State Mineral and Energy Board

MINERAL BOARD RELEASES JANUARY FIGURES

Wednesday, January 17, 2001

The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale January 10, 2001, 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. State Mineral Board Secretary Gus Rodemacher noted that January's lease sale figures are subject to change. He said that any changes made after the release date will be posted at www.dnr.state.la.us

NOMINATED NOMINATED LEASES NO. OF AMOUNT OF
CLASSIFICATION TRACTS ACREAGE AWARDED ACRES CASH PAYMENTS
Lease Sale January 17, 2001
State Offshore Leases 32 49,195.410 7 2,082.790 $501,049.24
State Onshore Leases 72 65,300.010 30 9,606.140 2,536,081.50
State Dedicated Leases 0 0.000 0 0.000 0.00
State Agency Leases 5 3,320.720 2 180.720 61,272.16
TOTAL SALE 109 117,816.140 39 11,869.650 $3,098,402.90
2000-2001 Fiscal Year
State Offshore Leases 122 189,083.770 25 12,680.350 $2,764,804.95
State Onshore Leases 333 308,131.105 161 46,176.273 12,890,082.60
State Dedicated Leases 13 5,106.510 2 1,009.560 504,804.12
State Agency Leases 30 7,286.975 13 615.100 200,682.00
TOTAL YEAR TO DATE
498
513,633.631
201
60,481.283
$16,360,373.67

Editors: For more information, please contact DNR Office of Mineral Resources, Betty Landry at 342-3359.

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