Disbursement of Offshore Revenue 85

VII. Disbursement of Federal Offshore Revenue

Total disbursements of OCS revenue since 1955 amount to $109 billion (see table 79). About

79 percent of total disbursements of OCS revenue has gone to the U.S. Treasury General

Fund. However, in 1995, only about 67 percent of OCS revenue, about $2.4 billion, went

directly into the U.S. Treasury General Fund. In addition to this fund, MMS distributes OCS

revenue to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the National Historic

Preservation Fund (NHPF), and coastal States. In 1995, about 25 percent of OCS revenue

went into the LWCF.

In accordance with Section 8(g) of the OCSLA Amendments of 1978, coastal States must

receive some of the revenue from the leasing and development of offshore areas that contain

oil and gas fields that straddle Federal and State jurisdictional boundaries.

Because the States and the Federal Government could not reach an agreement on a formula

for dividing these revenues, the subject monies went into a Section 8(g) escrow fund

beginning in August 1979. Revenues from the Beaufort Sea in Alaska went into a second

escrow fund under Section 7 beginning in December 1979.

Congress resolved the dispute in the OCSLA Amendments of 1985, Public Law 99–72. The

law provides to the States the following distribution of Section 8(g) funds:

Escrow funds to be disbursed in FY 1986 and 1987;

A series of annual payments disbursed to the States between FY 1987 and 2001;

and 

Recurring annual disbursements of 27 percent of royalty, rent, and bonus

revenues from Section 8(g) leases.

Congress passed a second law, Public Law 100–102, to distribute the Section 7 Beaufort Sea

escrow funds to the State of Alaska in FY 1988 (see table 79). In 1995, MMS disbursements

to the States amounted to $75.5 million.

As amended, the LWCF Act of 1965 requires the National Park Service, since 1978, to keep

at least $900 million in the LWCF each fiscal year (FY). Before FY 1978, the amount was

$300 million. Money for the LWCF comes from surplus property sales held by the General

Services Administration, motorboat fuel taxes collected by the U.S. Treasury, and recreation

use fees collected by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture. Any difference between these combined receipts and the $900 million total is

made up from OCS revenue.

Since 1971, OCS revenue has provided more than 70 percent of LWCF monies, and in some

of those years more than 90 percent (see table 79). In 1995, the LWCF received $896 million.
86 Federal Offshore Statistics

The States and Federal Agencies use LWCF grants to buy parks and recreation areas and to

help plan, acquire, and develop land and water areas for recreation use. Since 1965, the

LWCF has distributed about $3.2 billion to States and $5 billion to Federal Agencies.

Revenue from Federal offshore mineral leases sustains the NHPF. The National Historic

Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, limits OCS revenue payments into the NHPF to $150

million. The Act specifies how annual appropriations of the NHPF support matching grants to

the States and Territories and to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Each State or

Territory in turn must award 10 percent of its annual NHPF allocation to certified local

governments as subgrants. Projects funded by the NHPF include, among others, the

following:

Identifying and nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places

(NRHP);

Protecting NRHP-listed properties and districts affected by federally funded or

licensed construction projects;

Reviewing and recommending to the NPS historic preservation certifications

under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981; and 

Setting up rehabilitation standards for public or private properties.

Table 81 shows the amount of monies distributed by the LWCF and NHPF to the States and

U.S. Territories and Possessions in FY 95.
Disbursement of Offshore Revenue 87

Table 79. Mandated Disbursement by Fiscal Year of Mineral Revenue from Federal OCS Leases,

1955–95

Fiscal Conservation Historic ($) Disbursement

Year Fund ($) Preservation ($)

U.S. Treasury, General Fund Land & Water National States Total

Fund ($)

1

Bonus & Rental Royalty Payments

Payments ($) ($)

1955 142,404,630 0 0 0 0 142,404,630

1956 111,171,041 52,814 0 0 0 111,223,855

1957 (55,457,867) 9,352,889 0 0 0 (46,104,978)

1958 2,630,090 10,686,064 0 0 0 13,316,154

1959 1,145,720 2,266,484 0 0 0 3,412,204

1960 226,616,838 2,839,980 0 0 0 229,456,818

1961 1,716,161 5,588,525 0 0 0 7,304,686

1962 6,006,936 5,605,230 0 0 0 11,612,166

1963 359,370,510 7,443,921 0 0 0 366,814,431

1964 5,870,970 10,620,439 0 0 0 16,491,409

1965 42,223,700 11,246,201 0 0 0 53,469,901

1966 161,893,155 86,424,061 0 0 0 248,317,216

1967 596,202,951 41,107,770 0 0 0 637,310,721

1968 903,330,950 57,935,108 0 0 0 961,266,058

1969 223,821,610 78,083,889 126,873,300 0 0 428,778,799

1970 73,280,497 14,933,349 107,882,204 0 0 196,096,050

1971 680,542,388 159,914,892 210,092,091 0 0 1,050,549,371

1972 28,029,742 27,645,946 223,677,068 0 0 279,352,756

1973 2,704,908,793 1,026,685,098 223,983,126 0 0 3,955,577,017

1974 6,096,405,041 408,101,161 243,887,918 0 0 6,748,394,120

1975 1,688,826,143 491,813,968 247,325,029 0 0 2,427,965,140

1976 1,385,179,272 1,000,627,187 276,641,316 0 0 2,662,447,775

TQ 1,090,478,816 178,741,689 41,898,324 0 0 1,311,118,829 2

1977 1,302,356,698 804,649,966 232,339,865 24,400,000 0 2,363,746,529

1978 320,153,229 1,005,726,401 833,428,546 100,000,000 0 2,259,308,176

1979 1,088,416,655 1,337,744,641 741,214,437 100,000,000 0 3,267,375,733

1980 1,360,713,229 1,839,574,175 900,583,342 0 0 4,100,870,746

1981 6,684,689,957 2,286,169,198 867,123,128 300,000,000 0 10,137,982,283

1982 1,744,453,723 3,529,206,734 825,959,504 150,000,000 0 6,249,619,961

1983 6,579,073,584 2,947,728,610 814,693,040 150,000,000 0 10,491,495,234

1984 2,604,347,777 3,149,777,867 789,421,288 150,000,000 0 6,693,546,932

1985 1,018,662,056 3,588,937,243 784,279,198 150,000,000 0 5,541,878,497

1986 1,188,838,879 2,621,904,068 755,223,819 150,000,000 897,486,953 5,613,453,719

1987 629,745,831 2,418,156,141 823,575,610 150,000,000 681,782,529 4,703,260,111

1988 270,108,066 2,267,821,971 825,949,540 150,000,000 367,020,193 3,880,899,770 3

1989 (145,215,350) 2,061,666,495 862,760,617 150,000,000 46,849,754 2,976,061,516

1990 259,659 2,010,060,802 843,765,173 150,000,000 49,023,327 3,053,108,961

1991 208,049 2,115,242,775 884,999,910 150,000,000 43,683,226 3,194,133,960

1992 60 1,460,328,533 887,925,509 150,000,000 68,391,572 2,566,645,674 4

1993 25,560,022 1,709,001,994 900,000,000 150,000,000 77,473,362 2,862,035,378

1994 358,918,750 2,642,519,241 862,208,213 150,000,000 83,327,410 4,096,973,614

1995 414,194,201 2,003,737,588 895,987,237 150,000,000 75,467,740 3,539,386,766

Total 41,922,083,162 45,437,671,108 17,033,698,352 2,624,400,000 2,390,506,066 109,408,358,688

Does not include Federal share of escrow interest: State payments do. Interest accrued for the time bid deposits are held 1

in escrow pending fair market determination and other bid acceptance criteria.

Transition quarter which resulted from a change in the end of the Federal Government's FY from June 30 to September 2

30.

Since 1988, Alaska's payment includes 27% from part of a disputed Federal/State boundary area in the Beaufort Sea. Part 3

of the disputed area was in the 8(g) zone and Alaska received $320 million from escrow for this area in 1988.

Increase is due to a 1986 Budget Reconciliation Act increase in the settlement payment from $19.5 million to $45.5 million. 4
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Table 80. Appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Fiscal Years

1965–95 and National Historic Preservation Fund, Fiscal Years 1967–95

Land and Water Conservation Fund National Historic

Preservation Fund

Appropriations1

($)

Fiscal Grants to tates ($) Grants to Federal Total Appropriation

Year Agencies ($)

($)

2

1965 10,375,000 5,625,000 16,000,000 0

1966 82,408,718 39,706,282 122,115,000 0

1967 56,531,090 38,475,910 95,007,000 0

1968 61,520,000 42,420,000 103,940,000 300,000

1969 44,938,000 66,562,000 111,500,000 100,000

1970 61,832,000 69,268,000 131,100,000 969,000

1971 185,239,000 172,161,000 357,400,000 5,980,000

1972 255,000,000 106,500,000 361,500,000 5,980,000

1973 181,800,000 118,200,000 300,000,000 7,505,000

1974 65,767,000 10,456,000 76,223,000 11,505,000

1975 179,880,000 127,612,000 307,492,000 20,000,000

1976 175,739,000 141,247,000 316,986,000 24,750,000

TQ 43,925,000 32,063,000 75,988,000 N/A 3

1977 175,315,000 362,484,000 537,799,000 17,500,000

1978 305,694,000 499,306,000 805,000,000 45,000,000

1979 369,602,000 367,423,000 737,025,000 60,000,000

1980 299,703,000 209,491,000 509,194,000 55,000,000 4

1981 173,745,000 114,848,000 288,593,000 26,000,000 5

1982 0 179,927,000 179,927,000 25,440,000

1983 110,619,000 224,474,000 335,093,000 51,000,000 6

1984 72,919,000 228,971,000 301,890,000 27,500,000

1985 71,853,000 214,759,000 286,612,000 25,480,000

1986 45,992,900 122,216,100 168,209,000 23,729,330

1987 32,700,000 177,926,000 210,626,000 24,250,000

1988 16,567,000 153,897,000 170,464,000 27,250,000 7

1989 16,700,000 189,533,000 206,233,000 30,500,000 8

1990 16,501,000 214,980,000 231,481,000 32,887,504 9

1991 29,843,000 311,828,000 341,671,000 34,484,000 10

1992 19,748,000 297,644,000 317,392,000 35,478,000 11

1993 24,787,000 258,865,000 283,652,000 36,617,000 12

1994 24,750,000 228,200,000 255,551,000 40,000,000 13

1995 24,703,000 192,092,000 216,795,000 41,420,735 14

Total 3,236,696,708 5,519,160,292 8,758,458,000 736,625,569

Before FY 77 the Grant Program operated under a no-year appropriation from General Revenue (the Preservation of 1

Historic Properties Account). Then the Historic Preservation Fund was created, funded by OCS revenue, with 2-year

approprations.

Includes additional funds for Federal administration costs for Federal Land Acquisition and State Grants. 2

Transition Quarter, July 1, 1976, to September 30, 1976, because of adoption of new FY calendar 3

Includes $10 million deferred from FY 1980 to FY 1981. 4

Beginning with the FY 1981 appropriation, National Historic Preservation Fund program administration costs ($1.54 million 5

in 1981) were separated from the grants-in-aid appropriation.

Includes $25 million appropriated by the Emergency Jobs Act (P.L. 98-8) 6

The FY 1988 included $1 million for the Bicentennial Lighthouse Program, and $750,000 for a Micronesian Study 7

The FY 1989 also included $1 million for the Bicentennial Lighthouse Program. 8

The FY 1990 included $1 million for the Bicentennial Lighthouse Program as well as $473,000 for grants to Native 9

American Tribes, and $600,000 for Disaster Relief.

The FY 1991 included $721,000 for grants to Native American Tribes. 10

The FY 1992 includes $938,000 for grants to Native American Tribes. 11

The FY 1993 includes $1,487,000 for grants to Native American Tribes. 12

The FY 1994 includes $2 million for grants to Native American Tribes. 13

 The FY 1995 includes $2 million for grants to Native American Tribes and 1.5 million for Historical Black Colleges. 14 

NOTE: The total awarded to date for the National Trust is $93,463,713.

SOURCE: National Park Service, Recreation Grants Division and Preservation Assistance Division.
Disbursement of Offshore Revenue 89

Table 81. Apportionments to States and U.S. Territories and Possessions from the Land and Water

Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the National Historic Preservation Fund (NHPF), Fiscal

Year 1995— continued 

 State, Territory, or Possession Apportionment

Total

 ($)

Land and Water Conservation National Historic

Fund Preservation Fund 

($) ($)

Pacific Northwest .............

Alaska ..................... 218,992 428,057 647,049

Idaho ...................... 235,692 492,239 727,931

Oregon .................... 352,230 523,147 875,377

Washington ................ 490,256 503,784 994,040

West .........................

American Samoa ............ 25,000 197,744 222,744

Arizona .................... 418,852 537,580 956,432

California .................. 2,131,393 892,447 3,023,840

Federated States of Micronesia 0 271,769 271,769

Guam ..................... 25,000 217,619 242,619

Hawaii .................... 257,536 321,142 578,678

Nevada .................... 270,182 322,067 592,249

Northern Marianas ........... 25,000 193,242 218,242

Rocky Mountain ..............

Colorado ................... 393,027 590,310 983,337

Montana ................... 224,498 488,949 713,447

North Dakota ............... 221,148 335,872 557,020

South Dakota ............... 222,065 475,115 697,180

Utah ...................... 295,299 581,754 877,053

Wyoming .................. 211,974 489,816 701,790

Southwest ...................

Arkansas .................. 300,441 482,262 782,703

Louisiana .................. 430,985 706,823 1,137,808

New Mexico ................ 270,306 585,319 855,625

Oklahoma .................. 353,660 555,046 908,706

Texas ..................... 1,222,690 771,854 1,994,544

MIdwest ......................

Illinois ..................... 875,305 616,605 1,491,910

Indiana .................... 500,517 577,351 1,077,868

Iowa ...................... 317,335 523,574 840,909

Kansas .................... 314,191 330,220 644,411

Michigan ................... 743,815 691,872 1,435,687

Minnesota .................. 431,830 602,267 1,034,097

Missouri ................... 469,697 729,697 1,199,394

Nebraska .................. 268,063 391,029 659,092

Ohio ...................... 830,782 790,999 1,621,781

Wisconsin .................. 458,303 586,729 1,045,032

Subtotal 13,806,064 16,804,300 30,610,364
Table 81. Apportionments to States and U.S. Territories and Possessions from the Land and Water

Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the National Historic Preservation Fund (NHPF), Fiscal

Year 1995— continued 

 State, Territory, or Possession Apportionment

Total

 ($)

Land and Water Conservation National Historic

Fund Preservation Fund 

($) ($)

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Southeast ....................

Alabama ................... 411,465 582,310 993,775

Florida .................... 1,021,069 670,861 1,691,930

Georgia .................... 548,847 747,768 1,296,615

Kentucky .................. 366,162 763,823 1,129,985

Mississippi ................. 300,581 469,535 770,116

North Carolina .............. 550,529 699,812 1,250,341

South Carolina .............. 385,555 581,633 967,188

Tennesee .................. 458,810 625,913 1,084,723

Mid-Atlantic ..................

Connecticut ................ 401,725 591,998 993,723

Delaware .................. 233,804 427,010 660,814

District of Columbia .......... 63,883 330,011 393,894

Maine ..................... 245,034 451,981 697,015

Maryland .................. 496,776 749,352 1,246,128

Massachusetts .............. 575,789 748,558 1,324,347

New Hampshire ............. 249,711 377,862 627,573

New Jersey ................ 699,734 589,356 1,289,090

New York .................. 1,313,382 915,342 2,228,724

Pennsylvania ............... 903,878 868,549 1,772,427

Puerto Rico ................ 348,328 321,591 669,919

Rhode Island ............... 256,394 531,794 788,188

Vermont ................... 215,602 417,891 633,493

Virginia .................... 552,219 649,874 1,202,093

Virgin Islands ............... 25,000 284,668 309,668

West Virginia ............... 272,659 424,202 696,861

Subtotal 10,896,936 13,821,694 24,718,630

Federal Agency ...............

Bureau of Land Managment ... 13,260,000 N/A 13,260,000

National Park Service ........ 73,634,000 N/A 73,634,000

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 66,028,000 N/A 66,028,000

U.S. Forest Service .......... 63,873,000 N/A 63,873,000

Total 241,498,000 30,625,994 272,123,994

Source: National Park Service, Recreation Grants Division and Preservation Assistance Division
Federal Offshore Lands 1

I. Federal Offshore Lands

The Submerged Lands Act (SLA) of 1953 grants the States rights to the natural resources of

the submerged lands from the coastline to no more than 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) into the

Atlantic, Pacific, the Arctic Oceans, and the Gulf of Mexico except the coastal waters of

Texas and western Florida, where State jurisdiction extends from the coastline to no more

than 3 marine leagues (16.2 km) into the Gulf of Mexico. The SLA also reaffirmed the

Federal claim to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), which consists of those submerged lands

seaward of State jurisdiction.

The SLA led to the passage of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in 1954 (OCSLA). The

OCSLA and subsequent amendments in 1978 and 1985 provide for Federal jurisdiction over

the submerged lands of the OCS. Additionally, it authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to

lease those lands for mineral development. Note that the legal OCS includes submerged lands

that are not part of the geological OCS.

On March 10, 1983, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5030 (3 CFR 22),

which set up the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EEZ consists of those areas

adjoining the territorial sea of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. overseas territories and possessions.

The EEZ extends up to 370 km (200 nmi) from the coastline. About 15 percent of this area

lies on the geologic continental shelf and is shallower than 200 m (656 ft). Another 10 to 15

percent lies on the continental slope and rise, between 200 and 2,000 m (656 and 6,562 ft)

water depth. The remaining 70–75 percent is abyssal plain where water depths reach

3,000–5,000 m (9,843–16,405 ft).

Leasing of Federal lands and their subsequent development have made the OCS a major

source of the Nation's supply of crude oil and natural gas. Offshore operators also produce

salt and sulphur from OCS leases, and investigations continue into the possibility of the OCS

becoming a source of other nonfuel minerals (i.e., sand and gravel, phosphorite, manganese,

gold, tin, titanium, and platinum).

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) gave the Secretary of the Interior authority over

offshore facilities and associated pipelines, with the exception of deep-water ports, for State

and Federal offshore waters. The Secretary in turn delegated this OPA 90 authority to MMS.

The resulting tasks for MMS include the following:

enforcing spill prevention measures,

reviewing spill response plans,

inspecting spill containment and cleanup equipment,

reviewing spill financial liability limits, and 

certifying spill financial responsibility.
2 Federal Offshore Statistics

While the OCSLA and OPA 90 define MMS jurisdiction and regulatory responsibility on

Federal offshore lands, other Federal laws play a significant role in the managment of

offshore operations. Some of those laws are the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA) - The NEPA requires a detailed

environmental review before any major or controversial Federal action.

Clean Air Act of 1970 (CAA, reauthorized in 1990) - The CAA regulates the emission of

air pollutants from industrial activities.

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA, reauthorized in 1990) - The CZMA

requires State review of Federal action that affects the land and water use of the coastal

zone.

Clean Water Act of 1977 (CWA) - The CWA, through the issuance of National Pollutant

Discharge and Elimination System permits, regulates the discharge of toxic and nontoxic

pollutants into the surface waters of the U.S.

Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRAMA) - The FOGRAMA

requires that oil and gas facilities be built in a way that protects the environment and

conserves Federal resources.

Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) - The MMPA provides for the

protection and conservation of all marine mammals and their habitats.

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) - The ESA requires a permit for the taking of any

protected species. It also requires that all Federal actions not significantly impair or

jeopardize protected species or their habitats.

Table 1 shows the areal extent of both the State offshore waters and the Federal OCS. The

MMS divides the Federal waters of the OCS into four regions: the Atlantic OCS, the Gulf of

Mexico OCS, the Pacific OCS, and the Alaska OCS. Table 2 gives the areal extent of the

EEZ.
Federal Offshore Lands 3

Table 1. Areal Extent of State and Federal Submerged Lands in U.S. Offshore Areas

U.S. Offshore/Planning Area State Offshore Federal OCS Totals

 (Acres) (Acres) (Acres)

Alaska 14,656,000 945,569,883 960,225,883

Aleutian Arc ................... N/A 161,300,000 N/A

Aleutian Basin ................. N/A 47,400,000 N/A

Beaufort Sea .................. N/A 62,345,883 N/A

Bowers Basin .................. N/A 90,300,000 N/A

Chukchi Sea .................. N/A 41,468,477 N/A

Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait ........ N/A 5,356,431 N/A

Gulf of Alaska ................. N/A 134,078,219 N/A

Hope Basin ................... N/A 12,811,077 N/A

Kodiak ....................... N/A 88,985,055 N/A

Navarin Basin ................. N/A 37,107,431 N/A

North Aleutian Basin ............ N/A 32,452,522 N/A

Norton Basin .................. N/A 25,005,234 N/A

Shumagin ..................... N/A 83,162,115 N/A

St. George Basin ............... N/A 70,238,345 N/A

St. Matthew-Hall ............... N/A 53559094 N/A

Atlantic Coast States 4,544,000 255,356,910 259,900,910

North Atlantic .................. N/A 48,770,485 N/A

Mid-Atlantic ................... N/A 82,180,484 N/A

South Atlantic ................. N/A 114,223,681 N/A

Straits of Florida ............... N/A 10,182,260 N/A

Gulf Coast States 8,640,000 159,276,572 167,916,572

Eastern Gulf of Mexico .......... N/A 75,594,026 N/A

Central Gulf of Mexico ........... N/A 47,777,241 N/A

Western Gulf of Mexico .......... N/A 35,905,305 N/A

Pacific Coast States 2,880,000 121,939,940 124,819,940

Northern California ............. N/A 28,525,517 N/A

Central California .............. N/A 15,000,443 N/A

Southern California ............. N/A 30,502,502 N/A

Washington-Oregon ............ N/A 47,911,478 N/A

Total 30,720,000 1,482,143,305 1,513,863,305

NOTE: Acreages for the Aleutian Arc, Aleutian Basin, and Bowers Basin Planning Areas are estimates.
4 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 2. Areal Extent of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

Offshore Areas EEZ (Acres) EEZ (nmi )

2

Atlantic Coast ...................................... 215,401,075 253,800

Gulf of Mexico ...................................... 158,028,685 186,200

Pacific Coast ....................................... 200,973,107 236,800

Alaska ............................................ 806,268,800 950,000

Hawaii ............................................ 589,849,280 695,000

Subtotal (50 States) 1,970,520,947 2,321,800

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

and the U.S. Virgin Islands ........................... 49,564,314 58,400

Guam ............................................. 51,261,722 60,400

American Samoa .................................... 105,918,259 124,800

Other U.S. Territories and Possessions ................. 486,646,874 573,400

Subtotal (Territories and Possessions) 693,391,168 817,000

U.S. Total ......................................... 2,663,912,115 3,138,800

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands .......... 189,939,955 223,800

Total EEZ ......................................... 2,853,852,070 3,362,600

NOTE: Areal numbers in square nautical miles are rounded off to the nearest 100, and then converted to acres. Therefore, the numbers

used herein should be treated as estimates of EEZ acreage.

SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Joint Office of Mapping and Research
 The MMS canceled or delayed many of the sales scheduled for Alaska, Mid-Atlantic/South Atlantic, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico. 1

 Sale155 leases(9/13/95) are not yet in this total. 2

Leasing Activity and Status 5

II. Offshore Leasing Activity and Status

The OCSLA as amended authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease OCS lands for

mineral development. Leasing activity in 1995 included two sales in the Gulf of Mexico

(GOM) Region. Sales were not held in other OCS regions. Leasing activity will continue

with 4 lease sales in portions of 4 planning areas between 1996 and 1997 under MMS's

Comprehensive Program as approved in July 1992. For the remainder of the program, annual

lease sales are scheduled for the Central and Western GOM planning areas. One sale has been

scheduled for the Beaufort Sea in the Alaska OCS Region .

1

Through 1995, the U.S. Department of the Interior has offered more than 1.13 billion OCS

acres (457 million ha) for lease in 117 lease sales. In those 117 lease sales the oil and gas

industry paid about $57.1 billion in bonuses to lease 77.0 million acres (31.2 million ha).

Table 3 shows the OCS leasing history by year.

In 1995, sales 152 and 155 in the Central and Western GOM, respectively, attracted 1,228

bids, which resulted in 835 leases covering 4.3 million acres (1.74 million ha). This acreage

leased represents 7.3 percent of the acreage offered for lease in Sales 152 and 155. Total

bonuses accepted for these two sales amounted to $414 million. The average bonus per acre

leased was $104.88 for Sale 152 and $76.27 for Sale 155. Expected first year rentals from

these two sales total $21.7 million.

