Seal of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

News Release

State Mineral Board Releases July Figures
 

For Release
July 21, 2003

The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale July 9, 2003, at 10 a.m. in the Conservation & Mineral Resources Hearing Room located in the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge. Below are the preliminary results of the Lease Sale.

CLASSIFICATION NOMINATED
TRACTS		 NOMINATED
ACREAGE		 LEASES
AWARDED		 NO. OF
ACRES		 AMOUNT OF
CASH PAYMENTS

Lease Sale July 9, 2003
State Offshore Leases 21 38,210.350 7 2,443.600 $622,082.00
State Onshore Leases 32 24,893.980 11 1,130.690 223,758.05
State Dedicated Leases 3 774.220 1 497.170 50,711.34
State Agency Leases   1 18.630   0       0.000          0.00
TOTAL SALE 57 63,897.180 19 4,071.460 $896,551.39
Editors: For more information, call Assistant Secretary of the DNR Office of Mineral Resources Gus Rodemacher at 225-342-4607.