Proposed 1978 Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale, Gulf of Mexico, OCS sale 45

By United States. Bureau of Land Management

Subjects: Continental shelf, Gas well drilling, Environmental policy, Petroleum in submerged lands, Oil and gas leases, Natural gas in submerged lands, Environmental aspects, Offshore oil well drilling

Description: "One hundred and twenty tracts comprising 235,875 hectares (582,856 acres) are proposed for leasing action. The tracts are located offshore Texas and Louisiana in water depths ranging from 4 m to 183 m and a distance from shore from 5 km to 293 km. If implemented, this sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in April 1978. All tracts offered pose some degree of pollution risk to the environment"--Summary page.