Tables 4 through 7 present leasing statistics for individual sales, and table 8 provides a

regional breakdown of leasing acreage and status. The GOM is the most successful of the

OCS areas. Through 1995, GOM lease sales produced about 82 percent of total leases and 77

percent of the bonus monies. At the end of 1995, there were 24.8 million acres (10 million 2

ha) in active lease status.
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Table 3. Summary by Year of Federal Lease Offerings and Acreage Leased, 1954–95

Year No. of Tracts Tracts Acres Acres High Bid Bonuses Acreage 

Lease Offered Leased Offered Leased Accepted ($) leased as a

Offerings Percentage of 

Acreage

Offered

1954 3 345 114 1,384,238 486,870 140,969,005 35.2

1955 1 210 121 674,095 402,567 108,528,726 59.7

1959 2 118 42 539,813 171,300 89,746,992 31.7

1960 2 395 148 1,632,339 707,026 282,717,065 43.3

1961 1 16 6 80,640 30,240 122,000 37.5

1962 3 830 420 3,718,115 1,929,177 489,481,061 51.9

1963 1 129 57 669,777 312,945 12,807,337 46.7

1964 2 224 124 1,124,102 613,524 95,874,327 54.6

1965 1 658 50 947,520 72,000 33,740,309 7.6

1966 3 71 42 265,886 141,768 209,199,893 53.3

1967 2 214 159 988,484 746,951 510,109,742 75.6

1968 3 305 197 1,315,984 934,164 1,346,487,097 71.0

1969 3 185 40 355,758 114,282 111,660,685 32.1

1970 2 161 138 666,845 598,540 945,064,773 89.8

1971 1 18 11 55,872 37,222 96,304,523 66.6

1972 2 210 178 970,711 826,195 2,251,347,556 85.1

1973 2 276 187 1,514,940 1,032,570 3,082,462,611 68.2

1974 4 1,006 356 5,006,881 1,762,158 5,022,860,815 35.2

1975 4 1,374 321 7,247,327 1,679,877 1,088,133,152 23.2

1976 4 536 246 2,827,342 1,277,937 2,242,898,467 45.2

1977 2 358 211 1,843,116 1,100,734 1,568,564,745 59.7

1978 4 586 249 3,140,696 1,297,274 1,767,042,064 41.3

1979 6 666 351 3,412,252 1,767,443 5,078,861,692 51.8

1980 3 483 218 2,563,452 1,134,227 4,204,640,257 44.3

1981 7 1,398 430 7,680,398 2,265,537 6,652,980,897 29.5

1982 5 1,410 357 7,637,122 1,886,360 3,987,490,009 24.7 1

1983 7 21,689 1,251 119,811,784 6,587,823 5,749,016,369 5.5

1984 6 27,928 1,387 154,383,680 7,397,939 3,928,876,308 4.8

1985 3 15,754 681 87,028,709 3,573,554 1,557,650,714 4.1

1986 2 10,724 142 58,670,104 734,418 187,094,747 1.3

1987 2 10,926 640 59,762,078 3,447,809 497,247,006 5.8

1988 7 28,382 1,621 158,016,215 8,838,943 1,259,548,738 5.6

1989 2 11,013 1,049 60,097,672 5,580,867 645,617,410 9.3

1990 2 10,459 825 56,788,766 4,263,446 584,301,918 7.5

1991 4 16,600 676 90,287,925 3,413,560 338,856,549 3.8

1992 2 9,618 204 52,380,047 1,020,919 84,784,975 2.0

1993 2 101,164 336 55,070,269 1,714,458 126,467,246 3.1

1994 2 10,861 560 58,895,040 2,775,013 331,367,072 4.7

1995 2 10,991 835 59,699,680 4,341,665 414,007,620 7.3

Total 116 298,291 14,980 1,129,155,674 77,019,302 57,124,932,472 6.8 2

The 1982 data for 5 oil and gas lease sales account for the first part of Sale 69 as 69–1 and the 1983 data account for the second part as 69–2. 1

Thus, there were 8 bid openings but only 7 offshore oil and gas lease sales recorded for 1983.

This total does not include lease issuance data here for the Pacific phosphate sale held December 15, 1961, because 6 awarded leases (30,240 2

acres) were subsequently "terminated at the convenience of the Federal Government." The action followed discovery of unexploded naval

missiles on the ocean floor of the 6 tracts on the southern California OCS. All bonuses ($122,000) were returned to the lessees and are not totaled

as revenues.

NOTE: This table and tables 4 through 7 summarize, by calendar year, 113 Federal offshore lease offerrings that were held from October

1954 through August, 1993. They include 93 oil and gas, 3 sulphur (1954, 1965, and 1969), 2 salt (1960 and 1967), phosphate (1961),

and 1 sulphur and salt (1988) lease offerrings.
Leasing Activity and Status 7

Table 4. Pacific OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995

Bid Opening Sale Offerring Bids Made

Sale Date Area Tracts Acres Number Tracts Acres Total Monies

Exposed ($)

PH 12/51/61 SCA 16 80,640 6 6 30,240 122,000 1

P-1 05/14/63 C & NCA 129 669,777 70 58 312,975 13,989,953

P-2 10/01/64 OR, WA 196 1,090,074 222 101 580,853 53,579,753

P-3 12/15/66 SCA 1 1,995 7 1 1,995 89,937,020

P-4 02/06/68 SCA 110 540,609 164 75 383,341 1,293,601,113

35 12/11/75 SCA 231 1,257,593 166 70 384,540 901,960,364

48 06/29/79 SCA 148 792,845 112 55 294,018 994,683,701

53 05/28/81 SCA 111 603,613 301 81 432,815 4,885,810,689 2

68 06/11/82 SCA 140 716,840 66 35 176,253 210,486,278

RS-2 08/05/82 SCA 27 153,716 19 12 68,318 6,965,067

73 11/30/83 SCA 137 768,341 14 8 43,801 24,045,646 3

80 10/17/84 SCA 657 3,147,352 30 25 125,100 73,163,686

Total 1,903 9,823,395 1,177 527 2,834,249 8,548,345,270

Leases Issued High Bid Bonuses High Bids Rejected Average Bid First-Year

per Acre ($) Rentals ($) Sale Tracts Acres Submitted ($) Accepted ($) Number Amount ($)

PH 6 30,240 122,000 122,000 0 0 N/A N/A 1

P-1 57 312,945 12,807,587 12,807,337 1 250 41 938,838

P-2 101 580,853 35,533,701 35,533,701 0 0 61 1,742,562

P-3 1 1,995 21,189,000 21,189,000 0 0 10,621 9,980

P-4 71 363,181 603,204,284 602,719,262 4 485,022 1,660 1,089,543

35 56 310,049 438,190,780 417,312,141 14 20,878,639 1,346 930,147

48 54 288,260 573,956,402 572,825,418 1 1,130,984 1,987 867,489

53 60 320,567 2,277,856,761 2,088,881,824 21 24,648,000 6,516 1,037,904 2

68 29 147,066 132,252,632 117,875,281 6 14,377,351 802 443,913

RS-2 10 56,932 5,103,578 4,369,472 2 724,106 77 184,320

73 8 43,799 16,022,336 16,022,336 0 0 366 141,808 3

80 23 114,362 66,231,426 62,121,252 2 4,110,174 543 347,157

Total 476 2,570,249 4,182,470,487 3,951,779,024 51 66,354,526 N/A 7,733,661

Only the offering and bidding data for this phosphate lease sale are totaled here since the awarded leases were subsequently terminated and all 1

monies were returned to the bidder/lessees.

In Sale 53 (May 1981), Chevron USA and Phillips Petroleum jointly paid the highest per-acre bid so far, of $65,014.16 on Lease No. OCS-P 0450 in the 2

Santa Maria Basin. Altogether, the tract's 5,131 acres brought in $333,596,200 of the total accepted bonus payments of $2,088,881,824. In the same

sale, high bidders afterwards relinquished leasing rights to 12 other tracts, thus forfeiting one-fifth or $41,081. Bids for 9 other tracts were rejected as

insufficient. The average bid per acre was $6,516.21 on 320,567 acres. As adjusted, totals for this sale also reflect leases for 5 tracts issued in 1984,

previously delayed by litigation. 

In Sale 73 (November 1983), litigation delayed the scheduled bid opening until December of that year. 3

NOTE: PH indicates a phospate lease sale, P indicates a Pacific area sale, and RS indicates a reofferring sale.
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Table 5. Atlantic OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995

Bid Opening Sale Offerring BIds Made

Sale Date Area Tracts Acres Number Tracts Acres Total Monies

Exposed ($)

40 08/17/7 MATL 154 876,750 410 101 575,012 3,513,411,802

6

43 03/28/7 SATL 224 1,275,273 99 57 324,511 150,927,700

8

49 02/28/7 MATL 109 620,557 74 44 250,500 66,005,881

9

42 12/18/7 NATL 116 660,409 189 73 415,602 1,270,789,890

9

56 08/04/8 SATL 285 1,622,558 120 54 307,432 561,050,365

1

59 12/08/8 MATL 253 1,440,376 240 98 557,932 578,952,000

1

RS-2 08/05/8 MATL 155 882,444 19 19 108,170 4,464,828

2

RS-2 08/05/8 SATL 232 1,320,819 9 9 51,239 3,009,300

2

76 04/26/8 MATL 4,050 22,664,991 53 40 227,727 86,822,680

3

78 07/26/8 SATL 3,582 20,156,426 12 11 62,625 14,562,040

3

Total 9,160 51,520,603 1,225 506 2,880,750 6,249,996,486

Table 6. Alaska OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995

Bid Opening Sale Offerring Bids Made

Sale Date Area Tracts Acres Number Tracts Acres Total Monies

Exposed ($)

39 04/13/76 GOA 189 1,008,500 244 81 437,524 1,732,170,868

CI 10/27/77 LCI 135 768,580 240 91 518,080 677,075,681

BF 12/11/79 BF 46 172,323 62 25 88,037 945,445,102

55 10/21/80 GOA 210 1,195,569 64 37 210,648 197,417,469

RS-1 06/30/81 GOA 175 996,327 7 5 28,466 5,582,362

60 09/29/81 LCI 153 858,247 15 13 73,157 4,697,309

RS-2 08/05/82 LCI 140 785,091 0 0 0 0

71 10/13/82 BF(Diapir) 338 1,825,770 252 125 683,026 4,589,972,518

57 03/15/83 NORT 418 2,379,751 98 64 364,364 371,803,984

70 04/12/83 STGEO 479 2,688,787 150 97 546,610 547,731,283

83 04/17/84 NAV 5,036 28,048,995 425 186 1,058,932 1,148,701,653 1

87 08/22/84 BF(Diapir) 1,419 7,773,447 432 232 1,233,573 1,365,968,674 2

97 03/16/88 BF 3,344 18,277,806 276 218 1,198,099 139,194,672 3

109 05/25/88 CHK 4,694 25,631,122 653 351 1,982,565 666,232,384

92 10/11/88 NALEU 990 5,603,472 31 23 121,754 114,067,500 4

124 06/26/91 BF 3,417 18,556,976 60 57 277,004 17,301,819

126 08/28/91 CHK 3,476 18,987,976 30 28 159,213 7,405,804

Total N/A N/A 24,659 135,558,739 3,039 1,633 8,981,052 12,530,769,082

In Sale 83, bids were received on 17 tracts that were in an international dispute with the Soviet Union. On December 4, 1988, the Federal Government 1

decided that it was not in the United States' best interest to accept the bids and rejected all bids in this disputed area. The 17 tracts on 96,784 acres

for $108,174,000 are included under Bids Made.
Leasing Activity and Status 9

In Sale 87, bids were received on 4 tracts that are involved in an international boundary dispute with Canada. Data are included under bids made 2

(acres bid on, total exposed, high-bids submitted) for these 4 tracts covering 22,773 acres for $5,104,000. These bids were not accepted or rejected,

and the one-fifth bonus bid amounts were deposited in an interest-bearing account pending a decision. On June 12, 1992, the one-fifth bonus bid

amounts plus interest were returned to the bidders upon their request, as provided for in the Notice of Sale.
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Table 5. Atlantic OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 — continued

Leases Issued High Bid Bonuses High Bids Rejected Average Bid First-Year

per Acre ($) Rentals ($) Sale Tracts Acres Submitted ($) Accepted ($) Number Amount ($)

40 93 529,466 1,135,802,179 1,127,936,425 8 7,865,754 2,130 1,714,176

43 43 244,807 109,695,692 100,743,443 14 8,952,249 412 792,576

49 39 222,034 41,720,618 40,001,631 5 1,718,987 180 718,848

42 63 358,671 827,832,854 816,516,546 10 11,316,308 2,277 1,161,216

56 47 267,580 363,829,954 342,766,174 7 21,063,780 1,281 866,304

59 51 290,352 424,927,000 323,659,000 47 101,268,000 1,115 940,032

RS-2 18 102,477 4,197,828 3,920,828 1 277,000 38 331,776

RS-2 8 45,545 3,009,300 2,859,150 1 150,150 59 147,456

76 37 210,648 71,141,240 68,410,240 3 2,731,000 325 681,984

78 11 62,625 13,362,040 13,362,040 0 0 213 202,752

Total 410 2,334,205 2,995,518,705 2,840,175,477 96 155,343,228 N/A 7,557,120

Table 6. Alaska OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 — continued

Leases Issued High Bid Bonuses High Bids Rejected Average Bid First-Year

per Acre ($) Rentals ($) Sale Tracts Acres Submitted ($) Accepted ($) Number Amount ($)

39 76 409,058 571,871,587 559,836,587 5 12,035,000 1,368.60 1,226,718

CI 87 495,307 400,319,543 398,471,313 4 1,848,230 804.49 1,603,584

BF 24 85,776 491,728,138 488,691,138 1 3,037,000 5,697.27 277,808

55 35 199,261 117,550,113 109,751,073 2 7,799,040 550.79 645,120

RS-1 1 5,694 3,091,738 170,496 4 2,921,242 29.95 18,432

60 13 73,158 4,405,899 4,405,899 0 0 60.23 236,856

RS-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

71 121 662,861 2,067,604,786 2,055,632,336 4 11,972,450 3,101.15 2,146,112

57 59 335,898 325,267,372 317,873,372 5 7,394,000 946.34 1,087,488

70 96 540,917 427,343,830 426,458,830 1 885,000 788.40 1,751,248

83 163 927,989 631,228,331 516,317,331 23 114,911,000 556.38 2,784,366 1

87 227 1,207,714 877,131,327 871,964,327 1 5,167,000 708.63 3,910,184 2

97 202 1,110,764 118,574,936 115,261,636 0 0 103.76 3,596,192 3

109 350 1,976,912 478,177,948 478,032,631 1 145,317 241.81 6,400,280

92 23 121,754 95,439,500 95,439,500 0 0 783.87 394,208 4

124 57 277,004 16,807,025 16,807,025 0 0 60.67 896,896

126 28 159,213 7,117,304 7,117,304 0 0 44.70 515,464

Total 1,562 8,589,280 6,633,659,377 6,462,230,798 51 168,115,279 N/A 27,490,956

In Sale 97, bids were received on 16 tracts that are involved in an international boundary dispute with Canada. Data are included on bids made (acres 3

bid on, total exposed, high-bids submitted) for these 16 tracts covering 87,359 acres for $3,313,300. These bids were not accepted or rejected, and

the one-fifth bonus bid amounts were deposited in an interest-bearing account pending a decision. Five years from the day of bid opening, the bidders

may elect to withdraw the bonus deposits together with accrued interest, as provided for in the Notice of Sale.

Sale 92, originally scheduled for January 1986, was held October 11, 1988, after the lifting of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the opening of bids. The 4

MMS ordered SOO’s beginning October 1, 1989 and renewed these on a yearly basis resulting from DOI appropriations acts whose language included

Congressional moratoria on leasing, exploration, development, and production activities in the North Aleutian Basin. An out-of-court settlement

(undisclosed) was reached through alternative dispute resolution. As part of this settlement, all North Aleutian Basin leases were relinquished.
Leasing Activity and Status 11

Table 7. Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995

Bid Opening Sale Offerring Bids Made

Sale Date Area Tracts Acres Number Tracts Acres Total Monies

Exposed ($)

1 10/13/54 LA 199 748,819 336 90 394,721 302,924,834

1S 10/13/54 LA 108 523,630 5 5 25,000 1,233,500

2 11/09/54 TX 38 111,789 90 19 67,149 73,801,896

3 07/12/55 TX, LA 210 674,095 384 121 402,567 323,240,052

5 05/26/59 FL 80 458,000 23 23 132,480 1,711,872

6 08/11/59 LA 38 81,813 56 28 62,967 174,411,628

7 02/24/60 TX, LA 385 1,610,254 444 173 813,663 575,175,650

8SA 05/19/60 LA 10 22,085 1 1 2,500 75,250

9 03/13/62 LA 401 1,808,276 538 212 981,407 314,218,540

10 03/13/62 TX, LA 410 1,875,984 666 210 977,092 605,357,718

11 10/09/62 LA 19 33,855 26 14 24,858 66,265,290

12 04/28/64 LA 28 34,028 69 23 32,671 93,850,051

13S 12/14/65 TX 658 947,520 113 50 72,000 56,324,364

14 03/29/66 LA 18 35,993 64 18 35,993 275,384,739

15 10/18/66 LA 52 227,898 79 32 134,717 185,214,816

16 06/13/67 LA 206 971,489 743 172 812,202 1,627,749,269

17SA 09/05/67 LA 8 16,995 1 1 2,495 30,564

18 05/21/68 TX 169 728,551 556 141 666,631 1,620,393,212

19 11/19/68 LA 26 46,824 38 21 40,262 398,430,736

19A 01/14/69 LA 38 96,389 40 26 61,628 71,036,938

20S 05/13/69 LA 120 165,605 43 38 50,880 4,070,549

19B 12/16/69 LA 27 93,764 58 16 60,153 230,460,743

21 07/21/70 LA 34 73,360 59 21 50,889 163,451,158

22 12/15/70 LA 127 593,485 1,043 127 593,485 2,877,429,559

23 11/04/71 LA 18 55,872 33 13 42,222 172,735,981

24 09/12/72 LA 78 366,682 324 74 346,693 1,599,155,464

25 12/19/72 LA 132 604,029 690 119 548,374 6,191,018,227

26 06/19/73 TX, LA 129 697,643 551 104 566,573 6,248,160,989

32 12/20/73 MAFLA 147 817,297 373 89 496,917 3,404,892,968

33 03/28/74 LA 206 930,918 402 114 522,397 6,474,003,574

34 05/29/74 TX 245 1,355,678 352 123 680,335 3,354,292,556

S1 07/30/74 TX, LA 258 1,298,739 57 49 249,704 88,799,354

36 10/16/74 LA 297 1,421,546 387 157 733,927 2,521,756,919 1

37 02/04/75 TX 515 2,870,344 281 143 796,367 484,721,874

38 05/28/75 TX, LA 283 1,346,432 191 102 486,327 402,752,355

38A 07/29/75 TX, LA 345 1,772,958 179 80 408,009 317,001,333

41 02/18/76 GOM 132 687,604 81 41 191,718 428,003,629

44 11/16/76 TX, LA 61 254,488 117 48 201,825 833,015,950

47 06/23/77 GOM 223 1,074,536 424 152 739,326 2,928,091,214

Footnotes at end of table
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Table 7. Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 - continued

Leases Issued High Bid Bonuses High Bids Rejected Average First-Year

Bid Rentals ($)

per Acre

($)

Sale Tracts Acres Submitted ($) Accepted ($) Number Amount ($)

1 90 394,721 116,378,476 116,378,476 0 0 294.84 1,184,175

1S 5 25,000 1,233,500 1,233,500 0 0 49.34 50,000

2 19 67,149 23,357,029 23,357,029 0 0 347.84 201,450

3 121 402,567 108,528,726 108,528,726 0 0 269.59 1,207,722

5 23 132,480 1,711,872 1,711,872 0 0 12.92 397,440

6 19 38,820 90,286,693 88,035,120 9 2,251,573 2,267.28 388,200

7 147 704,526 285,180,648 282,641,815 26 2,538,833 350.46 2,113,599

8SA 1 2,500 75,250 75,250 0 0 30.10 7,500

9 206 956,407 177,745,105 177,260,305 6 484,800 185.34 2,855,433

10 205 956,592 268,724,090 268,333,397 5 390,693 280.51 2,869,638

11 9 16,178 44,399,399 43,887,359 5 512,040 2,712.79 161,780

12 23 32,671 60,340,626 60,340,626 0 0 1,846.90 326,780

13S 50 72,000 33,740,309 33,740,309 0 0 468.62 216,000

14 17 35,056 89,054,406 88,845,963 1 208,443 2,534.44 350,570

15 24 104,717 101,730,216 99,164,930 8 2,565,286 946.98 523,600

16 158 744,456 511,957,288 510,079,178 14 1,878,110 685.17 2,233,458

17SA 1 2,495 30,564 30,564 0 0 12.25 7,485

18 110 541,304 602,475,717 593,899,046 31 8,576,671 1,097.16 1,623,915

19 16 29,679 150,482,797 149,868,789 5 614,008 5,049.59 296,820

19A 20 48,504 45,588,052 44,037,339 6 1,550,713 907.90 485,050

20S 4 5,625 3,678,045 751,150 34 2,962,895 127.14 16,875

19B 16 60,153 66,908,196 66,908,196 0 0 1,112.30 601,550

21 19 44,642 98,101,013 97,769,013 2 332,000 2,190.07 446,420

22 119 553,898 851,388,599 847,295,760 8 4,092,839 1,529.70 1,661,694

23 11 37,222 96,491,023 96,304,523 2 186,500 2,587.29 372,230

24 62 290,321 582,697,925 585,827,925 12 470,000 2,017.87 870,996

25 116 535,874 1,673,054,912 1,665,519,631 3 7,535,281 3,108.04 1,607,661

26 100 547,173 1,598,590,620 1,591,397,380 4 7,193,240 2,908.40 1,641,519

32 87 485,397 1,491,617,119 1,491,065,231 2 551,888 3,071.85 1,456,197

33 91 421,218 2,175,095,514 2,092,510,854 23 82,584,660 4,967.76 1,263,675

34 102 565,112 1,502,429,426 1,471,851,831 21 30,577,595 2,604.53 1,695,348

S1 19 100,241 76,617,645 30,236,800 30 46,380,845 301.64 300,729

36 144 675,587 1,445,175,340 142,826,1330 13 16,914,010 N/A 2,026,812

37 113 626,585 300,632,667 274,690,955 30 25,941,712 438.39 1,879,761

38 86 406,942 250,681,156 232,916,050 16 17,765,106 572.36 1,220,856

38A 66 336,301 171,511,620 163,214,006 14 8,297,614 485.32 1,008,906

41 34 161,286 183,498,244 175,976,493 7 7,521,751 1,091.09 483,867

44 43 178,127 381,911,757 379,148,962 5 2,762,795 2,128.53 534,396

47 124 605,427 1,214,002,429 1,170,093,432 28 43,908,997 1,932.68 1,816,302

Footnotes at end of table
Leasing Activity and Status 13

Table 7. Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 — continued

Bid Opening Sale Offerring Bids Made

Sale Date Area Tracts Acres Number Tracts Acres Total Monies

Exposed ($)

45 04/25/78 TX, LA 145 709,727 283 101 490,752 1,559,345,260

65 10/13/78 GOM 89 511,709 62 35 201,295 87,592,568

51 12/19/78 TX, LA 128 643,987 288 88 449,691 2,355,263,307

58 07/31/79 GOM 123 577,517 316 88 424,030 3,333,990,620

58A 11/27/79 GOM 124 588,601 322 96 450,914 4,683,195,907

A62 09/30/80 GOM 192 909,575 506 147 706,042 7,119,464,692

62 11/18/80 GOM 81 458,308 268 74 420,058 3,500,570,271

A66 07/21/81 GOM 212 1,077,913 419 162 829,900 5,227,548,535

60 09/29/81 LCI 153 858,247 15 13 73,158 4,697,309

66 10/20/81 GOM 209 1,081,364 233 107 532,048 2,402,400,552

67 02/09/82 GOM 234 1,219,847 290 137 695768 2,683,699,843

69-1 11/17/82 GOM 144 732,570 151 67 339,999 1,185,091,610 2

69-2 03/08/83 GOM 125 665,478 20 13 68,106 48,755,129

72 05/25/83 CGOM 7,050 37,867,762 1,015 656 3,249,199 4,582,847,288

74 08/24/83 WGOM 5,848 32,620,248 773 436 2,410,809 2,350,359,669 3

79 01/05/84 EGOM 8,868 50,631,513 226 156 897,786 500,261,361

81 04/24/84 CGOM 6,502 34,743,780 793 529 2,650,070 2,126,776,904

84 07/18/84 WGOM 5,446 30,038,593 593 402 2,173,704 1,263,576,675

98 04/22/85 CGOM 4,531 24,006,157 644 444 2,241,597 1,566,926,725

102 08/14/85 WGOM 4,879 27,199,074 265 210 1,156,842 519,116,036

94 12/18/85 EGOM 6,344 35,823,478 114 82 450,259 155,241,798 4

104 04/30/86 CGOM 5,837 31,382,152 129 114 569,418 164,135,937

105 08/27/86 WGOM 4,887 27,287,952 52 41 229,612 69,498,490

110 04/22/87 CGOM 5,881 31,818,472 385 313 1,636,329 341,540,856

112 08/12/87 WGOM 5,045 27,943,606 519 367 2,021,096 310,835,932

S/S 02/24/88 CGOM 51 593,971 20 14 142,685 20,792,841 5

113 03/30/88 CGOM 6,229 33,580,661 931 684 3,523,160 592,797,316

115 08/31/88 WGOM 5,053 27,911,790 370 270 1,499,164 188,974,839

116-1 11/16/.88 EGOM 8,149 46,417,392 135 115 657,348 47,559,746

118 03/15/89 CGOM 5,970 32,123,675 821 591 2,972,567 477,045,923

122 08/23/89 WGOM 5,043 27,973,997 676 488 2,759,424 382,777,307

123 03/21/90 CGOM 5,667 30,493,461 840 538 2,671,597 589,547,008

125 08/22/90 WGOM 4,792 26,295,305 465 307 1,699,507 240,912,740

131 03/27/91 CGOM 5,420 29,127,324 637 464 2,265,799 320,537,387

135 08/21/91 WGOM 4,287 23,616,034 182 142 792,546 76,743,875

139 05/13/92 CGOM 5,213 28,152,199 196 151 727,186 56,195,552

141 08/19/92 WGOM 4,405 24,227,848 81 61 333,600 30,619,313 6

142 03/24/93 CGOM 5,443 29,325,669 261 201 976,083 63,897,083 7

143 09/15/93 WGOM 4,682 25,744,600 197 157 848,686 62,570,163

147 03/30/94 CGOM 5,759 30,903,699 598 375 1,784,480 374,754,019

150 08/17/94 WGOM 5,102 27,991,342 266 210 1,090,558 73,633,488 8

152 05/10/95 CGOM 5,810 31,228,295 880 588 2,965,968 416,374,153 9

155 09/13/95 WGOM 5,181 28,471,385 348 275 1,514,359 145,907,323 10

Total 171,811 933,111,544 26,502 13,499 68,102,323 97,795,018,665

Footnotes at end of table
14 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 7. Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 —continued

