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For Release:
April 17, 2006
News Release
State Mineral Board reports April lease sale data
The State Mineral Board conducted its monthly Lease Sale on April 12, 2006, at 10 a.m. in the Conservation and Mineral Resources Hearing Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
Below are the preliminary results of the lease sale and 2005-2006 Fiscal Year totals.
Classification |
Nominated |
Nominated |
Leases |
No. of |
Amount of |
Tracts |
Acreage |
Awarded |
Acres |
Cash Payments |
|
Lease Sale April 12, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
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State Offshore Leases |
16 |
14,567.710 |
2 |
1,141.780 |
$1,312,000.00 |
State Onshore Leases |
62 |
61,417.790 |
25 |
4,788.762 |
$1,625,265.57 |
State Dedicated Leases |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
0.000 |
$0.00 |
State Agency Leases |
1 |
6.000 |
1 |
6.000 |
$1,800.00 |
Total Sale |
79 |
75,991.500 |
28 |
5,936.542 |
$2,939,065.57 |
2005-2006 Fiscal Year |
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|
|
|
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State Offshore Leases |
152 |
160,702.520 |
38 |
21,226.140 |
$6,729,099.59 |
State Onshore Leases |
596 |
628,185.880 |
248 |
55,725.352 |
$21,627,351.30 |
State Dedicated Leases |
42 |
61,016.050 |
9 |
3,990.470 |
$1,854,812.74 |
State Agency Leases |
30 |
5,318.398 |
30 |
3,490.747 |
$921,808.05 |
Total Year to Date |
820 |
855,222.848 |
325 |
84,432.709 |
$31,133,071.68 |
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