US to award pending bids near Mexico border

US regulators will offer 40 million Gulf of Mexico offshore acres at a lease sale next month, including the first areas offered in a small eastern region since the 2010 Macondo disaster.

Lease sale: Next block offering coming up on 19 March
Lease sale: Next block offering coming up on 19 March
Published 13 February 2014, 20:42Updated 13 February 2014, 21:03