# Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales
**AGENCY:**
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
**ACTION:**
List of Restricted Joint Bidders.
**SUMMARY:**
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 556.41, each entity within one of the following groups is restricted from bidding with any entity in any of the other following groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held during the bidding period November 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015. This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period November 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015, and replace the prior list published on May 5, 2014, which covered the period May 1, 2014, through October 31, 2014.
Group I
BP America Production Company
BP Exploration & Production Inc.
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
Group II
Chevron Corporation
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.
Unocal Corporation
Union Oil Company of California
Pure Partners, L.P.
Group III
Exxon Mobil Corporation
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Group IV
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
Petrobras America Inc.
Group V
Shell Oil Company
Shell Offshore Inc.
SWEPI LP
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.
SOI Finance Inc.
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
Group VI
Statoil ASA
Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC
Statoil USA E&P Inc.
Statoil Gulf Properties Inc.
Group VII
Total E&P USA, Inc.
Dated: October 20, 2014.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.