Leases Issued High Bid Bonuses High Bids Rejected Average First-Year

Bid Rentals ($)

per Acre

($)

Sale Tracts Acres Submitted ($) Accepted ($) Number Amount ($)

45 90 438,756 767,407,369 733,656,893 11 33,750,476 1,672.13 1,316,283

65 35 201,295 61,176,730 61,176,730 0 0 303.92 603,885

51 81 412,416 884,589,799 871,464,998 7 13,124,801 2,113.07 1,237,263

58 81 391,183 1,261,358,089 1,247,489,022 7 13,869,067 3,189.02 1,173,570

58A 90 421,519 1,932,894,290 1,913,337,938 6 19,556,352 4,539.15 1,264,590

A62 116 551,643 2,805,524,393 2,676,927,673 31 128,596,720 4,852.65 1,654,962

62 67 383,323 1,436,448,959 1,417,961,511 7 18,487,448 3,699.12 1,149,969

A66 156 799,899 2,666,828,352 2,649,628,752 6 17,199,600 3,312.45 2,399,736

60 13 73,158 4,405,899 4,405,899 0 0 60.23 236,856

66 102 508,287 1,280,983,917 1,243,468,752 5 37,515,165 2,446.39 1,524,903

67 115 590,265 1,251,793,459 1,193,654,719 22 58,138,740 2,022.29 1,770,795

69-1 56 281,213 634,919,980 609,178,223 11 25,741,757 2,166.25 843,657

69-2 11 58,117 39,741,340 37,570,900 2 2,170,440 646.44 174,360

72 623 3,089,812 3,469,214,969 3,367,606,134 33 101,608,835 1,089.89 9,269,616

74 406 2,245,982 1,549,262,300 1,501,712,517 30 47,549,783 668.26 6,738,015

79 156 897,786 310,586,261 310,586,261 0 0 345.95 2,693,358

81 453 2,278,129 1,446,584,927 1,323,036,649 76 123,548,278 580.76 6,834,537

84 361 1,949,186 945,717,312 844,850,488 41 100,866,824 433.44 5,847,639

98 409 2,076,907 1,147,434,447 1,079,377,760 35 68,056,687 519.7 6,230,829

102 195 1,075,189 391,137,536 359,175,656 15 31,961,880 334.06 3,225,597

94 77 421,459 124,022,098 119,097,298 0 0 282.58 1,264,392

104 101 504,807 146,367,757 130,276,757 13 16,091,000 258.07 1,514,442

105 41 229,612 56,817,990 56,817,990 0 0 247.45 688,839

110 293 1,539,626 290,554,484 262,971,486 20 27,582,998 170.8 4,618,941

112 347 1,908,183 242,796,331 234,275,520 20 8,520,811 122.77 5,724,597

S/S 14 142,685 15,149,327 15,149,327 0 0 106.17 428,058

113 662 3,416,716 404,612,164 388,730,457 22 15,881,707 113.77 10,250,277

115 255 1,412,764 130,285,464 125,352,889 13 4,932,574 88.73 4,238,340

116-1 115 657,348 41,582,298 41,582,298 0 0 63.26 1,972,047

118 574 2,892,487 397,513,998 388,393,077 17 9,120,921 134.28 8,677,605

122 475 2,688,380 263,753,883 257,224,333 13 6,529,550 95.68 8,065,182

123 525 2,604,259 427,413,211 424,334,314 13 3,078,897 162.94 7,812,927

125 300 1,659,187 162,442,246 159,967,604 6 2,333,442 96.41 4,977,606

131 456 2,224,284 259,859,788 256,286,186 8 3,573,602 115.22 6,673,026

135 135 753,059 62,646,526 58,646,034 7 4,000,492 77.88 2,259,195

139 144 693,079 65,300,864 54,373,022 7 1,822,530 78.45 2,079,279

141 60 327,840 36,708,223 30,411,953 1 207,360 94.49 983,529

142 187 906,587 69,061,024 63,897,083 12 4,027,391 88.15 2,719,824

143 149 807,871 64,338,759 62,570,163 8 1,768,596 9,442 4,039,410

147 368 1,749,480 277,016,796 274,335,726 7 2,681,070 156.81 8,747,600

150 192 1,025,534 60,399,787 57,031,346 11 3,132,801 55.61 5,127,750

152 572 2,896,426 307,328,550 303,772,054 12 3,449,496 104.88 14,482,390

155 263 1,445,239 114,305,973 110,235,566 11 63,360 76.27 7,226,255

12,541 63,575,930 45,188,391,882 43,875,189,073 936 1,288,092,349 N/A 209,168,340
Leasing Activity and Status 15

Table 7. Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Offerings, 1954–1995 - continued

Sale 36 had a two-part bidding system: 10 tracts (51,515 acres) were offered in a royalty bidding system, 287 tracts (1,370,031 acres) were offered 1

in a high bid-bonus system. Of these, 8 tracts (40,755 acres) were bid and let on the royalty system for an average $25 per acre ($1,018,875 in

bonuses); another 149 tracts (693,172 acres) were bid on the high-bid system with 136 let (634,832 acres) for an average $2,248.22 per acre

($1,427,242,455 in bonuses).

The 1982 data for 5 oil and gas lease sales account for the first part of Sale 69 as 69–1 and the 1983 data account for the second part as 69–2. Thus, 2

there were 8 bid openings but only 7 offshore oil and gas lease sales recorded for 1983.

In Sale 74 (August 1983), two of the high bidders failed to execute leases on time and had to forfeit their one-fifth bonus deposits. 3

In Sale 94 (December 1985), one high bidder did not execute 5 awarded leases of 43 on time and, therefore, forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposit of 4

$1,231,200. 

Sale S/S is the sulphur and salt sale. 5

In Sale 141 one high bidder failed to execute the lease and forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposit. 6

In Sale 142 one high bidder failed to execute the lease and forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposit. 7

In Sale 150 lessees failed to execute the leases (7) and forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposits. 8

In Sale 152 lessees failed to execute the leases (4) and forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposits. 9

In Sale 155 lessees failed to execute the lease and forfeited the one-fifth bonus deposit. 10

NOTE: Sulphur lease sales have S after the sale numbers and salt lease sales have SA. PH indicates a phosphate lease sale; P indicates a Pacific (area)

sale; RS indicates a reoffering sale. Two-part sales either have A and B or 1 and 2 after the sale numbers and were accounted for as separate

sales, with the exception of Sale 69.

Table 8. Summary by OCS Region of Federal Lease Offerings and Lease Status, 1954–95

OCS Region

No. of Lease Offerings Leases Issued Under Supervision

Offerings

1

Tracts Acres Tracts Acres Tracts Acres

Alaska 15 24,659 135,558,833 1,566 8,612,052 346 1,849,455

Atlantic 8 9,160 51,520,603 410 2,334,205 51 290,353

Gulf of Mexico 73 166,387 992,006,567 13,798 66,350,942 4,922 24,754,161

Pacific 11 1,903 9,823,421 470 2,540,012 83 419,411

Subtotal 107 202,109 1,188,909,424 16,244 79,837,211 5,402 27,313,380

OCS Area Reofferings Leases Issued Under Supervision 2

Tracts Acres Tracts Acres Tracts Acres

Alaska RS 1&2 315 1,781,399 1 5,694 0 0

Atlantic RS-2 387 2,203,263 26 148,022 0 0

Pacific RS-2 27 153,716 10 56,932 2 11,386

 Subtotal 2 729 4,138,378 37 210,648 2 11,386

Total 109 202,838 1,193,047,802 16,281 80,047,859 5,404 27,324,766

Under Supervision indicates all producing and nonproducing offshore mineral leases for which the DOI had responsibility as of December 1

31,1993.

The DOI has held 2 reoffering sales in offshore oil and gas lease areas: RS–1 reoffered 175 tracts (996,308 acres), Alaska; RS–2 2

reoffered 140 tracts (785,091 acres), Alaska; 155 tracts (882,444 acres), Mid-Atlantic; 232 tracts (1,320,819 acres), South Atlantic; and 27

tracts (153,716 acres), Northern and Central California. See table 3 for bidding and bonus details.
Offshore Development Activity 15

III. Offshore Development Activity

The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) OCS Region has the highest level of permitting and drilling

activity. The number of permits issued for collecting geologic and geophysical (G&G) data is

shown in table 9. Tables 10, 12, and 14 show the yearly record of OCS drilling activity, zone

completions, and producing acreage, respectively. Tables 11, 13, and 15 show OCS drilling

activity, zone completions, and producing acreage by regional area, respectively.

The number of G&G permits issued on the OCS in the latter half of the 1980's was less than

75 percent of the total issued in the first half of the decade. This trend continues in the 1990's

with a total of 107 in 1995. Drilling activity in 1995 decreased by almost 6 percent to 798

wells drilled compared to 845 in 1994. Production of oil and gas occurs on about 8 percent of

the acreage originally offered for lease.

While drilling activity decreased in the GOM OCS Region, there was a net increase of 62

production facilities in 1995, for a year end total of 3,891 (see table 17). The Pacific OCS

Region, the only other producing OCS area, removed one facility in 1994 and has 23 (see

table 16). About 50 percent of OCS production facilities are between 0 and 32.2 km (0 and 20

mi) of shore (see table 18). Over 80 percent of these facilities are found in less than 50 m (164

ft) of water (see table 19).

Tables 20 and 21 show pipeline mileage in the western and central GOM and offshore

California. Collectively, pipelines transport almost 95 percent of OCS oil and 100 percent of

OCS natural gas. The growth in pipeline mileage in the GOM has been steady throughout the

last decade, reaching a total of almost 23,000 miles of pipeline.
16 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 9. Permits Issued for Geologic and/or Geophysical Exploration on Federal Offshore Lands,

1960–95

[These calendar year data count only G&G permits issued; permit extensions are not reported in this tabulation.]

Year Alaska OCS Atlantic OCS Pacific OCS Total

Gulf of Mexico OCS Yearly

Louisiana Texas MAFLA1

1960–69 106 52 175 1417 673 188 2611

1970 40 4 3 108 47 11 213

1971 27 4 0 126 38 15 210

1972 17 4 1 130 42 26 220

1973 33 4 30 133 55 84 339

1974 47 2 24 174 103 7 357

1975 82 29 46 251 92 10 510

1976 69 35 24 195 89 8 420

1977 33 20 31 269 88 11 452

1978 9 17 38 165 97 16 342

1979 32 9 24 126 73 12 276

1980 41 15 31 142 65 24 318

1981 54 17 40 177 69 37 394

1982 85 11 62 226 100 18 502

1983 103 10 45 267 108 41 574

1984 70 6 56 260 114 37 543

1985 63 2 33 193 76 31 398

1986 18 3 20 107 46 17 211

1987 18 2 20 186 52 20 298

1988 13 4 33 172 64 27 313

1989 17 0 0 177 49 6 249

1990 19 1 4 157 64 6 251

1991 7 0 0 109 51 3 170

1992 7 0 0 103 27 4 141

1993 8 0 0 102 29 4 143

1994 3 0 0 89 38 3 133

1995 2 1 0 77 27 0 107

Total 1,023 252 740 5,638 2,376 666 10,695

Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. 1
Offshore Development Activity 17

Table 10. Oil and Gas Well Drilling on Federal Offshore Leases, 1955–95

[Well and borehole are used interchangeably in these data, and no distinction is made between

exploration and production well drilling in the tabulations.]

Year (Wells and Abandoned Total

Well Drilling Status Completed Plugged and Cumulative

Boreholes) (Wells and Boreholes) Active Suspended Other1

1955 41 0 N/A 239 175 455

1956 76 0 N/A 357 261 694

1957 61 17 N/A 588 402 1,068

1958 35 21 N/A 795 485 1,336

1959 40 31 N/A 1,461 569 2,101

1960 58 53 N/A 1,923 686 2,720

1961 54 99 N/A 2,467 814 3,434

1962 56 107 N/A 3,091 1,002 4,256

1963 62 130 N/A 3,631 1,226 5,049

1964 73 193 102 4,313 1,372 6,053

1965 89 261 0 4,733 1,685 6,768

1966 82 0 444 3,305 1,871 5,702

1967 95 0 496 3,762 2,233 6,586

1968 133 0 592 4,258 2,592 7,575

1969 103 129 590 4,752 2,919 8,493

1970 106 115 534 5,359 3,278 9,392

1971 89 152 551 5,718 3,724 10,234

1972 79 263 537 6,032 4,168 11,079

1973 84 249 546 6,421 4,599 11,899

1974 91 292 1,006 6,218 5,108 12,715

1975 97 292 977 6,104 5,617 13,087

1976 97 362 1,117 6,461 6,088 14,125

1977 169 496 N/A 7,914 6,610 15,189

1978 117 486 N/A 8,433 7,133 16,169

1979 175 603 N/A 8,964 7,576 17,318

1980 191 739 N/A 9,638 8,057 18,625

1981 173 724 N/A 10,308 8,704 19,909

1982 166 701 N/A 11,164 8,913 20,944

1983 134 597 N/A 11,990 9,374 22,095

1984 253 313 1,151 11,861 9,903 23,481

1985 195 348 1,166 12,285 10,487 24,481

1986 95 279 1,200 12,536 11,909 26,019

1987 142 265 1,275 12,736 12,373 26,791

1988 116 289 1,402 12,827 13,164 27,798

1989 123 361 1,441 12,938 13,846 28,709

1990 120 266 1,466 13,167 14,677 29,696

1991 64 249 1,436 13,184 15,430 30,363

1992 104 180 1,465 13,209 16,348 31,306

1993 129 193 1,433 13,181 16,709 31,645

1994 120 222 1,454 13,342 17,427 32,565

1995 124 247 1,522 13,475 18,089 33,457

Other kinds of wells not yet plugged and abandoned (P&A), but standing awaiting work, are not separately reported from 1955–63 and from 1

1977–83. Before 1964 and from 1977–83, wells or boreholes not yet P&A were listed as either completed or suspended.

NOTE: See table 11 for well information by adjacent State or planning area. See table 12 for information about zone completions.
18 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 11. Oil and Gas Well Drilling Status by OCS Area, 1995

[Well and Borehole are used interchangeably in these data, and no distinction is made between

exploration and production well drilling in the tabulations]

OCS Area by

Adjacent State

Well Drilling Status Completed Plugged and Cumulative

(Wells and Abandoned Total

Boreholes) (Wells and Boreholes) Active Suspended Other 1

1995

Alaska 0 0 0 0 81 81

Atlantic 0 0 0 0 46 46

Gulf of Mexico

 Central 101 132 1,363 11,130 14,866 27,592

 Eastern 1 0 6 0 40 47

 Western 20 114 137 1,692 2,653 4,616

Pacific 2 1 16 653 449 1,121

Total 124 247 1,522 13,475 18,135 33,503

1 Other kinds of wells not yet plugged and abandoned (P&A), but standing awaiting work, are not separately reported from 1955–63 and from

1977–83. Before 1964 and from 1977–83, wells or boreholes not yet P&A were listed as either completed or suspended.
Offshore Development Activity 19

Table 12. Zone Completion Status of Oil and Gas Wells on the Federal OCS, 1950–95 

Year

Producible Zone Completion Completions

Other Than Producible Zone

2

Active Shut–in Year–end Service, Not Yearend 1

Total etc. Restorable Total

3

4

Oil Gas Oil Gas U. H.

1950 371 N/A 13 26 N/A 410 N/A N/A N/A

1951 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1952 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1953 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1954 50 20 15 45 N/A 130 N/A N/A N/A

1955 117 29 31 62 N/A 239 N/A N/A N/A

1956 195 32 41 89 N/A 357 N/A N/A N/A

1957 330 31 83 144 N/A 588 N/A N/A N/A

1958 487 74 80 154 N/A 795 N/A N/A N/A

1959 864 173 245 179 N/A 1,461 N/A N/A N/A

1960 1,138 210 326 249 N/A 1,923 N/A N/A N/A

1961 1,463 240 429 335 N/A 2,467 N/A N/A N/A

1962 1,863 333 513 382 N/A 3,091 N/A N/A N/A

1963 2,237 397 584 413 N/A 3,631 N/A N/A N/A

1964 2,708 417 622 486 N/A 4,233 80 0 80

1965 3,068 516 687 462 N/A 4,733 0 0 0

1966 3,588 660 747 504 N/A 5,499 35 0 35

1967 4,080 870 759 507 N/A 6,214 60 0 60

1968 4,483 1,040 908 578 N/A 7,009 91 0 91

1969 4,985 1,280 880 578 N/A 7,723 117 0 117

1970 5,565 1,574 882 645 N/A 8,666 164 0 164

1971 5,704 1,872 953 602 N/A 9,131 217 0 217

1972 3,744 1,808 2,996 872 N/A 9,420 296 0 296

1973 3,814 2,108 3,054 879 N/A 9,855 332 0 332

1974 3,686 1,942 732 461 266 7,087 416 873 1,289

1975 3,477 2,126 1,013 694 512 10,677 325 587 912

1976 3,555 2,256 3,206 1,419 193 10,629 333 2,304 2,637

1977 3,747 2,542 3,122 1,476 111 10,998 404 2,210 2,614

1978 3,648 2,869 3,257 2,638 0 12,412 382 3,323 3,705

1979 2,781 3,266 3,262 1,759 170 11,238 389 3,638 4,027

1980 5,375 3,631 3,161 1,813 44 14,024 370 3,406 3,776

1981 4,522 3,923 2,847 1,907 53 13,252 362 3,830 4,192

1982 4,734 4,238 2,799 2,052 110 13,933 363 4,201 4,564

1983 4,142 3,332 3,690 3,270 8 14,442 496 4,510 5,006

1984 4,138 3,536 3,888 3,372 0 14,934 514 4,314 4,828

1985 4,321 3,332 3,794 3,701 0 15,148 576 4,146 4,722

1986 4,406 3,404 3,799 3,743 0 15,352 511 4,339 4,850

1987 4,543 3,468 3,684 3,780 0 15,475 503 4,302 4,805

1988 4,627 3,290 3,618 4,037 0 15,572 585 4,495 5,080

1989 4,507 3,422 3,496 4,073 0 15,498 484 4,288 4,772

1990 4,515 3,580 3,412 4,140 0 15,647 560 4,130 4,690

1991 4,549 3,543 3,309 4,139 0 15,540 542 3,926 4,468

1992 4,612 3,332 3,143 4,288 0 15,375 535 4,053 4,588

1993 4,774 3,557 2,949 4,116 0 15,396 529 3,954 4,483

1994 4,846 3,807 2,813 4,008 0 15,474 503 3,954 4,457

1995 4,950 4,157 2,696 3,818 0 16,025 488 3,954 4,442

Shut-In Oil, Gas, or Undetermined Hydrocarbon (U.H.) completions are those temporarily taken out of production pending either repairs or major 1

or minor workovers. Until 1974, calendar year reports did not distinguish such restorable but producible zone completions that are shut-in and left

"standing due to drilling on platforms, planning for secondary or other injection projects, delay in facilities (installation), well plugging by sand or

(those) other mechanical problems, pressure depletion, or having an excessive oil/gas ratio." 

Other Than Producible Zone Completions includes those service completions drilled for injection/withdrawal, salt disposal, or similar purpose. 2

These have been reported separately since 1964.

All injection, service wells, etc. 3

Not Restorable (oil or gas) completions are judged not capable of production and are to be plugged and abandoned (P&A) and 4

permanently sealed.
20 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 13. Zone Completion Status of Oil and Gas Wells by OCS Area, 1995

OCS Area by

Adjacent State

Producible Zone Completions Completions

Other Than Producible Zone

2

Active Shut–In Yearend Service, Not Yearend 1

Total etc. Restorable Total

3

4

Oil Gas Oil Gas U. H.

1995

Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gulf of Mexico

 Central 4,331 3,116 2,521 3,096 0 13,466 382 3,636 4,018

 Eastern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Western 175 1,023 78 705 0 1,983 2 308 310

Pacific 444 18 97 17 0 576 104 10 114

Total 4,950 4,157 2,696 3,818 0 16,025 488 3,954 4,442

Shut-In Oil, Gas, or Undetermined Hydrocarbon (U.H.) completions are those temporarily taken out of production pending either repairs or major 1

or minor workovers. Until 1974, calendar year reports did not distinguish such restorable but producible zone completions that are shut-in and left

"standing due to drilling on platforms, planning for secondary or other injection projects, delay in facilities (installation), well plugging by sand or

(those) other mechanical problems, pressure depletion, or having an excessive oil/gas ratio." 

Other Than Producible Zone Completions include those service completions drilled for injection/withdrawal, salt disposal, or similar purpose. 2

These have been reported separately since 1964.

All injection, service, wells, etc. 3

Not Restorable (oil or gas) completions are judged not capable of production and are to be plugged and abandoned (P&A), and 4

permanently sealed.
Offshore Development Activity 21

Table 14. Producing and Nonproducing OCS Oil and Gas and Salt and Sulphur Leases under

Federal Supervision, 1954–95

Year Producing Nonproducing Total

Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres

1954 58 240,028 420 1,288,665 478 1,528,693 

1955 106 438,076 505 1,938,656 611 2,376,732 

1956 171 674,176 391 1,181,162 562 1,855,338 

1957 213 775,566 208 709,941 421 1,485,507 

1958 230 969,575 162 551,377 392 1,520,952 

1959 272 1,102,660 117 384,446 389 1,487,106 

1960 299 1,167,499 170 823,321 469 1,990,820 

1961 315 1,228,839 148 705,367 463 1,934,206 

1962 332 1,300,955 526 2,424,225 858 3,725,180 

1963 363 1,431,827 524 2,458,188 887 3,890,015 

1964 375 1,504,462 606 2,870,912 981 4,375,374 

1965 425 1,679,617 512 2,450,253 937 4,129,870 

1966 488 1,964,529 486 2,128,147 974 4,092,676 

1967 525 2,086,074 358 1,519,663 883 3,605,737 

1968 538 2,156,185 485 2,199,604 1,023 4,355,789 

1969 568 2,308,538 453 2,004,712 1,021 4,313,250 

1970 608 2,529,909 409 1,750,765 1,017 4,280,674 

1971 649 2,709,997 434 1,892,294 1,083 4,602,291 

1972 698 2,914,964 325 1,423,103 1,023 4,338,067 

1973 726 3,039,418 540 2,574,565 1,266 5,613,983 

1974 733 3,065,699 857 4,181,169 1,590 7,246,868 

1975 790 3,252,735 1,002 5,068,056 1,792 8,320,791 

1976 833 3,476,595 1,163 5,955,508 1,996 9,432,103 

1977 896 3,893,285 1,252 6,341,595 2,148 10,234,880 

1978 931 4,104,086 1,147 5,783,940 2,078 9,888,026 

1979 1,022 4,532,733 1,141 5,818,751 2,163 10,351,484 

1980 1,145 5,126,991 1,144 5,795,646 2,289 10,922,637 

1981 1,218 5,447,556 1,235 6,119,276 2,453 11,566,832 

1982 1,307 5,891,925 1,378 6,962,709 2,685 12,854,634 

1983 1,393 6,317,423 2,379 12,229,930 3,772 18,547,353 

1984 1,476 6,718,673 3,548 18,403,549 5,024 25,122,222 

1985 1,514 6,965,316 3,690 19,047,583 5,204 26,012,899 

1986 1,543 7,142,989 3,532 18,295,258 5,075 25,438,247 

1987 1,596 7,415,149 3,596 18,676,131 5,192 26,091,280 

1988 1,647 7,691,964 4,171 21,891,787 5,818 29,583,751 

1989 1,688 7,896,055 4,827 25,525,778 6,515 33,421,833 

1990 1,717 8,044,618 5,272 27,837,820 6,989 35,882,438 

1991 1,712 7,952,904 5,422 28,989,968 7,134 36,942,872 

1992 1,711 7,972,403 4,734 25,070,563 6,445 33,042,966 

1993 1,735 8,108,944 3,930 20,857,307 5,665 28,966,251 

1994 1,724 12,016,395 3,577 18,583,465 5,301 30,599,860 

1995 1,634 8,056,990 3,479 17,107,208 5,113 25,164,199 
22 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 15. Producing and Nonproducing OCS Oil and Gas and Salt and Sulphur Leases under Federal

Supervision by OCS Area, 1995

(Data from phosphate, salt and sulphur leases are reported separately from oil and gas leases.)

