Proposed oil and gas lease sales 104 and 105, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5966074

Sale of oil and gas development leases in the central and western planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico is proposed. The proposed action for Sale 104 would offer for lease all unleased acreage in the Central Planning Area (CPA), totaling 33.1 million acres on 6167 blocks. The unleased blocks are located approximately 3 to 220 miles offshore in water depths of 4 to 3200 meters. If implemented, the lease offering would be held in April 1986. The proposed action for Sale 105 would offer for lease all unleased acreage in the Western Planning Area (WPA), totaling 28.2 million acres on 5089 blocks. Unleased blocks are located 9 to 222 miles offshore in water depths of 8 to 3000 meters. The lease offering would occur in July 1986. The actual number of blocks in each sale would be reduced somewhat by sales 98 and 102, held in May and August 1985, and by deferral from sale of blocks A-375 and A-398. Development of the CPA would involve 360 exploration and delineation wells, 200 production wells, 20 production platforms, 220 miles of offshore pipeline, and up to 3 new transmission pipeline landfalls with 60 miles of onshore routing. Development of the WPA would involve 320 exploration and delineation wells, 170 production wells, 20 production platforms, 160 miles of offshore pipelines, and possibly 1 new transmission pipeline landfall with 20 miles of onshore routing. In both areas, oil and gas production would begin in 1988 and reach peak annual production in 1995 for oil and in 1996 for gas.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, Metairie, LA (USA). Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
• OSTI ID: 5966074
• Report Number(s): EIS-85-0248(Draft); OCS/EIS/MMS-85-0006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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