Oil, gas acreage in Gulf of Mexico up for auction

Oil, gas acreage in Gulf of Mexico up for auction
Washington (UPI) Feb 6, 2015 - More than 40 million acres in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico will go on the auction block in March for exploration and development, the U.S. government said. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said the March 18 sale in New Orleans will mark the seventh under a five-year lease program ending in 2017. BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper said more than 41.2 million acres are for sale in the U.S. ... morehttp://www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/Oil_gas_acreage_in_Gulf_of_Mexico_up_for_auction_999.html