OCS Area by Producing Nonproducing Total Leases

Adjacent State

1

No. Acres No. Acres No. Acres

1995

Alaska 0 0 57 269,390 57 269,390

California 43 217,668 40 205,677 83 423,345

Gulf of Mexico

 Central 1,242 5,913,835 2,535 11,927,039 3,777 17,840,874

 salt 0 0 1 2,495 1 2,495

 sulphur 3 14,560 2 2,909 5 17,470

 Eastern 0 0 157 904,003 157 904,003

 Western 346 1,910,927 634 3,493,956 980 5,404,883

Mid–Atlantic 0 0 34 193,568 34 193,568

South Atlantic 0 0 19 108,171 19 108,171

Total 1,634 8,056,990 3,479 17,107,208 5,113 25,164,199

The designation Producing actually includes all the leases in each producing unit. 1

Table 16. Oil and Gas Production Facilities on the OCS by Operational District, 1995

OCS Region Number of Facilities

Alaska ........................................................ 0

Atlantic ........................................................ 0

Pacific ........................................................

1

23

Camarillo District .............................................. 19

Santa Maria District ............................................ 4

Gulf of Mexico .................................................. 3,823

 Corpus Christi Subdistrict ........................................ 140

 Lake Charles Subdistrict ......................................... 369

 Lake Jackson District ............................................ 343

 Lafayette District ................................................ 825

 Houma District ................................................. 1,070

 New Orleans District ............................................ 1,076

Total 3,846

Pacific OCS Region platforms include Platform Elly (see table 17), but not offshore storage and treatment (OS&T) facility/vessel. 1

NOTE: See table 17 for information on annual installations and removals.
Offshore Development Activity 23

Table 17. Installations, Removals, and Cumulative Totals of Offshore Production Facilities in

Federal Waters, 1953–95

(There have not been any production facilities installed on the Atlantic or Alaska OCS.)

Year Gulf of Mexico OCS Pacific OCS Cumulative

Total

Installations Removals Net Change Installations Removals Net Change

1953 41 0 41 0 0 0 41

1954 24 0 24 0 0 0 65

1955 30 1 29 0 0 0 94

1956 45 1 44 0 0 0 138

1957 55 4 51 0 0 0 189

1958 85 0 85 0 0 0 274

1959 80 1 79 0 0 0 353

1960 114 0 114 0 0 0 467

1961 111 0 111 0 0 0 578

1962 123 0 123 0 0 0 701

1963 86 2 84 0 0 0 785

1964 130 0 130 0 0 0 915

1965 126 5 121 0 0 0 1,036

1966 116 2 114 0 0 0 1,150

1967 134 0 134 1 0 1 1,285

1968 107 1 106 3 0 3 1,394

1969 105 1 104 1 0 1 1,499

1970 124 1 123 0 0 0 1,622

1971 101 4 97 0 0 0 1,719

1972 121 6 115 0 0 0 1,834

1973 98 1 97 0 0 0 1,931

1974 52 18 34 0 0 0 1,965

1975 100 32 68 0 0 0 2,033

1976 111 31 80 1 0 1 2,114

1977 116 15 101 1 0 1 2,216

1978 164 25 139 0 0 0 2,355

1979 159 43 116 2 0 2 2,473

1980 169 32 137 3 0 3 2,613

1981 171 24 147 3 0 3 2,763

1982 193 21 172 0 0 0 2,935

1983 177 36 141 1 0 1 3,077

1984 229 47 182 1 0 1 3,260

1985 214 68 146 3 0 3 3,409

1986 109 33 76 1 0 1 3,486

1987 119 24 95 1 0 1 3,582

1988 178 102 76 0 0 0 3,658

1989 195 100 95 2 0 2 3,755

1990 174 107 67 0 0 0 3,822

1991 153 117 36 0 0 0 3,858

1992 88 122 (34) 0 0 0 3,824

1993 110 179 (69) 0 0 0 3,755

1994 165 90 75 0 1 (1) 3,829

1995 139 77 62 0 0 0 3,891

Total 5,241 1,373 3,868 24 1 23 3,891

Note: The 1983 removal figures reflect earlier transfers of 5 Federal facilities from Federal to State jurisdiction and

conversion of 3 from production to service use. The 1985 installation total includes 47 facilities counted during

audits completed in 1985.
24 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 18. Type of Production Facilities on the OCS and Their Distance from Shore, 1995

Distance from Shore

(miles)

Facility Class

(Number of Well Slots)

Processing Single Jacket Medium Large Major Super Total

(0) (1) (2 – 6) (7 – 18) (19 – 27) (28 – 59) (>60)

0 to 20 246 942 456 188 57 14 3 1,906

21 to 40 117 311 297 219 33 9 0 986

41 to 60 37 69 119 124 21 2 1 373

61 to 80 29 22 74 111 24 2 0 262

81 to 100 9 10 46 81 25 9 1 181

>100 9 3 21 56 24 2 0 115

Total 447 1,357 1,013 779 184 38 5 3,823

Note: All 23 facilities offshore California are within 20 miles of the coastline.

Table 19. Distribution of Production Facilities by Water Depth, 1995

Water Depth (meters)

Facility Class 

(Number of Well Slots)

Processing Single Jacket Medium Large Major Super Total

(0) (1) (2 - 6) (7 – 18) (19 – 27) (28 – 59) (>60)

0 to 50 385 1,338 877 469 74 8 3 3,154

51 to 100 58 18 129 275 85 17 0 582

101 to 200 3 0 7 32 20 5 0 67

201 to 400 0 1 0 2 4 7 1 15

401 to 900 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4

>900 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Total 446 1,357 1,013 779 185 38 5 3,823
Offshore Development Activity 25

Table 20. Pipeline Installations on the Gulf of Mexico OCS, 1951–95

(Both Federal- and State-permitted pipelines reported here originate in Federal waters; all landfalls are State-permitted and made on State lands. 

Construction setups for pipelines are listed as undated if the installation year is not reported.)

Year

Central Gulf Permits Western Gulf Permits

Federal State Federal State Cumulative

Sections Miles Sections Miles Sections Miles Sections Miles

1951 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

1952 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

1953 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

1954 1 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 19

1955 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 28

1956 13 55 3 15 0 0 0 0 98

1957 8 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 113

1958 15 21 2 5 0 0 0 0 139

1959 8 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 172

1960 19 30 6 22 0 0 0 0 223

1961 20 59 7 29 0 0 0 0 311

1962 27 99 1 4 0 0 0 0 414

1963 39 127 11 43 0 0 0 0 583

1964 18 65 2 74 0 0 0 0 722

1965 24 64 3 15 2 23 1 15 839

1966 31 272 5 21 0 0 0 0 1,131

1967 36 200 7 35 1 22 1 15 1,404

1968 39 228 9 47 0 0 0 0 1,678

1969 82 416 9 50 1 4 0 0 2,148

1970 125 413 9 43 1 17 0 0 2,620

1971 208 393 3 18 0 0 0 0 3,031

1972 318 1,286 15 159 10 26 1 7 4,510

1973 103 377 3 11 4 50 1 11 4,957

1974 115 523 4 32 2 12 0 0 5,523

1975 129 387 1 4 2 0 0 0 5,915

1976 200 579 5 25 3 3 0 0 6,521

1977 133 356 3 23 2 20 1 2 6,921

1978 202 585 9 40 24 149 1 22 7,717

1979 204 586 2 17 21 209 0 0 8,530

1980 178 650 3 5 38 225 0 0 9,410

1981 197 546 N/A N/A 33 159 N/A N/A 10,115

1982 147 262 N/A N/A 13 30 N/A N/A 10,406

1983 201 465 N/A N/A 26 91 N/A N/A 10,962

1984 176 266 N/A N/A 5 23 N/A N/A 11,251

1985 161 356 N/A N/A 31 164 N/A N/A 11,771

1986 162 424 N/A N/A 34 113 N/A N/A 12,308

1987 177 350 N/A N/A 29 185 N/A N/A 12,843

1988 174 536 N/A N/A 41 175 N/A N/A 13,554

1989 233 480 N/A N/A 77 294 N/A N/A 14,328

1990 235 602 N/A N/A 78 201 N/A N/A 15,130

1991 236 675 N/A N/A 42 169 N/A N/A 15,974

1992 168 516 N/A N/A 30 91 N/A N/A 16,581

1993 156 412 N/A N/A 28 73 N/A N/A 17,065

1994 204 858 N/A N/A 27 90 N/A N/A 18,013

1995 257 1,013 N/A N/A 38 151 N/A N/A 19,178

Subtotal 5,185 15,586 131 753 643 2,767 6 72 19,178

Undated 2,819 3,097 50 251 117 417 4 48 3,814

Total 8,004 18,683 181 1,004 760 3,184 10 120 22,992
26 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 21. Pipeline Installations on the Pacific OCS, 1967–95

Year Pipeline Route

 Length of Pipeline (meters)

Oil Gas Oil/Gas Water

1967 Platform Hogan to shore facility ............. 1,272 1,272 0 1,272

Platform Hogan to shore facility ............. 0 1,271.62 0 0

1

1968 Platform "A" to shore facility ................. 10,845 10,845 0 10,845

Platform "B" to Platform "A" ................. 1,211 1,211 0 1,211

Platform Houchin to Platform Hogan .......... 1,023 1,023 0 1,023

Platform Houchin to Platform Hogan .......... 0 1,022.60 0 0

1

Platform "C" to Platform "B" ................. 865 865 1,731

1969 Platform Hillhouse to Platform "A" ............ 857 857 0 857

1979 Platform Grace to (Platform Hope) ............ 18,745 18,745 0 0

Platform Henry to Platform Hillhouse .......... 4,008 4,008 0 4,008

1980 Platform Ellen to Platform Elly ............... 0 0 61 0

Platform Elly to shore facility ................ 10,283 0 0 0

1981 Platform Gilda to shore facility ............... 10,036 10,036 0 10,036

Platform Gina to shore facility ............... 0 0 484 484

1983 Platform Edith to Platform Elly ............... 1,873 0 0 0

Platform Edith to (Platform Eva) .............. 0 8,184 0 0

Platform Habitat to shore facility ............. 0 7,589 0 0

Platform Hondo "A" to shore facility ........... 0 33,472 0 0

1984 Platform Eureka to Platform Elly ............. 2,566 2,597 0 2,552

1986 Platform Irene to shore facility ............... 3,688 3,688 0 3,688

Platform Harvest to Platform Hermosa ........ 4,816 4,816 0 0

Platform Hermosa to shore facility ............ 9,662 9,662 0 0

1987 Platform Gail to Platform Grace .............. 9,656 9,656 0 9,656

Platform Hidalgo to Platform Hermosa ........ 8,687 8,687 0 0

1992 Platform Harmony to shore ..................

 (20" oil emulsion)

Shore to Platform Harmony .................

 (12" treated water)

Platform Hondo to Platform Harmony .........

 (14" oil emulsion)

Platform Harmony to Platform Hondo .........

 (12" sales gas)

Platform Heritage to Platform Harmony ........

 (20" oil emulsion)

7,436 0 0 0

0 0 0 7,522

4,608 0 0 0

0 4,623 0 0

10,901 0 0 0

Total ......................... 123,039 111,713 545 54,884

Gas lift pipeline. 1 

NOTE: All offshore facilities (with the launch dates) reported here are located in Federal waters with

the exception of Platform Hope (1979) and Platform Eva (1983), shown above in

parentheses, which are in State waters. Altogether, Federal leases offshore California are

serviced by 299 kilometers (185.89 statute miles) of pipeline.
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 73

IV. Offshore Production of Crude Oil

and Natural Gas

Table 24 show Federal OCS oil and natural gas production as a percentage of total U.S.

production. The role of Federal OCS oil and natural gas production as part of total U.S.

production has increased steadily since 1954. By 1971, Federal OCS crude oil and natural

gas production stood at 11.8 and 12.4 percent, respectively, of the Nation's total. Since 1971,

OCS crude oil as a percentage of total U.S. production has remained stable — ranging

between 8.8 and 12.9 percent before reaching an all-time high of 15.3 percent in 1994. 

Production of OCS natural gas as a percentage of total U.S. production has continued to rise

since 1971, reaching an all-time high in 1990 of 27.4 percent before dropping to 23.7 percent

in 1994.

Tables 25 through 36 compare Federal OCS production to offshore production in State

waters. The States producing hydrocarbons in adjacent offshore waters are Alaska, Alabama,

California, Louisiana, and Texas. There is no oil or natural gas production on the Federal

OCS offshore Alaska.

The Federal OCS accounts for about 80 percent of offshore crude oil and 88 percent of

natural gas production. In 1994, Federal production of crude oil and condensate was 37, 74,

93, and 95 percent of total offshore production for Alabama, California, Louisiana, and Texas,

respectively. For Alabama, California, Louisiana, and Texas, Federal offshore production is

more than 34, 88, 96, and 94 percent, respectively, of total offshore natural gas production. 

Tables 37 and 38 present a ranking of operators by field size in Federal offshore waters. 

There are 119 operators producing crude oil or condensate from Federal OCS leases and 123

producers of natural gas. Of these, the top ten operators produce about 72 percent of OCS oil

but only 52 percent of OCS natural gas. The number of producing operators has continually

increased since 1983. Most of these operators produce from leases in the Gulf of Mexico. On

the Pacific OCS, there are 6 crude oil and natural gas producers. 

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 75
76 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 77
78 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 79
80 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 81
82 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 83
84 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 85

 
86 Federal Offshore Statistics
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 87

Table 37. Crude Oil and Condensate: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes her ae those mtred inthe fild athe wlhead not he adjusted final production figures tha operatos eport and

on whic les pay royalties tohe Fderal Govenmt.]

Gulf of Mexico Pacific OCS

Total Oi

Rank Operato Crude Oil Condesat

Crude&

Condesat

(bls) (bls) (bls) (bls)

1 Chevron U.SA. Inc. 40,835,76 5,604,729 17,15,14 64,15,619

2 Shel Ofshore Inc. 53,5,250 4,32,62 0 57,987,872

3 Exon Corpoation 17,34,706 2,196,047 14,572,463 34,12,16

4 Texaco Exploration & Production 13,175,39 1,203,297 12,90,048 27,278,684

5 Union Oil Company of California 8,413,80 2,492,623 8,704,572 19,610,57

6 Conoc Inc. 15,741,9 2,60,782 0 18,341,981

7 Mobil Oil Exploration & Production 1,712,327 2,95,504 0 14,671,831

8 Marthon Oil Company 1,40,9 475,63 0 1,915,735

9 BP Exploration & Oil Inc. 10,743,287 46,976 0 1,190,263

10 Penzoil Exploration & Production 8,428,543 86,504 0 9,297,047

Subtoal (1-0) 19,38,906 23,280,720 53,892,197 268,561,823

11 Murphy Exploration & Production 6,012,145 759,2 0 6,72,067

12 Vastr Resources, Inc. 6,341,82 291,014 0 6,32,836

13 Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico 3,951,68 1,763,694 0 5,715,380

14 Ker-McGe Corpoation 4,245,348 1,389,394 0 5,634,742

15 Agip Petroleum C. Inc. 3,805,62 1,604,70 0 5,410,392

16 Freport-McoRan Inc. 5,240,347 0 0 5,240,347

17 Shel Frontier Oil &Gas Inc. 4,03,120 53,139 0 4,538,259

18 CandianOxy fshore Poduction 2,702,805 1,21,297 0 3,915,102

19 Amoc Production Company 1,728,190 1,872,823 0 3,601,013

20 Newfild Exploration Company 2,675,057 570,17 0 3,245,074

Subtoal (1-20) 23,095,048 3,279,790 53,892,197 319,267,035

21 Norcen Explore, Inc. 2,502,37 716,075 0 3,218,412

22 Penzoil Petroleum Cmpany 1,936,716 1,28,149 0 3,164,865

Shel Western Exploration &

Production, Inc. 0 0 3,071,570 3,071,570

23 CNG Producing Company 74,86 1,92,843 0 2,740,729

24 Forest Oil Corpoation 1,79,85 729,287 0 2,527,172

25 Samedn Oil Corpoation 2,08,84 421,085 0 2,501,96

26 Apache Corpoation 1,73,463 742,2 0 2,475,685

27 Philips Petroleum Cmpany 1,420,5 1,02,057 0 2,42,612

28 Walter Oil &Gas Corpoation 493,917 1,823,137 0 2,317,054

29 Amerad Hes Corpoation 1,463,3 572,869 0 2,036,20

30 DelMar Operting, Inc. 761,59 1,016,137 0 1,7,296

Subtoal (1-30) 247,03,183 43,543,651 56,963,76 347,540,601

31 The Louisan Land & Exploration 1,01,95 468,05 0 1,479,014

32 Elf xploration, Inc. 1,408,40 53,145 0 1,461,985
Table 37. Crude Oil and Condensate: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico Pacific OCS

Total Oi

Rank Operato Crude Oil Condesat

Crude&

Condesat

(bls) (bls) (bls) (bls)

88 Federal Offshore Statistics

33 Atlantic Richfield Company 1,304,632 56,07 0 1,360,639

34 Flores &Rucks, Inc. 1,68,20 24,51 0 1,92,715

35 ORYX Energy Company 892,351 270,46 0 1,62,79

36 Forcenergy Gas Exploration, In 1,072,829 72,309 0 1,45,138

37 Taylor Energy Company 709,723 3,092 0 1,042,815

38 SONAT Exploration Company 301,416 708,760 0 1,01,176

96 Torch Operating Company 24,582 26 810,248 834,856

39 Howel Petroleum Crpoation 752,02 2,047 0 754,067

40 Zilkha Energy Company 298,548 451,923 0 750,471

Subtoal (1-40) 25,97,283 45,983,976 57,74,015 359,735,274

41 Louis Dreyfus Resrves Corp. 518,540 203,08 0 721,628

42 Mesa Operating Limted Partnership 183,023 520,480 0 703,503

43 LECO Holdings, Inc. 385,976 17,978 0 503,954

44 Aquila Energy Resources Corp. 346,018 154,724 0 50,742

45 Mobil Oil Corpoation 0 472,039 0 472,039

46 Pacifi Ofshore peratos 0 0 470,147 470,147

47 Anadrko Petroleum Crp. 30,928 128,301 0 459,29

48 Great Western Ofshore Inc. 32,204 137,01 0 459,214

49 Energy Devlopment Corpoation 294,537 15,83 0 46,370

50 B TOperating Company 276,54 125,832 0 402,386

Subtoal (1-50) 258,635,063 47,95,261 58,24,162 364,874,86

51 Coastal Oil &Gas Corpoation 39,76 21 0 39,78

52 Tathm Ofshore, Inc. 2,741 369,406 0 392,147

53 Sant Fe Energy Resources, Inc 35,158 8,724 0 361,82

54 Gulfstream Resources, Inc. 240,904 102,826 0 34,730

55 Pago Producing Company 8,097 35,25 0 34,32

56 OXY USA Inc. 210,396 124,25 0 34,821

57 Total Minatome Crp. 213,739 107,08 0 320,819

58 PG&E Resources Ofshore Company 25,412 91,762 0 317,174

59 Seagul Energy E&P Inc. 0 301,537 0 301,537

60 Global Marine Oil &Gas Company 0 290,4 0 290,4

Subtoal (1-60) 260,309,27 49,726,31 58,24,162 368,279,750

61 Union Pacifi Resources Company 954 263,097 0 264,051

62 Columbia Gas Devlopment Corp. 139,32 123,905 0 263,237

63 Midcon Ofshore, Inc. 84,53 173,679 0 258,214

64 Petsc Energy Inc. 254,540 0 0 254,540
Table 37. Crude Oil and Condensate: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico Pacific OCS

Total Oi

Rank Operato Crude Oil Condesat

Crude&

Condesat

(bls) (bls) (bls) (bls)

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 89

65 Grenhil Petroleum Crpoation 10,672 124,204 0 234,876

66 Meridan Oil Inc. 69,493 108,792 0 178,285

67 Hunt Oil Company 3,182 140,432 0 173,614

68 Company 156,086 8,049 0 164,135

Century Ofshore Mangemnt

69 SCANA Petroleum Resources, Inc 23,51 140,509 0 163,860

70 The Stone Petroleum Crp. 132,37 21,83 0 153,520

Subtoal (1-70) 261,312,805 50,567,064 58,24,162 370,124,031

71 AEDC (USA) INC. 0 137,362 0 137,362

72 NCX ompany, Inc. 0 129,356 0 129,356

73 EP Operating Limted Partnership 0 126,943 0 126,943

74 Cockrel Oil Corpoation 0 17,47 0 17,47

75 Mitchel Energy corpoation 1,034 4,783 0 15,817

76 The Houston Exploration Company 0 14,90 0 14,90

77 Sant Fe Minerals, Inc. 0 98,162 0 98,162

78 Partnership 37,256 57,921 0 95,17

Diamond Sharock Ofshore

79 UNC Petroleum Crpoation 93,862 0 0 93,862

80 Enro Oil &Gas Company 0 92,41 0 92,41

0

Subtoal (1-80) 261,54,957 51,45,942 58,24,162 371,245,061

81 SEKCO Energy, Inc. 81,073 0 0 81,073

82 Senca Resources Corpoation 0 80,52 0 80,52

83 Genral Atlantic Resources, Inc. 0 76,269 0 76,269

84 Wacker Oil Inc. 0 76,21 0 76,21

85 Aran Energy Corpoation 70,94 196 0 70,290

86 Pel-Tex Oil Company 0 63,064 0 63,064

87 Avia America, Inc. 61,86 43 0 62,319

88 BHP eroleum (Aericas) Inc. 0 58,705 0 58,705

89 Koch Exploration Company 0 51,460 0 51,460

90 Chieftain International (U.S) 42,693 4,059 0 46,752

Subtoal (1-90) 261,810,703 51,856,392 58,24,162 371,91,257

91 Texaco Inc. 0 42,056 0 42,056

92 Energy Resource Technolgy, Inc 0 32,640 0 32,640

93 Britsh-Borne Exploration, Inc 0 28,491 0 28,491

94 Ashlawn Energy, Inc. 27,852 46 0 27,89

95 Partnership 0 25,49 0 25,49

Pan Petroleum Master Limted
Table 37. Crude Oil and Condensate: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico Pacific OCS

Total Oi

Rank Operato Crude Oil Condesat

Crude&

Condesat

(bls) (bls) (bls) (bls)

90 Federal Offshore Statistics

97 Levinson Partners Corpoation 0 19,634 0 19,634

98 Hardy Oil &Gas USA Inc. 0 13,867 0 13,867

99 Con Energy, Inc. 0 13,69 0 13,69

100 American Exploration Company 0 12,759 0 12,759

Subtoal (1-0) 261,83,5 52,045,053 58,24,162 372,127,70

101 Falcon Ofshore perating Company 0 8,07 0 8,07

102 Four Star Oil &Gas Company 0 7,69 0 7,69

103 Aquila Energy Corpoation 0 7,627 0 7,627

104 Partners Oil Company 0 7,312 0 7,312

105 Zapta Exploration Company 0 7,148 0 7,148

106 Devon Energy Operating Corp. 0 5,692 0 5,692

107 Ashland Exploration, Inc. 0 3,926 0 3,926

108 Ivory Poduction Co 0 3,74 0 3,74

109 ANR Production Company 0 3,015 0 3,015

110 Matrix Ol &Gas, Inc. 0 2,59 0 2,59

Subtoal (1-10) 261,83,5 52,102,691 58,24,162 372,185,408

111 Hughes Eastern Petroleum, Inc. 0 745 0 745

112 W &T Ofshore, Inc. 0 702 0 702

113 UMC Petroleum Crp. 0 642 0 642

114 Hal-ouston Oil company 0 637 0 637

115 Tan Oil and Gas Corpoation 0 209 0 209

116 OEDC Exploration & Production, 0 185 0 185

117 Company 0 19 0 19

Ofshore Energy Devlopment

118 Entre Energy Corpoation 0 41 0 41

119 Trade & Devlopment Corp. 0 5 0 5

Total (1-18) 261,83,5 52,105,976 58,24,162 372,18,693
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 91

Table 37. Natural Gas: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes her ae those mtred inthe fild athe wlhead not he adjusted final production figures tha the operatos eport and

on whic les pay royalties tohe Fderal Govenmt.]

