The federal Minerals Management Service will hold its Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 213 Wednesday at the Superdome in downtown New Orleans.

摘要

The bids will be opened starting at 9 a.m. CDT. The sale encompasses 6,958 unleased blocks covering more than 36.9 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Approximately 4.1 million unleased acres in the 181 South Area are included in this sale, with Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas sharing in revenues from tracts leased in that area.