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For Release:
September 14, 2006

 

News Release

State Mineral Board reports September lease sale data

The State Mineral Board conducted its monthly Lease Sale on September 13, 2006, at 11 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 2006-2007 Fiscal Year totals.

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

Lease Sale Septermber 13, 2006
State Offshore Leases 3 3,433.920 3 1,238.020 $367,922.63
State Onshore Leases 38 39,079.470 16 3,546.040 $1,416,562.76
State Dedicated Leases 1 1,011.000 1 110.430 $85,804.11
State Agency Leases   6   1,236.490   3     132.490    $134,672.00
Total Sale 48 44,760.880 23 5,026.980 $2,004,961.50
           
2006-2007 Fiscal Year          
State Offshore Leases 33 53,820.300 10 4,163.320 $1,549,724.71
State Onshore Leases 145 164,385.090 71 17,242.866 $6,078,299.20
State Dedicated Leases 2 1,371.750 1 110.430 $85,804.11
State Agency Leases    12      1,494.166   7     217.636     $155,433.50
Total Year to Date 192 221,071.306 89 21,734.252 $7,869,261.52

Editors: For information, contact Rick Heck at 225-342-6122 or DNR Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Mineral Resources Victor Vaughn at 225-342-7121.
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