Gulf of Mexico OCS

Pacific OCS G-W &

Rank Operato Naturl Gs Gas O-W Gas

C Total Gs asinghed

(Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf)

1 Chevron U.SA. Inc. 472,58,15 72,506,36 15,450,586 560,51,76

2 Shel Ofshore Inc. 247,951,029 107,605,37 0 35,56,56

3 Union Oil Company of California 274,081,063 17,35,16 4,608,6 296,42,890

4 Exon Corpoation 20,82,60 47,932,830 16,849,178 267,610,614

5 Mobil Oil Exploration & Production 215,057,593 18,64,62 0 23,704,215

6 Texaco Exploration & Production 165,084,12 51,219,371 14,540,867 230,84,359

7 Amoc Production Company 192,317,812 4,917,136 0 197,234,948

8 Conoc Inc. 127,61,483 37,34,487 0 164,960,970

9 Vastr Resources, Inc. 92,985,74 32,917,58 0 125,903,32

10 Penzoil Petroleum Cmpany 1,967,31 3,658,587 0 15,625,89

Subtoal (1-0) 2,102,48,580 394,83,682 51,49,297 9

2,548,381,5

11 Penzoil Exploration & Production 93,58,023 12,18,139 0 105,803,162

12 Apache Corpoation 102,372,390 1,918,365 0 104,290,75

13 Murphy Exploration & Productio 84,50,549 8,46,6 0 93,52,15

14 Amerad Hes Corpoation 90,123,53 3,207,145 0 93,30,498

15 OXY USA Inc. 91,74,279 89,38 0 92,063,617

16 Samedn Oil Corpoation 82,967,581 2,27,61 0 85,195,24

17 CNG Producing Company 82,693,84 97,570 0 83,671,418

18 ORYX Energy Company 81,087,491 1,56,76 0 82,4,257

19 Norcen Explore, Inc. 69,512,968 10,92,403 0 79,605,371

20 Walter Oil &Gas corpoation 7,305,045 1,31,26 0 78,436,31

Subtoal (1-20) 2,957,76,107 437,149,01 51,49,297 5

3,46,374,0

21 Forest Oil Corpoation 70,719,57 2,473,603 0 73,193,560

22 Marthon Oil Company 36,478,926 34,2,695 0 70,701,621

23 Ker-McGe Corpoation 5,059,21 7,210,914 0 62,70,125

24 Mexico 49,349,532 8,94,29 0 58,293,831

Mobil Producing Texas & New

25 Seagul EnergyF&P Inc. 56,234,067 0 0 56,234,067

26 SONAT Exploration Company 53,642,514 631,70 0 54,274,214

27 Philips Petroleum Cmpany 49,542,638 3,73,061 0 53,275,69

28 Newfild Exploration Company 40,472,46 8,58,476 0 49,03,942

29 Zilkha Energy Company 4,049,470 137,295 0 4,186,765

30 Enro Oil &Gas Company 43,70,659 0 0 43,70,659

Subtoal (1-30) 3,457,032,547 503,061,04 51,49,297 8

4,01,542,8

31 The Houston Exploration Company 43,41,532 0 0 43,41,532

32 Pog Producing Company 41,951,453 81,246 0 42,032,69
Table 37. Natural Gas: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha the operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico OCS

Pacific OCS G-W &

Rank Operato Naturl Gs Gas O-W Gas

C Total Gs asinghed

(Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf)

92 Federal Offshore Statistics

33 The Louisan Land & Exploration 30,893,498 1,1,246 0 32,04,74

34 DelMar Operting, Inc. 28,970,902 2,758,310 0 31,729,21

35 Union Pacifi Resources Company 28,61,479 16,416 0 28,7,895

36 BP EXploration & Oil Inc. 13,89,172 14,613,47 0 28,02,64

37 Atlantic Richfield Company 19,60,58 6,529,69 0 26,489,72

38 Sant Fe Minerals, Inc. 25,93,64 0 0 25,93,64

39 Agip Petroleum Cmpany, Inc. 19,49,943 5,845,712 0 25,340,65

40 Energy Devlopment Corpoation 24,895,216 340,15 0 25,235,371

Subtoal (1-40) 3,734,830,46 534,357,27 51,49,297 3

4,320,637,03

41 Shel Frontier Oil &Gas Inc. 18,504,97 5,916,081 0 24,21,06

42 Mobil Oil Corp. 23,956,123 14 0 23,956,137

43 Company 2,037,527 208,304 0 2,245,831

PG&E Resources Ofshore

44 Anadrko Petroleum Crp. 20,801,592 961,365 0 21,762,957

45 ER Operating Limted Partnership 21,594,35 0 0 21,594,35

46 SCANA Petroleum Resources, Inc 19,187,35 2,06,348 0 21,93,701

47 Senca Resources Corpoation 20,40,940 0 0 20,40,940

48 Genral Atlantic Resources, Inc. 19,519,01 0 0 19,519,01

49 Wacker Oil Inc. 18,978,635 0 0 18,978,635

50 Meridan Oil Inc. 17,13,690 31,341 0 17,145,031

Subtoal (1-50) 3,936,928,657 543,480,725 51,49,297 9

4,531,85,67

51 CandianOxy fshore Poduction 13,439,089 3,09,791 0 16,48,80

52 BHP etroleum (Aericas) Inc. 16,263,547 0 0 16,263,547

53 Forcenergy Gas Exploration, In 13,710,305 2,367,803 0 16,078,108

54 Hunt Oil Company 14,582,451 269,462 0 14,851,913

55 NCX ompany, Inc. 14,752,857 0 0 14,752,857

56 Partnership 12,95,036 1,39,105 0 14,294,14

Mesa Operating Limted

57 Columbia Gas Devlopment Corp. 12,76,754 42,920 0 13,201,674

58 Great Western Ofshore Inc. 1,389,846 1,53,86 0 12,943,732

59 Aquila Energy Resources Corp. 12,038,2 310,374 0 12,349,196

60 Sant Fe Energy Resources, Inc 1,29,704 246,398 0 1,546,102

Subtoal (1-60) 4,07,137,068 53,02,46 51,49,297 9

4,674,58,82

61 Cockrel Oil Corpoation 1,52,289 0 0 1,52,289

62 Taylor Energy Company 10,74,07 706,509 0 1,480,579

63 AEDC (USA) INC. 10,876,09 0 0 10,876,09
Table 37. Natural Gas: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha the operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico OCS

Pacific OCS G-W &

Rank Operato Naturl Gs Gas O-W Gas

C Total Gs asinghed

(Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf)

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 93

64 Koch Exploration Company 10,851,648 0 0 10,851,648

65 Elf xploration, Inc. 6,69,87 4,178,349 0 10,84,236

66 Midcon Ofshore, Inc. 10,197,214 42,62 0 10,621,840

67 LECO Holdings, Inc. 8,25,02 365,36 0 9,190,38

68 Pel-Tex Oil Company 9,043,895 0 0 9,043,895

69 Partnership 8,83,43 16,84 0 8,90,17

Diamond Sharock Ofshore

70 Hal-ouston Oil Company 7,53,25 0 0 7,53,25

Subtoal (1-70) 4,165,318,50 58,693,98 51,49,297 5

4,75,462,14

71 Total Minatome Crp. 6,36,35 56,16 0 7,192,471

72 B TOperating Company 6,06,25 592,07 0 6,598,695

73 Matrix Ol &Gas, Inc. 6,391,64 0 0 6,391,64

74 Gulfstream Resources, Inc. 5,71,756 608,687 0 6,320,43

75 OEDC Exploration & Production 4,957,908 1,84,924 0 6,142,832

76 Texaco Inc. 5,752,9 0 0 5,752,9

77 Flores &Rucks, Inc. 3,572,86 1,937,841 0 5,10,70

78 Torch Operating, Company 4,378,02 43,631 852,823 5,274,56

79 The Stone Petroleum Crp. 4,843,239 129,804 0 4,973,043

80 Zapta Exploration Company 4,942,748 0 0 4,942,748

Subtoal (1-80) 4,218,512,92 563,74,071 52,302,120 3

4,834,562,18

81 Aran Energy Corpoation 4,756,96 10,58 0 4,867,57

82 Grenhil Petroleum Crp. 4,610,790 72,07 0 4,682,867

83 Britsh-Bome Exploration, Inc. 4,197,36 0 0 4,197,36

84 Century Ofshore Mangemnt Co. 3,245,74 28,751 0 3,528,52

85 Partners Oil Company 3,182,73 0 0 3,182,73

86 Global Marine Oil &Gas Company 2,803,536 0 0 2,803,536

87 W & TOfshore, Inc. 2,732,84 0 0 2,732,84

88 Aquila Energy Corpoation 2,593,91 0 0 2,593,91

89 Chieftain International (U.S) 2,39,208 70,40 0 2,409,608

90 Hardy Oil &Gas USA Inc. 2,31,896 0 0 2,31,896

Subtoal (1-90) 4,251,290,136 564,28,87 52,302,120 3

4,867,875,14

91 ANR Production Company 2,85,387 0 0 2,85,387

92 Ashlawn Exploration, Inc. 1,68,248 0 0 1,68,248

93 Tathm Ofshore, Inc. 1,602,968 51,71 0 1,654,739

94 Avia America, Inc. 1,518,960 65,163 0 1,584,123
Table 37. Natural Gas: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes here ae those metred in the field at he welhead not he adjusted final production figures tha the operatos eport and

on whic leses pay royalties to he Fedral Government.]

Gulf of Mexico OCS

Pacific OCS G-W &

Rank Operato Naturl Gs Gas O-W Gas

C Total Gs asinghed

(Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf)

94 Federal Offshore Statistics

95 Levinson Partners Corpoation 1,481,39 0 0 1,481,39

96 Gulfstar Energy, Inc. 1,48,093 0 0 1,48,093

97 Mesa Petroleum C. 1,37,035 0 0 1,37,035

98 Louis Dreyfus Resrves Corp. 602,076 63,946 0 1,236,02

99 Energy Resource Technolgy, Inc. 1,95,316 0 0 1,95,316

100 Partnership 1,5,310 0 0 1,5,310

Sant Fe Energy Operating

Subtoal (1-0) 4,265,64,92 56,03,76 52,302,120 9

4,82,980,80

101 Coastal Oil &Gas Corpoation 468,63 620,793 0 1,089,429

102 Ashland Energy, Inc. 98,819 38,536 0 1,028,35

103 UMC Petroleum Crp. 95,923 0 0 95,923

104 Company 692,530 0 0 692,530

Falcon Ofshore perating 

105 Petsc Energy Inc. 0 64,458 0 64,458

106 Entre Energy Corpoation 623,605 0 0 623,605

107 Freport McoRan Inc. 0 579,198 0 579,198

108 Ivory Poduction Company 569,130 0 0 569,130

109 Tan Oil and Gas Corp. 483,102 0 0 483,102

110 Partnership 431,582 0 0 431,582

Pan Petroleum Master Limted

Subtoal (1-10) 4,270,89,249 56,918,752 52,302,120 1

4,890,120,12

111 Howel Petroleum Crpo. 38,03 379,276 0 417,309

112 Four Star oil &Gas Company 398,160 0 0 398,160

113 Mitchel Energy Corpoation 17,053 34,80 0 360,853

114 Company 291,743 0 0 291,743

Calon Petroleum Operating

115 Ofshore Energy Devlopment Co 274,12 0 0 274,12

116 Con Energy, Inc. 259,498 0 0 259,498

117 American Exploration Company 248,82 0 0 248,82

118 Hughes Eastern Petroleum, Inc. 243,059 0 0 243,059

119 Devon Energy Operating Corpoa 194,157 0 0 194,157

120 SEKCO Energy, Inc. 5,287 29,086 0 84,37

Subtoal (1-20) 4,27,91,24 567,670,914 52,302,120 6

4,892,,27

121 UMC Petroleum Crp. 20,47 53,408 0 73,85

122 Trade & Devlopment Corp. 17,46 0 0 17,46

123 D &G Energy Corp. 10,906 0 0 10,906
Table 37. Natural Gas: Producing Operators in 1994

[The volumes her ae those mtred inthe fild athe wlhead not he adjusted final production figures tha the operatos eport and

on whic les pay royalties tohe Fderal Govenmt.]

Gulf of Mexico OCS

Pacific OCS G-W &

Rank Operato Naturl Gs Gas O-W Gas

C Total Gs asinghed

(Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf) (Mcf)

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 95

Total 4,27968041 567,2432 52,30210 3

4,892948
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 69

VI. Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases

Revenue contributions from Federal leases of adjacent States are shown in table 63. Annual

and cumulative mineral revenue from the OCS mineral leasing program are shown in table

64. Revenue by commodity is shown in tables 65 and 66. The OCS mineral leasing program

generates revenue from the following sources:

Bonus bids paid on tracts at lease offerings;

Annual rental payments on leases not in production;

Minimum royalties assessed on producible leases that are not actively producing;

Shut-in payments on producible gas wells closed temporarily because of

mechanical, safety, or other problems; and

Royalties paid on sales of crude oil, condensate, natural gas, oil lost, gas lost, gas

plant products, sulphur, and salt.

The major sources of OCS revenue are bonuses, and oil and natural gas royalties, which

accounted for 93 percent of total OCS mineral revenue in 1995. Royalties paid for crude oil,

condensate, and natural gas were the top contributors to OCS revenue in 1995. Crude oil,

condensate, and natural gas royalties made up 78 percent of total OCS mineral revenue in

1995, with natural gas royalties being responsible for 41 percent of total mineral royalties.

In 1995, lease sale bonuses totaled about $414 million, which was about 14 percent of OCS

revenue. This was about four times the combined contribution of rental payments and

minimum royalties. Over the life of the program, bonuses have played a much larger role,

generating 51 percent of OCS mineral revenue since 1953, compared to 47 percent from

crude oil, condensate, and natural gas royalties.

Tables 67 through 78 show annual OCS revenue generated by adjacent State or planning area. 

Leases offshore Louisiana have generated more revenue than any other State both in 1995 and

over the life of the program. In 1995, OCS leases offshore Louisiana generated 76 percent of

total OCS revenue. Since 1953, OCS leases offshore Louisiana have been the source of 66

percent of total OCS revenue.
70 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 63. Total Revenue from Mineral Leases on the Federal OCS by Adjacent State or OCS 

Planning Area, 1953–95 

State/ Bonus Rental Minimum Shut-in Gas Production State or OCS

Planning Area Payments Payments Royalties Production Royalties Planning Area

($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

1

Total Revenue by

Alabama 735,194,330 5,902,620 2,215,658 0 107,500,516 850,813,124

Alaska 6,462,230,797 130,516,511 984,578 0 0 6,593,731,886

California 3,916,123,323 37,370,932 8,055,154 0 1,798,294,074 5,759,843,483

Florida 1,629,007,590 12,800,759 0 0 0 1,641,808,349

Louisiana 29,662,881,173 691,111,331 440,973,823 1,423,258 42,884,693,460 73,681,083,045

Mississippi 277,261,760 1,902,174 901,766 0 2,722,707 282,788,407

Oregon 27,768,773 3,759,021 0 0 0 31,527,794

Texas 11,566,647,145 161,857,913 53,821,818 0 7,311,136,959 19,093,463,835

Washington 7,764,928 1,399,080 0 0 0 9,164,008

Atlantic States 2,840,145,007 39,764,074 73,728 0 0 2,879,982,809

Total 57,125,024,826 1,086,384,415 507,026,525 1,423,258 52,104,347,716 110,824,206,740

These royalties include $542,208,495 for gasoline and LPG; $13,974,637 for gas lost; and $136,094 for oil lost; $68,126,448 for sulphur; and 1

$174,287 for salt. 
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 71

Table 64. All Coastal States: Annual and Cumulative Mineral Revenue and Sales Value from Federal

Offshore Leases, pre–1954–95

Year Bonus Rental Minimum Shut-in Oil & Gas

Payments Payments Royalties Payments Royalties

($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

1

pre–1954 0 1,366,978 0 30,650 967,902

1954 140,969,005 3,855,333 0 86,950 2,748,977

1955 108,528,726 3,406,351 0 122,000 5,140,006

1956 0 4,006,193 0 79,950 7,629,383

1957 0 3,270,122 68,581 110,268 11,391,245

1958 0 2,420,584 184,396 121,218 17,423,878

1959 89,746,992 2,285,725 171,036 84,984 26,539,977

1960 282,717,065 3,603,140 316,975 49,350 36,807,725

1961 0 3,073,861 314,121 37,100 46,733,742

1962 489,481,061 8,412,207 517,722 62,200 65,255,210

1963 12,807,337 8,435,184 668,339 52,950 75,373,865

1964 95,874,327 9,798,573 820,343 45,800 86,535,306

1965 33,740,309 8,731,378 1,072,699 38,450 99,656,284

1966 209,199,893 6,869,277 1,367,250 41,700 132,849,922

1967 510,109,742 6,208,936 1,891,515 41,400 153,432,383

1968 1,346,487,097 8,230,787 2,145,178 52,300 196,491,385

1969 111,660,685 8,312,607 1,923,632 41,650 235,681,825

1970 945,064,773 8,607,855 1,745,864 47,700 276,521,689

1971 96,304,523 7,741,997 1,891,000 32,300 340,634,893

1972 2,251,347,556 7,984,897 2,019,533 49,550 353,581,931

1973 3,082,462,611 8,948,816 2,391,249 52,650 389,735,839

1974 5,022,860,815 13,532,754 2,048,439 32,550 536,018,955

1975 1,088,133,152 17,522,037 2,085,885 39,500 594,725,462

1976 2,242,898,467 23,370,502 2,128,336 38,400 680,392,716

1977 1,568,564,745 19,830,026 1,678,957 21,106 890,469,825

1978 1,767,042,064 21,512,669 2,207,183 3,950 1,139,198,244

1979 5,078,861,692 20,287,300 2,088,478 6,632 1,512,017,664

1980 4,204,640,257 19,055,150 2,291,433 0 2,132,528,739

1981 6,652,980,897 21,731,035 2,250,300 0 3,287,279,402 6

1982 3,987,490,009 20,055,201 2,393,759 0 3,814,871,635

1983 5,749,016,369 32,463,097 4,463,658 0 3,454,318,079

1984 3,928,876,308 35,607,835 3,458,139 0 3,914,724,597

1985 1,557,650,714 61,999,144 4,067,321 0 3,612,782,779

1986 187,094,747 52,958,237 5,176,608 0 2,533,376,687

1987 497,247,006 74,642,712 21,399,332 0 2,337,034,925

1988 1,259,548,738 62,867,785 16,822,821 0 2,057,756,231

1989 645,617,410 79,247,653 38,890,914 0 2,118,785,490

1990 584,301,918 79,339,130 19,298,248 0 2,630,318,068

1991 338,856,549 78,115,402 20,677,698 0 2,283,457,651

1992 84,784,975 59,698,811 39,743,046 0 2,301,839,425

1993 126,467,246 39,786,688 137,727,059 0 2,476,843,676

1994 331,367,072 39,866,586 140,936,824 0 2,403,114,323

1995 414,007,620 87,323,860 15,682,654 0 2,206,739,815

Total 50,471,829,581 1,086,384,415 507,026,525 1,423,258 51,479,727,755

Footnotes at end of table.
72 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 64. All Coastal States: Annual and Cumulative Mineral Revenue and Sales Value from Federal

Offshore Leases, pre–1954–95 — continued

Year

Other Total Cumulative

Mineral Mineral Mineral Total Sales Cumulative Federal

Revenue Revenue Revenue Value Sales Value Percent Share 2

($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

3 4 5

pre–1954 0 2,365,530 2,365,530 5,036,861 5,036,861 47

1954 0 147,660,265 150,025,795 14,370,098 19,406,959 773

1955 0 117,197,083 267,222,878 27,060,679 46,467,638 575

1956 0 11,715,526 278,938,404 39,497,871 85,965,509 324

1957 0 14,840,216 293,778,620 61,072,588 147,038,097 200

1958 0 20,150,076 313,928,696 96,471,136 243,509,233 129

1959 0 118,828,714 432,757,410 150,472,527 393,981,760 110

1960 287,576 323,781,831 756,539,241 200,969,615 594,951,375 127

1961 1,186,590 51,345,414 807,884,655 273,636,456 868,587,831 93

1962 841,124 564,569,524 1,372,454,179 376,675,900 1,245,263,731 110

1963 1,625,360 98,963,035 1,471,417,214 450,866,484 1,696,130,215 87

1964 1,864,924 194,939,273 1,666,356,487 506,783,510 2,202,913,725 76

1965 3,206,256 146,445,376 1,812,801,863 594,222,732 2,797,136,457 65

1966 4,137,615 354,465,657 2,167,267,520 801,724,611 3,598,861,068 60

1967 4,175,226 675,859,202 2,843,126,722 947,214,691 4,546,075,759 63

1968 4,645,542 1,558,052,289 4,401,179,011 1,179,912,209 5,725,987,968 77

1969 4,408,835 362,029,234 4,763,208,245 1,443,870,472 7,169,858,440 66

1970 6,972,879 1,238,960,760 6,002,169,005 1,707,593,450 8,877,451,890 68

1971 9,407,595 456,012,308 6,458,181,313 2,135,677,078 11,013,128,968 59

1972 9,974,408 2,624,957,875 9,083,139,188 2,229,179,121 13,242,308,089 69

1973 11,390,275 3,494,981,440 12,578,120,628 2,486,864,855 15,729,172,944 80

1974 24,264,934 5,598,758,447 18,176,879,075 3,570,053,959 19,299,226,903 94

1975 20,819,108 1,723,325,144 19,900,204,219 3,924,914,930 23,224,141,833 86

1976 19,032,074 2,967,860,495 22,868,064,714 4,402,439,996 27,626,581,829 83

1977 29,177,641 2,509,742,300 25,377,807,014 5,774,056,434 33,400,638,263 76

1978 11,147,838 2,941,111,948 28,318,918,962 7,096,500,055 40,497,138,318 70

1979 3,330,286 6,616,592,052 34,945,511,014 9,273,278,309 49,770,416,627 70

1980 4,134,686 6,362,650,265 41,298,161,279 13,055,515,832 62,825,932,459 66

1981 1,270,822 9,965,512,456 51,263,673,735 20,199,823,201 83,025,755,660 62

1982 0 7,824,810,604 59,088,484,339 22,573,099,138 105,598,854,798 56

1983 0 9,240,261,203 68,328,745,542 21,540,887,499 127,139,742,297 54

1984 49,456,076 7,932,122,955 76,260,868,497 24,001,446,123 151,141,188,420 50

1985 26,030,597 5,262,530,555 81,523,399,052 22,153,497,042 173,294,685,462 47

1986 26,283,936 2,804,890,215 84,328,289,267 15,711,161,561 189,005,847,023 45

1987 14,129,101 2,944,453,076 87,272,742,343 14,575,635,158 203,581,482,181 43

1988 20,845,382 3,417,840,957 90,690,583,300 12,929,511,935 216,510,994,116 42

1989 32,604,073 2,915,145,540 93,605,728,840 13,352,682,705 229,863,676,821 41

1990 54,481,455 3,367,738,819 96,973,467,659 16,916,343,010 246,780,019,831 39

1991 72,059,198 2,793,166,498 99,766,634,157 14,846,275,327 261,626,295,158 38

1992 75,339,395 2,561,405,652 102,328,039,809 15,144,392,460 276,770,687,618 37

1993 76,089,154 2,856,913,823 105,184,953,632 16,392,245,025 293,162,932,643 36

1994 58,879,083 2,974,163,888 108,159,117,520 15,473,591,325 308,636,523,968 35

1995 81,265,344 2,805,019,293 110,964,136,813 14,506,194,972 323,142,718,940 34

Total 764,764,388 110,964,136,813 N/A 323,142,718,940 N/A 34

Footnotes at end of table.
Table 64. All Coastal States: Annual and Cumulative Mineral Revenue and Sales Value from Federal

Offshore Leases, pre–1954–95 — continued

Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 73

Royalties for condensate are included in the oil and gas royalties. Data for condensate are reported separately in Section V. (Federal 1

Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Sales Volume and Royalties).

Other Mineral Revenue includes the 1960–91 royalties for gas lost ($13,974,637), oil lost ($136,094), sulphur ($68,126,448), gasoline 2

and LPG ($542,208,495), and salt ($174,287).

No monies from Sale PH (12/15/61) are reported as Federal revenue in this table (See table 3). 3

Escrow funds distributed to the State of Louisiana and lessees, pursuant to decrees of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not deducted 4

from the Cumulative Mineral Revenues reported in this table.

Federal Percent Share is the Federal Government's share of the mineral revenues from the competitive leasing and private 5

development of Federal oil and gas and other leases on the OCS. The percentage figure represents Cumulative Mineral Revenue

divided by Cumulative Sales Value. Sales value for royalty purposes means the mineral's monetary worth at the time of its

production, not its current sale price.

