US supermajor ExxonMobil, UK supermajor BP and Australia's BHP Billiton comprised the trio of players placing offers across the areas of East Breaks, Garden Banks and Alaminos Canyon areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
Bid-reading for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) Western Gulf Sale 248 kicked off at 9 am and wrapped up at 9:17 am local time in New Orleans.
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