# Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales
**AGENCY:**
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
**ACTION:**
List of Restricted Joint Bidders.
**SUMMARY:**
Pursuant to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regulatory restrictions on joint bidding, the Director of the BOEM is publishing a List of Restricted Joint Bidders. 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 May 1, 2018, through October 31, 2018.
**DATES:**
This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May 1, 2018, through October 31, 2018, and replace the prior list published on November 14, 2017 (82 FR 52743), which covered the period of November 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018.
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
Eni Petroleum Co. Inc.
Eni Petroleum US LLC
Eni Oil US LLC
Eni Marketing Inc.
Eni BB Petroleum Inc.
Eni US Operating Co. Inc.
Eni BB Pipeline LLC
Group IV
Exxon Mobil Corporation
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Group V
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
Petrobras America Inc.
Group VI
Shell Oil Company
Shell Offshore Inc.
SWEPI LP
Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.
SOI Finance Inc.
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.
Group VII
Statoil ASA
Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC
Statoil USA E&P Inc.
Statoil Gulf Properties Inc.
Group VIII
Total E&P USA, Inc.
**Authority:**
30 CFR 556.511-556.515.
Dated: May 8, 2018.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.