As adjusted, this 1981 figure now includes $10,846,000 paid in 1984 for leases on five tracts. Timely issuance of those leases was 6

held up, pending resolution of litigation.
74 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 65. Sales Value for Sulphur, Salt, Gasoline and Liquified Petroleum Gas, Gas Lost, and Oil

Lost from Federal Offshore Leases, 1960–95

Year Sulphur Salt Gasoline & LPG Gas Lost Oil Lost Yearly Total

($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

1960 1,762,866 10,764 0 0 0 1,773,630

1961 7,252,931 95,142 0 0 0 7,348,073

1962 5,507,050 31,848 0 0 0 5,538,898

1963 11,069,637 47,334 0 0 0 11,116,971

1964 12,748,602 38,334 0 0 0 12,786,936

1965 23,387,005 52,334 0 0 0 23,439,339

1966 32,621,551 53,544 0 0 0 32,675,095

1967 37,291,107 49,396 0 0 0 37,340,503

1968 53,277,667 97,317 0 0 0 53,374,984

1969 49,129,573 61,751 9,777,811 0 0 58,969,135

1970 24,636,736 48,544 51,180,237 0 0 75,865,517

1971 23,718,311 66,673 80,563,166 0 0 104,348,150

1972 22,286,906 64,581 89,214,084 0 0 111,565,571

1973 23,748,632 68,624 105,437,650 0 0 129,254,906

1974 34,820,443 62,354 254,743,978 3,933,524 16,406 293,576,704

1975 69,737,571 (54,212) 216,042,645 4,636,434 26,404 290,388,842

1976 (36,777,151) (20,446) 246,449,316 6,522,116 13,893 216,187,728

1977 0 0 314,642,294 9,159,109 276,992 324,078,395

1978 (27,891) 0 85,728,017 20,950,991 304,009 106,955,126

1979 0 0 (616,832) 20,732,506 67,272 20,182,946

1980 0 0 3,271,711 23,811,929 107,410 27,191,050

1981 0 0 2,640,193 6,417,800 9,755 9,067,748

1982 0 0 0 0 0 0

1983 0 0 0 0 0 0

1984 0 0 333,156,337 0 0 333,156,337

1985 0 0 166,784,148 (4,215,965) 0 162,568,183

1986 0 0 164,258,808 328,042 815 164,587,665

1987 0 0 95,336,708 556,373 46 95,893,127

1988 104,932 2,619 168,314,496 144,201 140 168,566,388

1989 17,506,189 63,556 247,308,996 (6,182,701) (423) 258,695,617

1990 91,967,724 54,404 385,050,216 419,753 0 477,492,097

1991 95,706,063 35,701 541,736,415 366,872 106 637,845,157

1992 67,513,203 140,730 590,793,743 1,420,248 0 659,867,924

1993 96,405,524 303,519 527,155,935 534,111 0 624,399,089

1994 120,407,563 47,782 398,330,753 186,849 0 518,972,947

1995 143,705,140 0 557,885,362 96,549 0 701,687,051

Total 1,029,507,884 1,422,193 5,635,186,187 89,818,741 822,825 6,756,757,829
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 75

Table 66. Royalties for Sulphur, Salt, Gasoline and Liquified Petroleum Gas, Gas Lost, and Oil Lost from

Federal Offshore Leases, 1960–95

Year Sulphur Salt Gasoline & LPG Gas Lost Oil Lost Total Royalties

($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)

1960 285,784 1,792 0 0 0 287,576

1961 1,170,733 15,857 0 0 0 1,186,590

1962 835,816 5,308 0 0 0 841,124

1963 1,617,471 7,889 0 0 0 1,625,360

1964 1,858,535 6,389 0 0 0 1,864,924

1965 3,197,532 8,724 0 0 0 3,206,256

1966 4,128,691 8,924 0 0 0 4,137,615

1967 4,167,804 7,422 0 0 0 4,175,226

1968 4,628,512 17,030 0 0 0 4,645,542

1969 3,684,432 10,292 714,111 0 0 4,408,835

1970 3,235,874 8,091 3,728,914 0 0 6,972,879

1971 3,452,117 11,112 5,944,366 0 0 9,407,595

1972 3,438,515 10,764 6,525,129 0 0 9,974,408

1973 3,610,757 11,437 7,768,081 0 0 11,390,275

1974 3,852,700 10,392 19,796,332 602,715 2,795 24,264,934

1975 3,737,784 (8,469) 16,375,770 709,658 4,365 20,819,108

1976 (1,651,794) (3,408) 19,655,521 1,029,451 2,304 19,032,074

1977 0 0 27,687,770 1,443,719 46,152 29,177,641

1978 (4,648) 0 7,744,713 3,357,374 50,399 11,147,838

1979 0 0 12,157 3,307,259 10,870 3,330,286

1980 0 0 309,011 3,808,206 17,469 4,134,686

1981 0 0 427,803 841,393 1,626 1,270,822

1982 0 0 0 0 0 0

1983 0 0 0 0 0 0

1984 0 0 49,456,076 0 0 49,456,076

1985 0 0 26,732,896 (702,299) 0 26,030,597

1986 0 0 26,229,226 54,574 136 26,283,936

1987 0 0 14,048,961 80,132 8 14,129,101

1988 17,524 437 20,808,745 18,653 23 20,845,382

1989 2,923,525 10,614 30,640,383 (970,378) (71) 32,604,073

1990 4,598,386 9,086 49,806,815 67,168 0 54,481,455

1991 4,785,304 5,926 67,187,838 80,112 18 72,059,198

1992 3,819,516 7,966 71,332,053 179,860 0 75,339,395

1993 6,735,578 10,712 69,275,824 67,040 0 76,089,154

1994 10,507,155 1,225 48,345,609 25,094 0 58,879,083

1995 12,718,466 0 68,534,720 12,158 0 81,265,344

Total 91,352,069 175,512 659,088,824 14,011,889 136,094 764,764,388
76 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 67. Alabama OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1973–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1 

1973 135,834,100 222,318 0 0 0 136,056,418

1974 0 187,758 0 0 0 187,758

1975 0 187,758 0 0 0 187,758

1976 0 187,758 0 0 0 187,758

1977 0 120,960 0 0 0 120,960

1978 17,353,000 154,605 0 0 0 17,507,605

1979 0 51,840 0 0 0 51,840

1980 0 207,360 0 0 0 207,360

1981 0 154,602 0 0 0 154,602

1982 218,707,403 85,485 0 0 0 218,792,888

1983 41,667,460 85,485 0 0 0 41,752,945

1984 168,541,640 122,820 0 0 0 168,664,460

1985 93,314,800 340,409 34,038 0 0 93,689,247

1986 16,545,148 450,034 51,318 0 0 17,046,500

1987 15,627,000 548,601 101,859 0 0 16,277,460

1988 0 130,884 209,011 0 0 339,895

1989 1,711,900 160,020 191,949 0 0 2,063,869

1990 2,812,682 155,469 252,089 0 0 3,220,240

1991 381,906 141,522 248,742 0 0 772,170

1992 133,975 147,523 1,691,097 0 18,753,869 20,726,464

1993 2,442,222 319,721 (13,741) 0 27,796,131 30,544,333

1994 17,160,887 740,244 129,294 0 33,391,547 51,421,972

1995 2,960,215 999,444 (679,998) 0 27,558,969 30,838,630

Total 735,194,338 5,902,620 2,215,658 0 107,500,516 850,813,132

These royalties include $1,116 for sulphur. 1
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 77

Table 68. Alaska OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1976–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) Payments Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($) ($)

1976 559,836,587 1,226,718 0 0 0 561,063,305

1977 398,471,313 2,796,157 0 0 0 401,267,470

1978 0 2,813,129 0 0 0 2,813,129

1979 488,691,137 2,395,763 0 0 0 491,086,900

1980 109,751,073 2,036,436 0 0 0 111,787,509

1981 4,576,395 1,722,966 0 0 0 6,299,361

1982 2,055,632,336 1,965,516 0 0 0 2,057,597,852

1983 744,332,202 4,248,241 12,516 0 0 748,592,959

1984 1,388,281,658 4,601,574 39,934 0 0 1,392,923,166

1985 0 11,603,554 112,088 0 0 11,715,642

1986 0 7,561,960 56,792 0 0 7,618,752

1987 0 7,677,314 71,320 0 0 7,748,634

1988 688,733,767 16,915,379 130,696 0 0 705,779,842

1989 0 18,708,334 102,480 0 0 18,810,814

1990 0 15,255,133 84,048 0 0 15,339,181

1991 23,924,329 15,243,423 67,568 0 0 39,235,320

1992 0 7,374,262 67,568 0 0 7,441,830

1993 0 4,329,274 67,568 0 0 4,396,842

1994 0 949,685 86,000 0 0 1,035,685

1995 0 1,028,693 86,000 0 0 1,114,693

Total 6,462,230,797 130,453,511 984,578 0 0 6,593,668,886
78 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 69. California OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1963–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Royalties Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) ($) Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($)

1

1963 12,807,337 938,838 0 0 0 13,746,175

1964 0 938,838 0 0 0 938,838

1965 0 817,878 0 0 0 817,878

1966 21,189,000 568,658 0 0 0 21,757,658

1967 0 34,560 0 0 0 34,560

1968 602,719,262 1,089,543 0 0 906,430 604,715,235

1969 0 1,056,063 0 0 4,891,885 5,947,948

1970 0 974,817 17,280 0 12,599,910 13,592,007

1971 0 953,913 51,435 0 17,115,304 18,120,652

1972 0 965,940 55,388 0 12,140,515 13,161,843

1973 0 544,516 77,592 0 10,907,328 11,529,436

1974 0 404,631 0 0 13,249,941 13,654,572

1975 417,312,141 1,662,867 25,752 0 10,812,254 429,813,014

1976 0 892,145 (43,368) 0 11,043,334 11,892,111

1977 0 1,328,966 0 0 9,990,581 11,319,547

1978 0 1,665,835 0 0 12,020,055 13,685,890

1979 572,825,418 2,305,301 77,592 0 13,327,448 588,535,759

1980 0 2,213,979 77,592 0 18,973,897 21,265,468

1981 2,088,881,824 2,275,512 154,227 0 88,192,738 2,179,504,301 2

1982 122,244,753 2,051,874 171,507 0 171,929,075 296,397,209

1983 16,022,336 1,821,505 481,932 0 176,833,404 195,159,177

1984 62,121,252 1,937,130 178,119 0 139,302,841 203,539,342

1985 0 1,995,694 451,785 0 148,751,441 151,198,920

1986 0 1,862,983 445,015 0 85,861,479 88,169,477

1987 0 1,848,659 434,917 0 93,776,275 96,059,851

1988 0 1,130,759 646,162 0 6,881,919 8,658,840

1989 0 1,104,568 526,300 0 82,587,466 84,218,334

1990 0 901,733 551,205 0 112,479,294 113,932,232

1991 0 640,071 441,400 0 83,866,615 84,948,086

1992 0 402,180 997,354 0 90,354,536 91,754,070

1993 0 54,144 3,068,787 0 87,594,894 90,717,825

1994 0 50,980 343,906 0 92,713,392 93,108,278

1995 0 (64,148) (1,176,725) 0 127,252,545 126,011,672

Total 3,916,123,323 37,370,932 8,055,154 0 1,736,356,796 5,697,906,205

These royalties include $718,124 paid for gasoline and LPG, $67,125 paid for gas lost, and $1,668 for sulphur. 1

The 1981 bonuses reported here include payments of $10,846,000 from Sale 53 for five leases that could not be issued until 1984 because of 2

litigation. In the same sale, certain bidders relinquished their rights to lease 12 other tracts and forfeited $41,081,734 or one-fifth of the

$205,408,672 they had bid for those tracts.
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 79

Table 70. Florida OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1959–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1959 1,711,872 397,440 0 0 0 2,109,312

1960 0 397,440 0 0 0 397,440

1961 0 397,440 0 0 0 397,440

1962 0 190,080 0 0 0 190,080

1963–72 0 0 0 0 0 0

1

1973 1,100,399,131 1,071,360 0 0 0 1,101,470,491

1974 0 881,280 0 0 0 881,280

1975 0 881,280 0 0 0 881,280

1976 4,040,000 829,440 0 0 0 4,869,440

1977 0 604,800 0 0 0 604,800

1978 43,823,730 604,800 0 0 0 44,428,530

1979 0 276,480 0 0 0 276,480

1980 0 379,245 0 0 0 379,245

1981 3,515,000 449,260 0 0 0 3,964,260

1982 2,457,000 604,800 0 0 0 3,061,800

1983 1,795,000 604,800 0 0 0 2,399,800

1984 310,586,261 138,240 0 0 0 310,724,501

1985 119,097,298 1,402,632 0 0 0 120,499,930

1986 0 138,240 0 0 0 138,240

1987 0 0 0 0 0 0

1988 41,582,298 1,972,047 0 0 0 43,554,345

1989 0 (14,825) 0 0 0 (14,825)

1990 0 88,527 0 0 0 88,527

1991 0 110,191 0 0 0 110,191

1992 0 105,807 0 0 0 105,807

1993 0 114,606 0 0 0 114,606

1994 0 107,177 0 0 0 107,177

1995 0 68,172 0 0 0 68,172

Total 1,629,007,590 12,800,759 0 0 0 1,641,808,349

No oil and gas leases in force on Federal offshore lands in this area from 1963–72. 1
80 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 71. Louisiana OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1953–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenues

($) Payments Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

 ($) ($) ($) ($)

1

1953 0 1,271,790 0 30,650 967,892 2,270,332

1954 116,378,476 3,516,043 0 86,950 2,748,977 122,730,446

1955 100,091,264 2,819,231 0 122,000 5,139,027 108,171,522

1956 0 3,259,704 0 79,950 7,622,708 10,962,362

1957 0 2,930,301 67,201 110,268 11,387,865 14,495,635

1958 0 2,140,584 184,396 121,218 17,423,878 19,870,076

1959 88,035,120 1,780,026 171,036 84,984 26,539,836 116,611,002

1960 246,909,784 2,422,790 299,695 49,350 36,807,678 286,489,297

1961 0 1,984,441 291,790 37,100 46,733,742 49,047,073

1962 488,923,341 7,707,267 497,202 62,200 65,253,373 562,443,383

1963 0 7,059,246 632,376 52,950 75,347,238 83,091,810

1964 60,340,626 7,040,422 823,439 45,800 112,999,967 181,250,254

1965 0 5,909,553 1,021,505 38,450 126,121,728 133,091,236

1966 238,958,065 4,736,294 1,327,830 41,700 131,253,307 376,317,196

1967 510,079,178 5,500,516 1,888,758 41,400 149,096,032 666,605,884

1968 149,868,789 5,275,979 2,140,858 52,300 190,907,982 348,245,908

1969 110,945,535 5,584,162 1,922,340 41,650 226,504,238 344,997,925

1970 945,064,773 6,243,362 1,692,274 47,700 262,709,833 1,215,757,942

1971 96,304,523 5,687,848 1,564,845 32,300 324,815,819 428,405,335

1972 2,251,347,556 6,396,291 1,725,573 49,550 342,476,302 2,601,995,272

1973 193,031,709 5,272,797 2,005,785 52,650 380,509,177 580,872,118

1974 3,528,744,084 8,350,760 1,739,159 32,550 535,836,029 4,074,702,582

1975 325,424,688 8,947,571 1,837,253 39,500 593,359,397 929,608,409

1976 482,592,035 12,974,770 1,879,704 38,400 682,922,971 1,180,407,880

1977 813,991,004 7,740,185 1,248,616 21,106 899,016,863 1,722,017,774

1978 1,015,873,944 8,616,027 1,502,963 3,950 1,086,517,424 2,112,514,308

1979 2,521,190,635 7,328,999 1,105,865 6,632 1,344,995,442 3,874,627,573

1980 2,676,927,673 7,361,904 1,277,987 0 1,866,737,837 4,552,305,401

1981 3,308,009,881 8,205,515 1,211,959 0 2,825,271,285 6,142,698,640

1982 1,110,172,751 7,288,316 1,349,850 0 3,166,294,042 4,285,104,959

1983 3,796,644,766 13,620,158 2,540,294 0 2,764,348,600 6,577,153,818

1984 1,154,495,009 16,323,567 2,010,462 0 3,195,995,282 4,368,824,320

1985 830,710,260 33,756,447 2,139,530 0 2,940,519,737 3,807,125,974

1986 113,731,609 34,110,029 3,199,547 0 2,006,205,199 2,157,246,384

1987 247,344,486 52,115,828 19,239,027 0 1,803,208,740 2,121,908,081

1988 388,730,457 35,752,757 8,727,373 0 1,571,981,500 2,005,210,018

1989 386,710,637 48,498,402 26,261,190 0 1,618,163,065 2,082,565,532

1990 421,375,632 55,568,777 16,028,740 0 2,068,487,831 2,566,068,452

1991 276,234,849 59,126,732 15,444,167 0 1,859,392,914 2,210,198,662

1992 53,716,797 49,087,621 33,533,897 0 1,848,599,157 1,984,937,472

1993 61,454,861 29,268,366 119,445,091 0 2,009,644,653 2,219,812,961

1994 256,271,643 30,003,884 141,190,812 0 1,888,953,102 2,316,419,441

1995 296,254,733 62,526,069 19,803,444 0 1,764,875,791 2,143,460,037

Total 29,662,881,173 691,111,331 440,973,833 1,423,258 42,884,693,460 73,688,640,686

These royalties include $512,690,988 paid for gasoline and LPG; $13,248,739 paid for gas lost; $125,398 for oil lost, $68,123,131 for sulphur, 1

and $174,287 for salt.
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 81

Table 72. Mississippi OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1973–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1973 115,702,000 103,680 0 0 0 115,805,680

1974 0 120,960 0 0 0 120,960

1975 0 103,680 0 0 0 103,680

1976 0 103,680 0 0 0 103,680

1977 0 69,120 0 0 0 69,120

1978 0 0 0 0 0 0

1979 0 0 0 0 0 0

1980 0 0 0 0 0 0

1981 0 0 0 0 0 0

1982 0 0 0 0 0 0

1983 0 0 0 0 0 0

1984 0 49,731 0 0 0 49,731

1985 155,352,700 334,681 0 0 0 155,687,381

1986 0 103,257 0 0 0 103,257

1987 0 138,240 15,594 0 0 153,834

1988 0 17,280 32,874 0 0 50,154

1989 0 51,840 15,594 0 0 67,434

1990 146,000 69,120 49,731 0 0 264,851

1991 0 51,840 49,731 0 0 101,571

1992 523,250 107,686 67,011 0 0 697,947

1993 0 51,840 299,731 0 0 351,571

1994 903,204 46,080 280,911 0 2,042,599 3,272,794

1995 4,634,606 379,459 90,589 0 680,108 5,784,762

Total 277,261,760 1,902,174 901,766 0 2,722,707 282,788,407

Table 73. Oregon OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1964–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1964 27,768,773 1,276,302 0 0 0 29,045,075

1965 0 1,276,302 0 0 0 1,276,302

1966 0 1,034,382 0 0 0 1,034,382

1967 0 137,475 0 0 0 137,475

1968 0 34,560 0 0 0 34,560

1969–95 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 27,768,773 3,759,021 0 0 0 31,527,794
82 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 74. Texas OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1953–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1

1953 0 87,840 0 0 0 87,840

1954 23,357,029 289,290 0 0 0 23,646,319

1955 8,437,462 537,120 0 0 979 8,975,561

1956 0 696,489 0 0 6,675 703,164

1957 0 289,821 1,380 0 3,380 294,581

1958 0 236,010 0 0 0 236,010

1959 0 64,269 0 0 141 64,410

1960 35,732,031 762,750 17,280 0 47 36,512,108

1961 0 679,320 19,123 0 0 698,443

1962 557,720 502,200 20,520 0 1,837 1,082,277

1963 0 424,440 35,963 0 26,627 487,030

1964 0 686,475 55,060 0 2,449 743,984

1965 0 655,109 109,350 0 1,666 766,125

1966 0 2,933 0 0 1,596,615 1,599,548

1967 0 244,080 2,757 0 4,336,351 4,583,188

1968 593,899,046 1,727,325 4,320 0 4,676,977 600,307,668

1969 0 1,642,275 0 0 4,999,819 6,642,094

1970 0 1,357,695 29,430 0 4,940,860 6,327,985

1971 0 1,072,575 267,840 0 4,648,136 5,988,551

1972 0 602,505 231,692 0 5,490,243 6,324,440

1973 1,537,495,671 1,723,674 302,400 0 6,087,415 1,545,609,160

1974 1,494,116,731 3,570,954 302,400 0 7,334,827 1,505,324,912

1975 345,396,323 5,722,470 216,000 0 7,643,604 358,978,397

1976 68,493,420 5,428,842 285,120 0 7,113,687 81,321,069

1977 356,102,428 5,442,689 423,461 0 10,640,022 372,608,600

1978 589,247,947 5,144,173 697,340 0 51,813,251 646,902,711

1979 639,636,325 4,010,097 900,021 0 157,025,060 801,571,503

1980 1,417,961,511 3,796,514 928,974 0 250,951,691 1,673,638,690

1981 581,572,623 4,448,482 884,114 0 375,086,201 961,991,420

1982 471,495,788 3,891,934 872,402 0 476,648,518 952,908,642

1983 1,066,782,325 7,676,526 1,428,916 0 513,136,075 1,589,023,842

1984 844,850,488 8,545,621 1,155,896 0 628,882,550 1,483,434,555

1985 359,175,656 10,206,431 1,329,880 0 549,542,198 920,254,165

1986 56,817,990 6,738,005 1,423,936 0 467,593,945 532,573,876

1987 234,275,520 10,556,888 1,536,615 0 454,179,011 700,548,034

1988 125,352,889 5,640,007 7,076,705 0 437,782,985 575,852,586

1989 257,224,333 9,578,098 11,793,401 0 447,706,376 726,302,208

1990 159,967,604 6,120,723 2,332,435 0 499,224,926 667,645,688

1991 38,312,393 3,478,608 4,426,090 0 412,257,320 458,474,411

1992 30,411,963 2,381,572 3,386,119 0 419,471,258 455,650,912

1993 62,570,163 5,585,737 14,859,633 0 427,897,152 510,912,685

1994 57,031,346 7,655,697 (1,094,099) 0 386,013,683 449,606,627

1995 110,372,423 21,953,650 (2,440,656) 0 286,372,402 416,257,819

Total 11,566,647,148 161,857,913 53,821,818 0 7,311,136,959 19,093,463,838

These royalties include $28,799,383 paid for gasoline and LPG; $658,773 paid for gas lost; and $10,696 paid for oil lost. 1
Revenue from Federal Offshore Leases 83

Table 75. Washington OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1964–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1964 7,764,928 466,260 0 0 0 8,231,188

1965 0 466,260 0 0 0 466,260

1966 0 362,880 0 0 0 362,880

1967 0 51,840 0 0 0 51,840

1968 0 51,840 0 0 0 51,840

1969–95 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 7,764,928 1,399,080 0 0 0 9,164,008

Table 76. North Atlantic OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1979–95

Year Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

Bonus

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1979 816,516,546 1,161,216 0 0 0 817,677,762

1980 0 0 0 0 0 0

1981 0 1,075,977 0 0 0 1,075,977

1982 0 1,075,977 0 0 0 1,075,977

1983 0 1,024,740 0 0 0 1,024,740

1984 0 847,872 0 0 0 847,872

1985–95 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 816,516,546 5,185,782 0 0 0 821,702,328
84 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 77. Mid-Atlantic OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1976–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenue

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1976 1,127,936,425 1,714,176 0 0 0 1,129,650,601

1977 0 1,714,176 0 0 0 1,714,176

1978 0 1,714,176 0 0 0 1,714,176

1979 40,001,631 1,957,680 0 0 0 41,959,311

1980 0 2,359,296 0 0 0 2,359,296

1981 323,628,530 1,929,927 0 0 0 325,558,457

1982 3,920,828 2,254,428 0 0 0 6,175,256

1983 68,410,240 2,835,114 0 0 0 71,245,354

1984 0 2,451,456 73,728 0 0 2,525,184

1985 0 1,990,656 0 0 0 1,990,656

1986 0 1,652,137 0 0 0 1,652,137

1987 0 1,415,590 0 0 0 1,415,590

1988 0 967,080 0 0 0 967,080

1989 0 940,032 0 0 0 940,032

1990 0 958,464 0 0 0 958,464

1991 0 (673,450) 0 0 0 (673,450) 1

1992 0 55,296 0 0 0 55,296

1993 0 0 0 0 0 0

2

1994 0 187,703 0 0 0 187,703

1995 0 259,513 0 0 0 259,513

Total 1,563,897,654 26,683,450 73,728 0 0 1,590,654,832

Recoupments were claimed in 1991 by several firms for payments made in prior years. 1

All remaining leases on the Atlantic OCS are under a Suspension of Operations which includes a waiver of rental payments. 2

Table 78. South Atlantic OCS: Revenue from Federal Oil and Gas Leases, 1978–95

Year Bonus Payments Rental Payments Minimum Shut-in Gas Production Annual Revenues

($) ($) Royalties Payments Royalties ($)

($) ($) ($)

1978 100,743,443 792,576 0 0 0 101,536,019

1979 0 792,576 0 0 0 792,576

1980 0 700,416 0 0 0 700,416

1981 342,766,174 1,468,794 0 0 0 344,234,968

1982 2,859,150 836,871 0 0 0 3,696,021

1983 13,362,040 546,528 0 0 0 13,908,568

1984 0 589,824 0 0 0 589,824

1985 0 368,640 0 0 0 368,640

1986 0 341,592 0 0 0 341,592

1987 0 341,592 0 0 0 341,592

1988 0 341,592 0 0 0 341,592

1989 0 221,184 0 0 0 221,184

1990 0 221,184 0 0 0 221,184

1991 0 (3,535) 0 0 0 (3,535) 1

1992 0 36,864 0 0 0 36,864

1993 0 0 0 0 0 0

2

1994 0 125,136 0 0 0 125,136

1995 0 173,008 0 0 0 173,008

Total 459,730,807 7,894,842 0 0 0 467,625,649

Recoupments were claimed in 1991 by several firms for payments made in prior years. 1

All remaining leases on the Atlantic OCS are under a Suspension of Operations which includes a waiver of rental payments. 2
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 49

V. Federal Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Sales

Volume and Royalties 

Annual crude oil and condensate sales volumes are shown in tables 37 and 38. These two

tables also give data on the sales value and royalties received from the sale of these

commodities. Table 39 gives totals for crude oil and condensate. Natural gas sales volumes

are shown in table 40. Crude oil and condensate sales peaked in 1971 at 418 million barrels

(MMbbl) and decreased steadily to 277 MMbbl in 1980. In 1981, sales began rising again and

reached a 2-year peak of 389 MMbbl in 1985 and 1986. Sales decreased through the latter

half of the 1980's, before rebounding in 1992, reaching 409 MMbbl in 1995. Natural gas sales

on the OCS hit an all-time high in 1990 of 5.1 Tcf. In 1995, OCS natural gas sales totaled 4.7

Tcf.

Royalties collected are a function of sales volume and current crude oil and natural gas prices.

Therefore, the peak years for sales volume and royalty collections do not coincide. Royalties

from the sale of crude oil and condensate peaked in 1984 at $1.8 billion; this was 86 percent

more revenue than in 1971, the peak year of production. Also, natural gas royalties hit a high

of $2.1 billion in 1984. This was 26 percent more revenue than in the peak production year of

1990.

Between 1954 and 1976, royalties from crude oil and condensate provided more than 50

percent of OCS production royalties. In 1977, natural gas royalties exceeded crude oil and

condensate royalties for the first time. In 1995, natural gas royalties totaled $1.2 billion,

accounting for 55 percent of OCS production royalties. Since 1954, natural gas production

generated over

$28 billion in royalties, which amounts to about 55 percent of the total.

Tables 42 through 62 show offshore oil, natural gas, and sulphur sales volumes and royalty

statistics for Federal leases adjacent to Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and

Texas. Submerged lands offshore Louisiana produce the most oil and natural gas of any

Federal OCS area. Therefore, production highs and lows for offshore Louisiana closely follow

total Federal OCS production. In 1995, Louisiana, Alabama, and California were the only

OCS producers of sulphur. The only directly mined deposits of sulphur are offshore

Louisiana. Alabama and California sulphur production is a byproduct of crude oil and natural

gas production.

