Proposed 1979 Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale 58A

By United States. Bureau of Land Management

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

Description: "This proposed oil and gas lease sale in the western and central Gulf of Mexico includes 122 tracts located in the Outer Continental Shelf in federal waters offshore of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These proposed tracts comprise approximately 582,529.75 acres ranging from 3-165 nautical miles (6-189 kilometers) from shore in water depths of 6-500 meters. Pending the Secretary of the Interior's decision, this proposed lease sale is tentatively scheduled for November, 1979"--Preliminary page.