News Release
MINERAL BOARD RELEASES OCTOBER FIGURES
For Release
October 13, 2000
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale October 11, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. in the Mineral Board Hearing Room located in the State Land and Natural Resources Building in Baton Rouge. Below are the preliminary results of the Lease Sale and 2000-2001 Fiscal Year totals.
| NOMINATED | NOMINATED | LEASES | NO. OF | AMOUNT OF | |
| CLASSIFICATION | TRACTS | ACREAGE | AWARDED | ACRES | CASH PAYMENTS |
| Lease Sale October 11, 2000 | |||||
| State Offshore Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 |
| State Onshore Leases | 21 | 20,146.260 | 11 | 4,727.580 | 1,698,022.07 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 6 | 1,047.100 | 1 | 319.560 | 120,474.12 |
| State Agency Leases | 1 | 640.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL SALE | 28 | 21,833.360 | 12 | 5,047.140 | $1,818,496.19 |
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2000-2001
Fiscal Year
|
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| State Offshore Leases | 36 | 60,598.020 | 8 | 5,321.010 | $968,826.92 |
| State Onshore Leases | 172 | 150,336.155 | 74 | 17,317.273 | 5,357,432.09 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 6 | 1,047.100 | 1 | 319.560 | 120,474.12 |
| State Agency Leases | 16 | 3,940.656 | 6 | 323.880 | 91,694.84 |
| TOTAL YEAR TO DATE |
230
|
215,921.931
|
89
|
23,281.723
|
$6,538,427.97
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For more information, please call DNR's Office of Mineral Resources' Sandra Bailey at (225) 342-4608 or Betty Landry at (225) 342-3359.