Royalty rates for OCS resources range between 12.5 and 16.7 percent of sales value, with

most leases at 16.7 percent. One exception involves net profit share leases (NPSL) introduced

in the early 1980's. Under NPSL lease terms payers must report the sales volume and sales

value from a lease but do not owe a profit share payment until aggregate lease revenues

exceed costs. In 1995, payers reported about 1.4 percent of oil and 1.5 percent of natural gas

sales volume from NPSL's on which profit share payments were not due. Although the

percentage profit share ranges up to 50 percent for existing leases, no NPSL's reached a

profitable status until 1988, and only a few profitable leases existed in 1995. Most OCS

resources remain subject to customary royalty rates.
50 Federal Offshore Statistics

In 1995, royalties as a percentage of sales value were 15.7 percent for natural gas and 15.1

percent for oil. Since 1953, the averages for natural gas and oil royalties as a percentage of

sales value are 16.3 and 16.1 percent respectively.
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 51

Table 37. Crude Oil Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Offshore 

Leases, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 940,634 2,770,866 584,088

1954 2,723,173 8,028,326 1,681,702

1955 5,871,853 17,318,314 3,539,946

1956 10,136,355 29,764,624 6,019,747

1957 15,373,071 51,166,849 9,793,597

1958 23,709,108 77,266,710 14,482,598

1959 34,177,529 108,197,518 20,331,723

1960 47,359,144 139,113,972 27,843,125

1961 61,265,770 192,144,960 35,462,210

1962 84,931,909 264,052,899 48,707,457

1963 98,331,298 313,797,445 55,618,246

1964 114,977,253 352,677,995 64,360,892

1965 136,236,062 417,141,510 75,419,562

1966 175,187,390 537,917,792 96,028,102

1967 205,860,535 633,989,826 112,770,550

1968 252,016,345 780,113,838 138,248,305

1969 295,429,477 958,388,119 167,701,123

1970 337,122,885 1,112,183,855 193,102,272

1971 390,180,091 1,378,656,056 235,780,785

1972 378,497,189 1,331,063,800 227,096,426

1973 360,888,784 1,480,012,269 248,255,928

1974 332,354,155 2,196,822,331 361,566,306

1975 303,159,121 2,207,663,216 363,462,463

1976 294,483,025 2,335,775,088 380,224,980

1977 276,983,936 2,434,108,445 400,363,388

1978 270,421,174 2,627,929,612 429,615,710

1979 262,275,483 2,873,567,427 468,727,986

1980 258,809,111 4,783,536,710 778,757,011

1981 263,117,614 8,844,132,476 1,440,447,962

1982 283,845,607 8,928,559,167 1,536,145,116

1983 311,897,837 9,161,386,009 1,468,642,532

1984 330,081,395 9,623,439,863 1,630,494,906

1985 351,291,399 9,585,170,180 1,541,512,557

1986 350,611,608 5,765,016,676 910,801,628

1987 325,323,990 5,629,094,453 888,099,155

1988 279,168,943 4,162,079,652 648,388,269

1989 260,180,825 4,448,633,477 693,991,544

1990 273,744,957 5,850,392,530 909,534,651

1991 263,272,578 5,225,977,492 822,585,098

1992 301,811,829 5,328,198,399 810,471,642

1993 307,243,768 4,924,463,471 738,220,285

1994 318,832,784 4,408,718,496 678,137,675

1995 356,764,357 5,445,824,089 820,562,002

Total 9,606,891,351 126,976,256,802 20,503,581,250
52 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 38. Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Offshore

Leases, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 210,063 719,664 135,453

1954 619,057 1,947,804 361,496

1955 833,631 2,624,334 483,418

1956 878,177 2,738,187 505,938

1957 697,116 2,397,306 432,270

1958 1,059,929 3,470,484 627,780

1959 1,519,992 4,871,845 889,736

1960 2,306,845 7,320,399 1,328,526

1961 3,064,308 9,527,903 1,788,043

1962 4,804,673 14,874,907 2,799,353

1963 6,247,942 19,168,310 3,618,838

1964 7,522,873 22,941,499 4,286,902

1965 8,732,553 26,664,321 4,988,612

1966 13,526,680 41,750,232 7,679,495

1967 16,001,079 48,190,009 8,627,708

1968 16,979,545 55,166,230 9,789,356

1969 17,430,510 60,742,729 10,590,402

1970 23,523,283 81,407,670 13,974,190

1971 28,368,855 103,024,860 17,448,239

1972 33,388,704 122,901,971 20,593,075

1973 33,841,215 140,719,956 23,234,913

1974 28,239,910 201,954,417 32,798,697

1975 27,078,331 221,185,285 36,064,743

1976 22,437,084 197,634,617 32,077,708

1977 26,964,304 249,472,545 40,783,625

1978 21,843,868 226,416,780 37,012,093

1979 23,290,055 254,025,614 40,592,290

1980 18,579,864 359,575,076 58,480,375

1981 26,647,791 843,634,441 134,868,547

1982 37,365,850 1,224,612,621 204,142,922

1983 36,433,406 1,106,012,804 170,878,978

1984 40,157,619 1,205,552,892 192,952,938

1985 38,032,886 1,036,510,708 165,672,342

1986 38,604,396 664,049,929 104,236,075

1987 40,817,719 715,958,985 111,174,336

1988 41,498,481 652,825,286 99,066,090

1989 44,986,830 806,924,323 124,599,951

1990 50,678,224 1,130,145,158 181,418,661

1991 52,420,673 1,092,395,207 173,980,987

1992 51,914,551 991,468,676 157,581,060

1993 55,431,998 949,947,262 146,785,388

1994 50,641,523 793,384,973 121,100,820

1995 52,110,649 851,913,173 127,070,250

Total 1,047,733,042 16,548,771,392 2,627,522,619
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 53

Table 39. Crude Oil and Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from

Federal Offshore Leases, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 1,150,697 3,490,530 719,541

1954 3,342,230 9,976,130 2,043,198

1955 6,705,484 19,942,648 4,023,364

1956 11,014,532 32,502,811 6,525,685

1957 16,070,187 53,564,155 10,225,867

1958 24,769,037 80,737,194 15,110,378

1959 35,697,521 113,069,363 21,221,459

1960 49,665,989 146,434,371 29,171,651

1961 64,330,078 201,672,863 37,250,253

1962 89,736,582 278,927,806 51,506,810

1963 104,579,240 332,965,755 59,237,084

1964 122,500,126 375,619,494 68,647,794

1965 144,968,615 443,805,831 80,408,174

1966 188,714,070 579,668,024 103,707,597

1967 221,861,614 682,179,835 121,398,258

1968 268,995,890 835,280,068 148,037,661

1969 312,859,987 1,019,130,848 178,291,525

1970 360,646,168 1,193,591,525 207,076,462

1971 418,548,946 1,481,680,916 253,229,024

1972 411,885,893 1,453,965,771 247,689,501

1973 394,729,999 1,620,732,225 271,490,841

1974 360,594,065 2,398,776,748 394,365,003

1975 330,237,452 2,428,848,501 399,527,206

1976 316,920,109 2,533,409,705 412,302,688

1977 303,948,240 2,683,580,990 441,147,013

1978 292,265,042 2,854,346,392 466,627,803

1979 285,565,538 3,127,593,041 509,320,276

1980 277,388,975 5,143,111,786 837,237,386

1981 289,765,405 9,687,766,917 1,575,316,509

1982 321,211,457 10,153,171,788 1,740,288,038

1983 348,331,243 10,267,398,813 1,639,521,510

1984 370,239,014 10,828,992,755 1,823,447,844

1985 389,324,285 10,621,680,888 1,707,184,899

1986 389,216,004 6,429,066,605 1,015,037,703

1987 366,141,709 6,345,053,438 999,273,491

1988 320,667,424 4,814,904,938 747,454,359

1989 305,167,655 5,255,557,800 818,591,495

1990 324,423,181 6,980,537,688 1,090,953,312

1991 315,693,251 6,318,372,699 996,566,085

1992 353,726,380 6,319,667,075 968,052,702

1993 362,675,766 5,874,410,733 885,005,673

1994 369,474,307 5,202,103,469 799,238,495

1995 408,875,006 6,297,737,262 947,632,252

Total 10,654,624,393 143,525,028,194 23,131,103,869
54 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 40. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Offshore

Leases, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received 

(Mcf) ($) ($)

pre–1954 19,881,055 1,546,331 248,361

1954 56,325,083 4,393,968 705,779

1955 81,279,042 7,118,031 1,116,642

1956 82,892,538 6,995,060 1,103,698

1957 82,573,604 7,508,433 1,165,378

1958 127,692,848 15,733,942 2,313,500

1959 207,156,296 37,403,164 5,318,518

1960 273,034,451 52,761,614 7,636,074

1961 318,280,095 64,615,520 9,483,489

1962 451,952,659 92,209,196 13,748,400

1963 564,352,606 106,783,758 16,136,781

1964 621,731,438 118,377,080 17,887,512

1965 645,589,469 126,977,562 19,248,110

1966 1,007,447,235 189,381,492 29,142,325

1967 1,187,215,750 227,694,353 32,034,125

1968 1,524,178,078 291,257,157 48,453,724

1969 1,954,486,975 365,770,489 57,390,300

1970 2,418,676,591 438,136,408 69,445,227

1971 2,777,043,418 549,648,012 87,405,869

1972 3,038,554,773 663,647,779 105,892,430

1973 3,211,588,422 736,877,724 118,244,998

1974 3,514,723,907 877,700,506 141,653,952

1975 3,458,693,454 1,205,677,587 195,198,256

1976 3,595,923,526 1,652,842,563 268,090,028

1977 3,737,746,922 2,766,397,049 449,322,812

1978 4,385,060,878 4,135,198,537 672,570,441

1979 4,672,979,139 6,125,502,323 1,002,697,388

1980 4,641,456,983 7,885,212,996 1,295,291,353

1981 4,849,536,728 10,502,988,536 1,711,962,893

1982 4,679,511,272 12,419,927,350 2,074,583,597

1983 4,040,733,857 11,273,488,686 1,814,796,569

1984 4,537,841,051 12,839,297,031 2,091,276,753

1985 4,000,975,226 11,369,247,971 1,905,597,880

1986 3,948,891,837 9,117,507,291 1,518,338,984

1987 4,425,581,690 8,134,688,593 1,337,761,434

1988 4,309,874,827 7,946,040,609 1,310,301,872

1989 4,200,263,926 7,838,429,288 1,300,193,995

1990 5,092,931,169 9,458,313,225 1,539,364,756

1991 4,515,531,673 7,890,057,471 1,286,891,566

1992 4,685,644,725 8,164,857,461 1,333,786,723

1993 4,533,389,731 9,893,435,203 1,591,838,003

1994 4,657,017,829 9,752,514,909 1,544,996,745

1995 4,692,270,825 7,506,770,659 1,177,842,219

Total 115,828,513,601 172,860,932,917 28,208,479,459
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 55

Table 41. Sulphur Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases, 1960–95

(Statistics in parentheses indicate reporting adjustments for prior periods.)

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Short Tons) ($) ($)

1960 98,025 1,762,866 285,784

1961 401,521 7,252,931 1,170,733

1962 285,975 5,507,050 835,816

1963 552,573 11,069,637 1,617,471

1964 634,875 12,748,602 1,858,535

1965 1,090,950 23,387,005 3,197,532

1966 1,400,848 32,621,551 4,128,691

1967 1,409,276 37,291,107 4,167,804

1968 1,553,621 53,277,667 4,628,512

1969 1,232,939 49,129,573 3,684,432

1970 1,099,584 24,636,736 3,235,874

1971 1,178,400 23,718,311 3,452,117

1972 1,176,833 22,286,906 3,438,515

1973 1,235,358 23,748,632 3,610,757

1974 1,303,750 34,820,443 3,852,700

1975 1,248,134 69,737,571 3,737,784

1976 (554,271) (36,777,151) (1,651,794)

1977 0 0 0

1978 (5,090) (27,891) (4,648)

1979-87 0 0 0

1988 890 104,972 17,524

1989 162,152 17,506,189 2,922,072

1990 734,449 91,967,724 4,598,386

1991 856,247 95,706,063 4,785,304

1992 1,047,117 67,513,203 3,819,516

1993 1,727,317 96,405,524 6,735,578

1994 2,614,447 120,407,563 10,507,155

1995 2,067,163 143,705,140 12,718,466

Total 24,553,083 1,029,507,924 91,350,616
56 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 42. Crude Oil Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Alabama, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1994 0 0 0

1994 43,114 526,818 87,718

1995 16,042 95,863 15,922

Total 59,156 622,681 103,640

Table 43. Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Alabama, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties

(bbl) ($) Received

($)

pre–1992 0 0 0

1992 3,209 58,687 9,742

1993 2,630 44,002 3,837

1994 2,998 42,202 3,012

1995 2,046 34,204 3,117

Total 10,883 179,095 19,708

Table 44. Crude Oil and Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from

Federal Leases Offshore Alabama, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1992 0 0 0

1992 3,209 58,687 9,742

1993 2,630 44,002 3,837

1994 46,112 569,020 90,730

1995 18,088 130,067 19,039

Total 70,039 801,776 123,348

Table 45. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Alabama, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Mcf) ($) ($)

pre–1992 0 0 0

1992 67,280,071 121,995,233 18,743,011

1993 76,561,233 167,413,886 27,791,761

1994 102,295,379 207,700,582 33,287,070

1995 108,695,954 174,665,774 27,469,371

Total 354,832,637 671,775,475 107,291,213
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 57

Table 46. Sulphur Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases Offshore

Alabama, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Short tons) ($) ($)

pre–1992 0 0 0

1992 218 9,464 1,116

1993 240 9,407 533

1994 6,016 164,593 13,747

1995 16,117 562,146 56,550

Total 22,591 745,610 71,946

NOTE: Alabama sulphur production is a byproduct of gas processing. 

Table 47. Crude Oil Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases Offshore

California, 1968–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1968 2,059,889 5,222,660 870,444

1969 9,940,844 28,042,929 4,673,822

1970 24,987,628 72,294,311 12,049,052

1971 31,103,548 98,407,829 16,401,306

1972 22,562,213 70,131,629 11,688,605

1973 18,915,314 63,475,178 10,579,199

1974 16,776,744 78,014,292 13,002,385

1975 15,304,757 63,789,230 10,631,541

1976 13,978,553 65,245,691 10,874,283

1977 12,267,598 58,205,617 9,707,115

1978 12,085,908 69,709,403 11,704,453

1979 10,961,076 78,086,108 13,014,352

1980 10,198,886 111,407,469 18,567,912

1981 19,605,027 477,803,916 86,004,705

1982 28,434,202 679,293,086 160,992,461

1983 30,527,487 717,395,945 165,001,067

1984 30,254,306 645,004,111 122,270,587

1985 29,781,465 628,442,977 123,056,974

1986 29,227,846 358,544,517 63,973,110

1987 33,556,686 423,213,631 75,690,692

1988 32,615,118 322,221,171 53,723,584

1989 33,072,161 401,679,836 69,618,869

1990 33,312,719 540,919,648 94,552,896

1991 29,142,348 359,875,572 64,130,301

1992 41,220,209 474,967,802 71,946,494

1993 50,073,501 500,662,325 70,522,621

1994 57,224,119 529,938,438 78,959,129

1995 71,240,875 778,104,803 117,418,951

Total 750,431,027 8,700,100,124 1,561,626,910
58 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 48. Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore California, 1968–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1968–89 0 0 0

1990 3,742 66,651 11,488

1991 3,125 55,684 9,281

1992 2,592 36,958 6,095

1993 4,643 60,856 9,815

1994 5,345 69,006 10,615

1995 13,565 204,768 24,162

Total 33,012 493,923 71,456

Table 49. Crude Oil and Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from

Federal Leases Offshore California, 1968–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1968 2,059,889 5,222,660 870,444

1969 9,940,844 28,042,929 4,673,822

1970 24,987,628 72,294,311 12,049,052

1971 31,103,548 98,407,829 16,401,306

1972 22,562,213 70,131,629 11,688,605

1973 18,915,314 63,475,178 10,579,199

1974 16,776,744 78,014,292 13,002,385

1975 15,304,757 63,789,230 10,631,541

1976 13,978,553 65,245,691 10,874,283

1977 12,267,598 58,205,617 9,707,115

1978 12,085,908 69,709,403 11,704,453

1979 10,961,076 78,086,108 13,014,352

1980 10,198,886 111,407,469 18,567,912

1981 19,605,027 477,803,916 86,004,705

1982 28,434,202 679,293,086 160,992,461

1983 30,527,487 717,395,945 165,001,067

1984 30,254,306 645,994,111 122,270,587

1985 29,781,465 628,442,977 123,056,974

1986 29,227,846 358,544,517 63,973,110

1987 33,556,686 423,213,631 75,690,692

1988 32,615,118 322,221,171 53,723,584

1989 33,072,161 401,679,836 69,618,869

1990 33,312,719 540,919,648 94,552,896

1991 29,146,090 359,942,223 64,141,789

1992 41,222,801 475,004,760 71,952,589

1993 50,078,144 500,723,181 70,532,436

1994 57,229,464 530,007,444 78,969,744

1995 71,254,440 778,309,571 117,443,113

Total 750,460,914 8,701,528,363 1,561,689,085
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 59

Table 50. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore California, 1968–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Mcf) ($) ($)

1968 799,685 215,915 35,986

1969 4,845,851 1,308,380 218,063

1970 12,229,147 3,301,870 550,312

1971 15,671,479 4,231,299 705,217

1972 10,033,581 2,709,067 451,511

1973 7,286,549 1,968,775 328,129

1974 5,573,642 1,485,338 247,556

1975 3,951,633 1,083,486 180,581

1976 3,475,201 1,013,835 168,973

1977 3,289,963 1,699,845 283,381

1978 3,472,292 1,934,826 314,421

1979 2,866,822 1,878,349 313,058

1980 3,107,023 2,435,833 405,972

1981 12,766,307 13,919,105 2,158,289

1982 17,750,924 40,521,810 10,936,614

1983 16,024,292 45,508,989 11,832,337

1984 27,806,899 99,218,481 16,932,454

1985 49,164,213 151,241,817 25,676,251

1986 42,689,021 129,220,799 21,888,369

1987 40,986,158 111,589,318 18,085,583

1988 34,570,638 92,648,015 15,086,166

1989 28,574,912 77,322,251 12,920,381

1990 38,531,764 107,345,547 17,822,908

1991 40,626,577 116,722,285 19,536,916

1992 40,873,660 111,075,007 18,325,587

1993 42,082,090 116,076,588 16,859,977

1994 41,679,034 100,051,242 13,375,225

1995 36,425,501 62,967,836 9,205,331

Total 587,154,858 1,400,695,908 234,845,548

Table 51. Sulphur Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases Offshore

California, 1988–95

Year Sale Volume (Short Sales Value Royalties Received

Tons) ($) ($)

1988 3 179 30 

1989 140 8,933 1,483 

1990 0 0 0 

1991 2,121 1,286 65 

1992 (49) (224) (34)

1993 3,295 11,035 124

1994 4,392 7,488 272

1995 7,546 32,949 1,708

Total 17,448 61,646 3,648

NOTE: California sulphur prodution is a byproduct of gas processing.
60 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 52. Crude Oil Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Louisiana, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 940,634 2,770,866 584,088

1954 2,723,173 8,028,326 1,681,702

1955 5,869,897 17,312,409 3,538,967

1956 10,123,071 29,724,365 6,013,072

1957 15,367,279 51,146,960 9,790,301

1958 23,709,108 77,266,710 14,482,598

1959 34,177,272 108,196,671 20,331,582

1960 47,359,046 139,113,688 27,843,078

1961 61,265,770 192,144,960 35,462,210

1962 84,928,426 264,041,875 48,705,620

1963 98,278,494 313,637,681 55,591,619

1964 114,972,300 352,663,296 64,358,443

1965 136,232,315 417,131,468 75,417,896

1966 174,304,792 535,253,645 95,584,085

1967 204,698,134 630,364,403 112,166,314

1968 248,223,799 769,355,722 136,455,284

1969 283,974,318 925,153,657 162,162,256

1970 311,035,150 1,036,032,944 180,410,505

1971 358,366,080 1,277,637,359 218,947,766

1972 355,029,953 1,257,524,468 214,844,499

1973 341,277,611 1,413,819,684 237,227,064

1974 315,124,798 2,116,320,829 348,152,189

1975 287,515,795 2,142,058,833 352,531,404

1976 279,738,781 2,263,338,628 368,173,908

1977 264,522,771 2,374,005,873 390,343,437

1978 257,395,201 2,548,509,418 416,325,361

1979 249,183,243 2,768,895,263 451,278,478

1980 239,908,850 4,506,131,180 732,523,049

1981 234,774,684 8,038,329,770 1,299,779,462

1982 244,965,408 7,912,382,678 1,318,994,192

1983 270,291,238 8,113,911,006 1,252,703,480

1984 286,179,678 8,585,390,310 1,444,944,002

1985 308,963,685 8,610,369,286 1,363,608,919

1986 310,229,856 5,222,317,657 819,079,411

1987 278,095,030 4,963,852,356 774,729,750

1988 233,931,885 3,642,541,107 565,189,667

1989 213,826,751 3,808,158,426 587,668,216

1990 227,122,655 5,013,258,505 769,435,910

1991 224,442,426 4,656,857,085 726,484,625

1992 248,857,594 4,631,840,641 703,313,779

1993 249,001,891 4,279,258,587 645,332,505

1994 251,594,777 3,738,163,816 576,937,858

1995 276,476,735 4,514,176,904 679,075,935

Total 8,665,000,354 114,268,389,315 18,308,204,486
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 61

Table 53. Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Louisiana, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 210,063 719,664 135,453

1954 619,057 1,947,804 361,496

1955 833,631 2,624,334 483,418

1956 878,177 2,738,187 505,938

1957 697,116 2,397,306 432,270

1958 1,059,929 3,470,484 627,780

1959 1,519,992 4,871,845 889,736

1960 2,306,845 7,320,399 1,328,526

1961 3,064,308 9,527,903 1,788,043

1962 4,804,673 14,874,907 2,799,353

1963 6,247,942 19,168,310 3,618,838

1964 7,522,873 22,941,499 4,286,902

1965 8,732,553 26,664,321 4,988,612

1966 13,526,680 41,750,232 7,679,495

1967 14,297,694 42,884,947 7,743,531

1968 15,601,560 50,711,986 9,046,984

1969 16,184,974 56,381,108 9,863,476

1970 22,376,342 77,309,209 13,291,113

1971 27,394,271 99,350,253 16,835,804

1972 32,560,709 119,704,749 20,060,994

1973 32,919,245 136,308,235 22,505,037

1974 27,310,698 194,647,283 31,596,951

1975 26,076,764 213,350,928 34,774,428

1976 22,148,221 194,022,687 31,475,662

1977 26,248,834 242,253,426 39,581,711

1978 20,676,334 212,781,919 34,739,603

1979 21,825,673 237,417,026 37,824,355

1980 16,779,232 326,710,741 53,003,093

1981 21,101,033 733,062,032 116,447,980

1982 30,548,081 1,001,671,575 166,978,650

1983 27,802,321 843,800,442 130,367,168

1984 31,844,944 954,011,338 152,454,740

1985 29,938,178 813,081,497 130,292,473

1986 29,922,420 517,989,208 80,809,948

1987 29,855,851 525,364,523 80,463,024

1988 28,004,645 444,135,383 67,498,626

1989 32,380,902 581,792,391 90,138,817

1990 37,547,880 840,299,780 135,992,050

1991 38,205,307 801,165,282 127,385,280

1992 40,060,614 773,524,961 122,331,496

1993 44,441,990 759,887,530 116,590,797

1994 41,482,414 654,035,539 99,235,847

1995 43,778,352 711,598,298 104,823,650

Total 881,339,322 13,320,271,471 2,114,079,148
62 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 54. Crude Oil and Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from

Federal Leases Offshore Louisiana, pre–1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1954 1,150,697 3,490,530 719,541

1954 3,342,230 9,976,130 2,043,198

1955 6,703,528 19,936,743 4,022,385

1956 11,001,248 32,462,552 6,519,010

1957 16,064,395 53,544,266 10,222,571

1958 24,769,037 80,737,194 15,110,378

1959 35,697,264 113,068,516 21,221,318

1960 49,665,891 146,434,087 29,171,604

1961 64,330,078 201,672,863 37,250,253

1962 89,733,099 278,916,782 51,504,973

1963 104,526,436 332,805,991 59,210,457

1964 122,495,173 375,604,795 68,645,345

1965 144,964,868 443,795,789 80,406,508

1966 187,831,472 577,003,877 103,263,580

1967 218,995,828 673,249,350 119,909,845

1968 263,825,359 820,067,708 145,502,268

1969 300,159,292 981,534,765 172,025,732

1970 333,411,492 1,113,342,153 193,701,618

1971 385,760,351 1,376,987,612 235,783,570

1972 387,590,662 1,377,229,217 234,905,493

1973 374,196,856 1,550,127,919 259,732,101

1974 342,435,496 2,310,968,112 379,749,140

1975 313,592,559 2,355,409,761 387,305,832

1976 301,887,002 2,457,361,315 399,649,570

1977 290,771,605 2,616,259,299 429,925,148

1978 278,071,535 2,761,291,337 451,064,964

1979 271,008,916 3,006,312,289 489,102,833

1980 256,688,082 4,832,841,921 785,526,142

1981 255,875,717 8,771,391,802 1,416,227,442

1982 275,513,489 8,914,054,253 1,485,972,842

1983 298,093,559 8,957,711,448 1,383,070,648

1984 318,024,622 9,539,401,648 1,597,398,742

1985 338,901,863 9,423,450,783 1,493,901,392

1986 340,152,276 5,740,306,865 899,889,359

1987 307,950,881 5,489,216,879 855,192,774

1988 261,936,530 4,086,676,490 632,688,293

1989 246,207,653 4,389,950,817 677,807,033

1990 264,670,535 5,853,558,285 905,427,960

1991 262,647,733 5,458,022,367 853,869,905

1992 288,918,208 5,405,365,602 825,715,275

1993 293,443,881 5,039,146,117 761,923,302

1994 293,077,191 4,392,199,355 676,173,705

1995 320,255,087 5,225,775,202 783,899,585

Total 9,546,339,676 127,588,660,786 20,422,353,634
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 63

