STATUS OF SALES IN THE 5-YEAR 
             OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF PROGRAM FOR 1992-1997  
                            (as of July 19, 1995)



MAJOR STEPS IN THE OCS OIL AND GAS LEASING PROCESS



GULF OF MEXICO REGION


Western GOM
  Sale 155:  I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS, & FEIS/CD -
Completed; NOS - Mid 95; SALE - 09/13/95.

Central GOM
  Sale 157:  I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS - Completed.  HEARINGS - 
Mid 95.  FEIS/CD - Late 95.  NOS and SALE - Early 96.

Western GOM
  Sale 161:  I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS - Completed.  HEARINGS -
Mid 95.  FEIS/CD - Early 96; NOS - Mid 96; SALE - Mid 96.

Central GOM
  Sale 166:  I, CALL - Complete; AREA ID - Mid 95; DEIS/PNS -
Early 96; HEARINGS - Mid 96; FEIS/CD - Late 96; NOS - Early 97;
SALE - Early 97.


ALASKA REGION

Cook Inlet
  Sale 149:  I, CALL, AREA ID, DEIS/PNS, HEARINGS - Complete;
FEIS/CD - Early 96; NOS - Mid 96; SALE - Mid 96.

Gulf of Alaska/Yakutat   
 Sale 158:   ID, CALL, AREA ID - Complete;  DEIS/PNS - Late 95;
HEARINGS - Early 96; FEIS/CD - Late 96; NOS - 97; SALE - Mid 97.

Beaufort Sea
  Sale 144:   I, CALL, AREA ID - Complete; DEIS/PNS - Mid 95;
HEARINGS - Early 96; FEIS/CD - Mid 96; NOS - Mid 96; SALE - Late
96.


Key to the Major Steps in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil
and Gas Leasing Process:

I:        Information Base Review

PNS:      Proposed Notice of Sale (90-day comment period)

CALL:     Call for Information and Nominations (45-day comment
          period)

FEIS:     Final Environmental Impact Statement (30-day comment
          period)

AREA ID:  Area Identification

CD:       Consistency Determination (90-days before decision on
          NOS)

DEIS:     Draft Environmental Impact Statement

NOS:      Notice of Sale


     The following sales already have been held:  Western GOM
Sale 141 was held on 8/19/92; Central GOM Sale 142 on 3/24/93;
Western GOM Sale 143 on 9/15/93; Central GOM Sale 147 on 
3/30/94; Western GOM Sale 150 on 8/17/94; and Central GOM Sale
152 on 5/10/95.

     The following sales have been deferred from the program: 
Chukchi Sea Sale 148 and Hope Basin Sale 159 were deferred on
2/9/95; and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 151, St. George Basin
Sale 153, and Mid- and South Atlantic Sale 164 on 6/22/95.

                                 --MMS--