OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING HISTORY (#40003)

                   (Quarterly as of 12/31/93)


                  Alaska  Atlantic       GOM  Pacific    Total

Sales Held            17*       10*       71       11*     106*

Blocks offered    24,659     9,160   149,716    1,887  185,422

Leases Issued      1,562       410    11,442      470   13,884

Active Leases        346        53     5,202       92    5,693

Active Acres Leased
   (millions)       1.85      0.30     26.60     0.46    29.21

Wells drilled         82        51    30,441    1,070   31,644

 
Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 143, held September 15, 1993, is now
included in the above tabulation.  It did not appear in the
09/30/93 report pending completion of the bid evaluation process.

*    Note that the reoffering Sale RS-2, held on August 5, 1982,
offered oil and gas tracts on the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific OCS
and is recorded as a separate sale within each of those Regions. 
However, Sale RS-2 is considered a single sale in the overall
statistical summary on OCS leasing.

Subject: PR-01/13/94 O & G History/OCS Oil & Gas Leasing History
(Quarterly as of 12/31/93) (#40003)