Table 55. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Louisiana, pre– 1954–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Mcf) ($) ($)

pre–1954 19,881,055 1,546,331 248,351

1954 56,325,083 4,393,968 705,779

1955 81,279,042 7,118,031 1,116,642

1956 82,892,538 6,995,060 1,103,698

1957 82,568,807 7,507,953 1,165,294

1958 127,692,848 15,733,942 2,313,500

1959 207,156,296 37,403,164 5,318,518

1960 273,034,451 52,761,614 7,636,074

1961 318,280,095 64,615,520 9,483,489

1962 451,952,659 92,209,196 13,748,400

1963 564,352,606 106,783,758 16,136,781

1964 621,731,438 118,377,080 17,887,512

1965 645,589,469 126,977,562 19,248,110

1966 965,387,849 182,465,908 27,989,727

1967 1,087,262,804 210,606,727 29,186,187

1968 1,413,467,606 272,969,079 45,405,714

1969 1,822,544,142 344,015,027 53,764,395

1970 2,273,147,040 414,018,458 65,425,568

1971 2,634,014,031 525,451,277 83,373,079

1972 2,881,364,733 636,164,978 101,311,962

1973 3,055,628,236 707,142,624 113,289,175

1974 3,349,170,864 844,519,248 136,123,741

1975 3,332,169,057 1,169,897,666 189,234,935

1976 3,499,865,900 1,622,680,649 263,063,050

1977 3,647,513,674 2,712,635,503 440,362,490

1978 4,149,731,136 3,847,319,737 624,603,700

1979 4,158,521,710 5,225,483,453 852,694,229

1980 4,013,707,434 6,578,100,474 1,077,439,212

1981 4,106,494,590 8,677,535,461 1,407,880,914

1982 3,803,740,050 10,079,911,140 1,680,321,200

1983 3,173,892,354 8,632,987,203 1,381,277,952

1984 3,578,740,570 9,656,366,956 1,551,459,784

1985 3,116,884,490 8,468,902,650 1,420,442,835

1986 2,927,832,264 6,605,111,673 1,081,739,674

1987 3,180,107,195 5,775,180,843 935,053,158

1988 3,096,881,628 5,705,494,358 919,994,644

1989 3,006,576,061 5,590,014,727 912,525,885

1990 3,706,324,044 6,914,198,999 1,116,561,923

1991 3,289,968,602 5,811,082,617 938,334,655

1992 3,338,101,447 5,903,755,520 952,478,988

1993 3,386,808,653 7,391,111,524 1,176,770,756

1994 3,492,406,762 7,392,495,136 1,156,632,134

1995 3,636,067,997 5,843,343,792 905,009,984

Total 96,657,059,310 134,383,386,586 21,735,863,798
64 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 56. Salt Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases Offshore

Louisiana, 1960–95

(Salt production on the OCS occurs only offshore Louisiana. Therefore, salt production here accounts for total OCS 

production. Statistics in parentheses indicate reporting adjustments for prior years.)

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Short Tons) ($) ($)

1960 59,794 10,764 1,792

1961 528,581 95,142 15,857

1962 176,924 31,848 5,308

1963 262,951 47,334 7,889

1964 212,978 38,334 6,389

1965 290,804 52,334 8,724

1966 297,475 53,544 8,924

1967 274,422 49,396 7,422

1968 540,651 97,317 17,030

1969 343,060 61,751 10,292

1970 269,691 48,544 8,091

1971 370,406 66,673 11,112

1972 358,782 64,581 10,764

1973 381,247 68,624 11,437

1974 346,411 62,354 10,392

1975 151,032 (54,212) (8,469)

1976 (113,590) (20,446) (3,408)

1977–87 0 0 0

1988 44 2,619 437

1989 1,059 63,556 10,614

1990 302,246 54,404 9,086

1991 197,543 35,701 5,926

1992 265,528 140,730 7,966

1993 357,081 303,519 10,712

1994 40,389 47,782 1,225

1995 0 0 0

Total 5,915,509 1,422,193 175,512
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 65

Table 57. Sulphur Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases Offshore

Louisiana, 1960–95

(Statistics in parenthesis indicate reporting adjustments for prior years.)

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Short Tons) ($) ($)

1960 98,025 1,762,866 285,784

1961 401,521 7,252,931 1,170,733

1962 285,975 5,507,050 835,816

1963 552,573 11,069,637 1,617,471

1964 634,875 12,748,602 1,858,535

1965 1,090,950 23,387,005 3,197,532

1966 1,400,848 32,621,551 4,128,691

1967 1,409,276 37,291,107 4,167,804

1968 1,553,621 53,277,667 4,628,512

1969 1,232,939 49,129,573 3'684,432

1970 1,099,584 24,636,736 3,235,874

1971 1,178,400 23,718,311 3,452,117

1972 1,176,833 22,286,906 3,438,515

1973 1,235,358 23,748,632 3,610,757

1974 1,303,750 34,820,443 3,852,700

1975 1,248,134 69,737,571 3,737,784

1976 (554,271) (36,777,151) (1,651,794)

1977 0 0 0

1978 (5,090) (27,891) (4,648)

1979–87 0 0 0

1988 887 104,753 17,494

1989 162,012 17,497,256 2,922,042

1990 734,449 91,967,724 4,598,386

1991 854,126 95,704,777 4,785,239

1992 1,046,948 67,503,963 3,818,434

1993 1,723,782 96,385,082 6,734,921

1994 2,604,039 120,235,482 10,493,136

1995 2,043,500 143,110,045 12,660,208

Total 24,513,044 1,028,700,628 91,276,475

Table 58. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Mississippi, 1992–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

pre–1994 0 0 0

1994 6,432,489 13,520,396 2,042,599

1995 2,561,323 4,072,503 680,108

Total 8,993,812 17,592,899 2,722,707
66 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 59. Crude Oil Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Texas, 1955–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1955 1,956 5,905 979

1956 13,284 40,259 6,675

1957 5,792 19,889 3,296

1958 0 0 0

1959 257 847 141

1960 98 284 47

1961 0 0 0

1962 3,483 11,024 1,837

1963 52,804 159,764 26,627

1964 4,953 14,699 2,449

1965 3,747 10,042 1,666

1966 882,598 2,664,147 444,017

1967 1,162,401 3,625,423 604,236

1968 1,732,657 5,535,456 922,577

1969 1,514,315 5,191,533 865,045

1970 1,100,107 3,856,600 642,715

1971 710,463 2,610,868 431,713

1972 905,023 3,407,703 563,322

1973 695,859 2,717,407 449,665

1974 452,613 2,487,210 411,732

1975 338,569 1,815,153 299,518

1976 765,691 7,190,769 1,176,789

1977 193,567 1,896,955 312,836

1978 940,065 9,710,791 1,585,896

1979 2,131,164 26,586,056 4,435,156

1980 8,701,375 165,998,061 27,666,050

1981 8,737,903 327,998,790 54,663,795

1982 10,445,997 336,883,403 56,158,463

1983 11,079,112 330,079,058 50,937,985

1984 13,647,411 393,045,442 63,280,317

1985 12,546,249 346,357,917 54,846,664

1986 11,153,906 184,154,502 27,749,107

1987 13,672,274 242,028,466 37,678,713

1988 12,621,940 197,317,374 29,475,018

1989 13,281,913 238,795,215 36,704,459

1990 13,312,708 296,270,061 45,555,126

1991 9,687,804 209,244,835 31,970,172

1992 11,734,026 221,389,956 35,141,369

1993 8,168,376 144,542,559 22,365,159

1994 9,970,774 140,089,424 22,152,970

1995 9,030,705 153,446,519 24,051,194

Total 191,403,939 4,007,200,366 633,585,495
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 67

Table 60. Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Texas, 1967–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1967 1,703,385 5,305,062 884,177

1968 1,377,985 4,454,244 742,372

1969 1,245,536 4,361,621 726,926

1970 1,146,941 4,098,461 683,077

1971 974,584 3,674,607 612,435

1972 827,995 3,197,222 532,081

1973 921,970 4,411,721 729,876

1974 929,212 7,307,134 1,201,746

1975 1,001,567 7,834,357 1,290,315

1976 288,863 3,611,930 602,046

1977 715,470 7,219,119 1,201,914

1978 1,167,534 13,634,861 2,272,490

1979 1,464,382 16,608,588 2,767,935

1980 1,800,632 32,864,335 5,477,282

1981 5,546,758 110,572,409 18,420,567

1982 6,817,769 222,941,046 37,164,272

1983 8,631,085 262,212,362 40,511,810

1984 8,312,675 251,541,554 40,498,198

1985 8,094,708 223,429,211 35,379,869

1986 8,681,976 146,060,721 23,426,127

1987 10,961,868 190,594,462 30,711,312

1988 13,493,836 208,689,903 31,567,464

1989 12,605,928 225,131,932 34,461,134

1990 13,127,219 289,789,694 45,417,330

1991 14,211,624 291,163,274 46,584,219

1992 11,848,136 217,848,070 35,233,727

1993 10,982,735 189,954,874 30,180,939

1994 9,150,766 139,238,226 21,851,346

1995 8,316,686 140,075,903 22,219,321

Total 166,349,825 3,227,826,903 513,352,307
68 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 61. Crude Oil and Condensate Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from

Federal Leases Offshore Texas, 1955–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(bbl) ($) ($)

1955 1,956 5,905 979

1956 13,284 40,259 6,675

1957 5,792 19,889 3,296

1958 0 0 0

1959 257 847 141

1960 98 284 47

1961 0 0 0

1962 3,483 11,024 1,837

1963 52,804 159,764 26,627

1964 4,953 14,699 2,449

1965 3,747 10,042 1,666

1966 882,598 2,664,147 444,017

1967 2,865,786 8,930,485 1,488,413

1968 3,110,642 9,989,700 1,664,949

1969 2,759,851 9,553,154 1,591,971

1970 2,247,048 7,955,061 1,325,792

1971 1,685,047 6,285,475 1,044,148

1972 1,733,018 6,604,925 1,095,403

1973 1,617,829 7,129,128 1,179,541

1974 1,381,825 9,794,344 1,613,478

1975 1,340,136 9,649,510 1,589,833

1976 1,054,554 10,802,699 1,778,835

1977 909,037 9,116,074 1,514,750

1978 2,107,599 23,345,652 3,858,386

1979 3,595,546 43,194,644 7,203,091

1980 10,502,007 198,862,396 33,143,332

1981 14,284,661 438,571,199 73,084,362

1982 17,263,766 559,824,449 93,322,735

1983 19,710,197 592,291,420 91,449,795

1984 21,960,086 644,586,996 103,778,515

1985 20,640,957 569,787,128 90,226,533

1986 19,835,882 330,215,223 51,175,234

1987 24,634,142 432,622,928 68,390,025

1988 26,115,776 406,007,277 61,042,482

1989 25,887,841 463,927,147 71,165,593

1990 26,439,927 586,059,755 90,972,456

1991 23,899,428 500,408,109 78,554,391

1992 23,582,162 439,238,026 70,375,096

1993 19,151,111 334,497,433 52,546,098

1994 13,121,540 279,327,650 44,004,316

1995 17,347,391 293,522,422 46,270,515

Total 351,753,764 7,235,027,269 1,146,937,802
Oil and Natural Gas Sales and Royalties 69

Table 62. Natural Gas Sales Volume, Sales Value, and Royalties Received from Federal Leases

Offshore Texas, 1957–95

Year Sales Volume Sales Value Royalties Received

(Mcf) ($) ($)

1957 4,797 480 84

1958 0 0 0

1959 0 0 0

1960 0 0 0

1961 0 0 0

1962 0 0 0

1963 0 0 0

1964 0 0 0

1965 0 0 0

1966 42,059,386 6,915,584 1,152,598

1967 99,952,946 17,087,626 2,847,938

1968 109,910,787 18,072,163 3,012,028

1969 127,096,982 20,447,082 3,407,848

1970 133,300,404 20,816,080 3,469,347

1971 127,357,908 19,965,436 3,327,573

1972 147,156,459 24,773,734 4,128,957

1973 148,673,637 27,766,325 4,627,694

1974 159,979,401 31,695,920 5,282,655

1975 122,572,764 34,696,435 5,782,740

1976 92,582,425 29,148,079 4,858,005

1977 86,943,285 52,061,701 8,676,941

1978 231,857,450 285,943,974 47,652,320

1979 511,590,607 898,140,521 149,690,101

1980 624,642,526 1,304,676,689 217,446,169

1981 730,275,831 1,811,533,970 301,923,690

1982 858,020,298 2,299,494,400 383,325,783

1983 850,817,211 2,594,992,494 421,686,280

1984 931,293,582 3,083,711,594 522,884,515

1985 834,926,523 2,749,103,504 459,478,794

1986 978,370,552 2,383,174,819 414,710,941

1987 1,204,488,337 2,247,918,432 384,622,693

1988 1,178,422,561 2,147,898,236 375,221,062

1989 1,165,112,953 2,171,092,310 374,747,729

1990 1,348,075,361 2,436,768,679 404,979,925

1991 1,184,936,494 1,962,252,569 329,019,995

1992 1,239,389,547 2,028,031,701 344,239,137

1993 1,027,937,755 2,218,833,205 370,415,509

1994 1,014,204,135 2,038,747,553 339,659,717

1995 908,520,050 1,421,720,754 235,477,425

Total 18,220,472,954 36,387,482,049 6,127,756,193
Oil Pollution in U.S. and International Waters 93

IX. Oil Pollution in U.S. and International Waters

Table 82 lists pollution spills on the OCS that are greater than 1 barrel. In 1995, there were 35

spills on the OCS from facilities or operational activity on Federal leases. These incidents

resulted in the release of 774 bbl of pollutant (i.e., crude oil, condensate, refined product,

mineral oil, diesel, or natural gas) into offshore waters. Three of those 35 spills released more

than 50 bbl. In 1995, there were no spills of 1,000 bbl or greater from OCS facilites or

operations (see table 83).

Table 84 lists the number of blowouts from offshore wells. In 1995, there was one blowout

during exploratory drilling in the GOM and there were none during production operations.

Over the last 25 years, of the 24,237 wells spudded on the OCS, there have been 151

blowouts, less than 0.7 percent of the total. Between 1970 and 1995, the total spillage from

OCS operations amounted to 122,076 bbl of pollutants. This spillage is less than 0.002 percent

of the oil produced from OCS facilities.

Table 85 reports on the number of crude oil and refined petroleum product spills of 1,000 bbl

or more from tankers in coastal and offshore waters worldwide since 1974. In 1995, there

were 7 such tanker spills, which released 68,959 bbl of oil. None of these spills occurred in

U.S. coastal and offshore waters (see table 86).

The information on spill incidents from OCS facilities comes from a database file maintained

by MMS headquarters and each regional office. Information on tanker spills comes from

MMS's Technical Analysis Group (TAG) in the Environmental Policy and Programs Division.

All the spills in the TAG database must be from a vessel — usually a tanker or barge — that

carried a petroleum product as cargo. The spill may be cargo or fuel from the carrier and must

be at least 1,000 bbl in size.

An MMS contract established the worldwide tanker spill database in 1983. Since 1983, TAG

has maintained and verified the database in-house. The TAG adds U.S. Coast Guard data

annually. Additional information comes from the Institut Français du Petrole tanker database

for the years 1974–87 and the Oil Spill Bulletin for events during 1986 and 1987. Current

information usually comes from the Oil Spill Intelligence Report (OSIR), Golob's Oil

Pollution Bulletin, newspaper accounts, and various reports concerning oil-spill events.

The most recent updates to the database include OSIR's 1995 International Spill Statistic

Summary (March 1996) and data from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Information

System database.
94 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 82 Number and Volume of Spills of More than 1 Barrel of All Pollutants from Facilities and

Operations on Federal OCS Leases, 1970–95

Year

 Gulf of Mexico OCS Pacific OCS 

Total OCS

Spillage 

(bbl)

No. of Spills Total Spillage No. of Spills Total Spillage 

(bbl) (bbl)

>1 and 50 > 50 >1 and 50 > 50

(bbl) (bbl) (bbl) (bbl)

1970 8 5 83,894 0 0 0 83,894

1971 267 7 2,441 0 0 0 2,441

1972 204 1 999 0 0 0 999

1973 178 5 23,125 0 0 0 23,125

1974 80 7 24,453 0 0 0 24,453

1975 109 2 761 0 0 0 761

1976 66 3 5,021 1 0 2 5,023

1977 70 3 1,080 1 0 4 1,084

1978 77 3 1,525 0 0 0 1,525

1979 106 4 2,627 1 0 2 2,629

1980 49 8 2,826 2 0 7 2,833

1981 51 5 5,794 10 0 75 5,869

1982 71 3 1,137 1 0 3 1,140 1

1983 92 9 2,554 3 0 5 2,583 2

1984 58 1 378 3 0 36 416 3

1985 72 6 1,716 3 0 9 1,727 4

1986 45 3 572 3 0 12 584

1987 35 1 231 2 0 11 242

1988 30 3 15,971 1 0 2 15,978 5

1989 24 1 476 3 0 8 484

1990 35 3 19,308 0 1 100 19,408

1991 33 1 646 3 0 61 707

1992 29 2 2,336 0 0 0 2,336

1993 24 0 147 0 0 0 147

1994 20 4 4,725 3 0 83 4,808

1995 31 3 773 1 0 1 774

Total 1,856 88 121,622 41 1 421 122,076

This total includes 1 spill of 9 barrels on the Alaska OCS. 1

This total includes 2 spills totaling 24 barrels on the Atlantic OCS. 2

This total includes 1 spill of 2 barrels on the Alaska OCS. 3

This total includes 1 spill of 2 barrels on the Alaska OCS. 4

This total includes 1 spill of 19 barrels on the Alaska OCS. 5
Oil Pollution in U.S. and International Waters 95

Table 83 Spills of 1,000 Barrels or More from Facilities and Operations on Federal OCS

Leases, 1964–95

(The 25 spills reported here are from oil and gas activities on the Gulf of Mexico OCS,

 except for the 1969 blowout in the Santa Barbara Channel on the Pacific OCS.)

Year Location Cause of Accident Spillage

(bbl)

1964 Eugene Island ....................................Freighter struck platform ......... 2,559

Eugene Island .................................... Platform in hurricane ............ 5,180

Ship Shoal ....................................... Platform in hurricane ............ 5,100

Ship Shoal ....................................... Platform in hurricane ............ 1,589

1965 Ship Shoal .......................................Well blowout ................... 1,688

1967 West Delta .......................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 160,638

1968 South Timbalier ...................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 6,000

1969 Santa Barbara Channel .............................Well blowout ................... 80,000

Main Pass ....................................... Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 7,532

Ship Shoal ....................................... Ship struck platform during storm . . 2,500

1970 Main Pass .......................................Well blowout ................... 30,000

South Timbalier ................................... Well blowout ................... 53,000

1973 West Delta .......................................Structural failure, tank rupture ..... 9,935

South Pelto ....................................... Storage barge sank ............. 7,000

West Delta ....................................... Pipeline corrosion .............. 5,000

1974 Eugene Island ....................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 19,833

Main Pass ....................................... Hurricane damage to pipeline ..... 3,500

1976 Eugene Island ....................................Shrimp trawl damage to pipeline ... 4,000

1979 Main Pass .......................................Vessel collided with

semisubmersible ............... 1,500

1980 High Island .......................................Pump failure, tank spill ........... 1,456

1981 South Pass .......................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 5,100

1988 Galveston ........................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 15,576

1990 Ship Shoal .......................................Anchor damage to pipeline ....... 14,423

Eugene Island .................................... Trawl damage to pipeline valve .... 4,569

1992 South Pelto .......................................Hurricane damage to pipeline ..... 2,000

1994 Ship Shoal .......................................Anchor or trawl damage to pipeline . 4,207

Total ......................................... ............................. 453,885
96 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 84 Blowouts and Spillage from Federal Offshore Wells Compared to Crude Oil and 

Condensate Production on Federal OCS Leases, 1971–95

(Only crude oil and condensate blowout spillage is given here in barrels for the 150 blowouts that occurred during the past 22 years.)

Year Well Total OCS

Starts Blowouts Production

Drilling Blowouts Nondrilling Blowouts

MMbbl

Exploration Development Production Workover Completion

No. bbl No. bbl No. bbl No. bbl No. bbl No. bbl

1971 851 1 0 1 0 2 450 1 0 0 0 5 450 406.9

1972 845 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 396.0

1973 820 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 384.8

1974 802 1 0 1 0 4 275 0 0 0 0 6 275 354.9

1975 842 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 325.3

1976 1,078 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 314.5

1977 1,240 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 9 0 296.0

1978 1,164 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 11 0 288.0

1979 1,140 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 274.2

1980 1,158 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 1 274.7

1981 1,208 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 64 3 0 10 64 282.9

1982 1,255 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 314.5

1983 1,180 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 350.8

1984 1,352 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 385.1

1985 1,169 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 40 0 0 6 40 380.0

1986 694 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 384.3

1987 845 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 60 8 60 358.8

1988 950 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 332.7

1989 947 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 313.7 1 2

1990 1,018 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 1 0 6 9 304.5

1991 726 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 326.4 3

1992 431 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100 337.9

1993 879 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 352.7 4

1994 845 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 370.4

1995 798 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 429.2

Total 24,237 49 100 85 0 38 726 29 113 10 60 151 999 8,539.2

Two of the drilling blowouts occurred during drilling for sulphur. 1

One blowout occurred during abandonment operations. 2

Two of the drilling blowouts occurred during drilling for sulphur. 3

Two of the drilling blowouts occurred during drilling for sulphur on the same well. 4
Oil Pollution in U.S. and International Waters 97

Table 85 Spills of 1,000 Barrels or More from Tankers in Coastal and Offshore Waters

Worldwide, 1974–95

Year

Crude Oil Refined Product All Products

No. of Spills Spillage No. of Spills Spillage No. of Spills Spillage

(bbl) (bbl) (bbl)

1974 19 809,911 26 717,356 45 1,527,267

1975 19 1,775,276 22 521,202 41 2,296,478

1976 18 1,980,715 23 981,759 41 2,962,474

1977 15 1,884,014 24 815,332 39 2,699,346

1978 17 3,095,689 23 469,029 40 3,564,718

1979 22 3,833,214 38 928,598 60 4,761,812

1980 11 1,256,861 24 341,247 35 1,598,108

1981 7 43,350 20 412,280 27 455,630

1982 6 230,556 14 89,743 20 320,299

1983 13 2,587,918 16 335,165 29 2,923,083

1984 6 189,585 22 138,817 28 328,402

1985 5 538,678 21 171,224 26 709,902

1986 6 63,085 9 121,844 15 184,929

1987 11 109,698 9 129,593 20 239,291

1988 7 1,089,559 5 241,143 12 1,330,702

1989 12 1,219,945 20 126,962 32 1,346,907

1990 8 217,386 9 165,560 17 382,946

1991 6 641,036 4 10,882 10 651,918

1992 6 625,996 9 400,943 15 1,026,939

1993 5 805,984 9 127,290 14 933,274

1994 7 527,062 7 271,992 14 799,054

1995 2 8,133 5 60,826 7 68,959

Total 228 23,533,651 359 7,578,787 587 31,112,438
98 Federal Offshore Statistics

Table 86 Spills of 1,000 Barrels or More from Tankers in U.S. Coastal and Offshore Waters,

1974–95

(Spills reported here exclude those that occurred off U.S. Territories and Possessions.)

Year

Crude Oil Refined Product All Products

No. of Spills Spillage No. of Spills Spillage No. of Spills Spillage

(bbl) (bbl) (bbl) 

1974 2 57,328 3 10,358 5 67,686

1975 4 304,800 4 149,701 8 454,501

1976 2 8,600 6 380,740 8 389,340

1977 2 16,686 2 15,715 4 32,401

1978 0 0 4 14,447 4 14,447

1979 4 273,437 4 10,045 8 283,482

1980 2 34,000 4 29,952 6 63,952

1981 2 28,571 2 3,476 4 32,047

1982 0 0 2 2,466 2 2,466

1983 1 1,200 2 2,786 3 3,986

1984 1 66,452 10 74,523 11 140,975

1985 2 16,047 3 7,475 5 23,522

1986 3 9,990 2 14,422 5 24,412

1987 3 31,310 0 0 3 31,310

1988 2 16,850 2 24,000 4 40,850

1989 2 242,200 3 19,834 5 262,034

1990 2 102,315 2 7,405 4 109,720

1991 0 0 0 0 0 0

1992 1 2,310 1 3,450 2 5,760

1993 0 0 0 0 0 0

1994 0 0 0 0 0 0

1995 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 35 1,212,096 56 768,890 91 1,982,891