The company made offers for 31 tracts and was the apparent high bidder on 24 of them, with a total spend of $41.6 million, according to a spokesman.
“BP is very pleased at the prospect of adding to our leading leasehold position in this key US offshore region,” the company said in a statement.
“...(The company) is committed to the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, where we have been an active player for a quarter century and have a multi-billion dollar investment programme underway.”
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