[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 52771] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-26852] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior. ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, each entity within one of the following groups shall be restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the following groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held during the bidding period from November 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998. The List of Restricted Joint Bidders published March 27, 1997, in the Federal Register at 62 FR 14699 covered the period of May 1, 1997, through October 31, 1997. Group I Exxon Corporation; Exxon San Joaquin Production Co. Group II Shell Oil Co.; Shell Offshore Inc.; Shell Western E&P Inc.; Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.; Shell Consolidated Energy Resources Inc.; Shell Land & Energy Company; Shell Onshore Ventures Inc.; Shell Deepwater Development Inc.; Shell Deepwater Production Inc.; Shell Offshore Properties and Capital II Inc. Group III Mobil Oil Corp.; Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast Inc.; Mobil Producing Texas and New Mexico Inc.; Mobil Exploration and Producing North America Inc. Group IV BP America Inc.; The Standard Oil Co.; BP Exploration & Oil Inc.; BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Dated: October 3, 1997. Cynthia L. Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service. [FR Doc. 97-26852 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-M