy acquired Anadarko. Too expensive for her tastes. Tried selling the GOM business but she didn’t like the price. Now they’re buying leases. Interesting it should be.
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Thought Vicki H wanted to get out of the Gulf when Oxy acquired Anadarko. Too expensive for her tastes. Tried selling the GOM business but she didn’t like the price. Now they’re buying leases. Interesting it should be.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 1:24 pm to BigPerm30
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What are they going to do with all that oil? We’re all going to be riding around in electric vehicles
We’re still going to need oil for frying specks, shrimps and chicken, Baw.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 1:55 pm to redstick13
Does pappy still tuck you in at night?
Posted on 12/21/23 at 1:57 pm to Saunson69
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Does pappy still tuck you in at night?
Negative, he’s been dead for 23 years now.
Posted on 12/21/23 at 2:00 pm to TBoy
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And it's the second Gulf lease auction this year. Hopefully the offshore sector can start to compete with the shale plays.
Did one of our recent GoM sales just get cancelled by Biden a few months ago?
Yep. Found them from May 12th
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This post was edited on 12/21/23 at 2:03 pm
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