State Mineral and Energy Board

MINERAL BOARD RELEASES AUGUST FIGURES

Wednesday, August 9, 2000

 

The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale August 9, 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.

  NOMINATED NOMINATED LEASES NO. OF AMOUNT OF
CLASSIFICATION TRACTS ACREAGE AWARDED ACRES CASH PAYMENTS
Lease Sale August 9, 2000
State Offshore Leases 25 49,137.530 3 2,176.860 $358,525.22
State Onshore Leases 39 30,627.780 22 3,527.510 1,077,093.89
State Dedicated Leases 0 0.000 0 0.000 0.00
State Agency Leases 4 358.485 2 120 55,760.00
 
TOTAL SALE 68 80,123.795 27 5,824.37 $1,491,379.11
 
1999-2000 Fiscal Year
State Offshore Leases 32 58,628.21 6 4,512.120 $768,828.87
State Onshore Leases 100 87,802.178 40 8,219.048 2,599,299.94
State Dedicated Leases 0 0 0 0 0
State Agency Leases 10 1,875.295 5 283.88 73,614.84
 
TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
142
148,305.683
51
13,015.048
$3,441,743.65
 

For more information, please call DNR's Office of Mineral Resources' Sandra Bailey at (225) 342-4608 or Betty Landry at (225) 342-3359.

 

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