Top 10 high bidders

(AP) The top 10 companies in last Wednesday’s sale of federal offshore petroleum leases in the Western Gulf of Mexico, based upon the total of high bids submitted:

1.Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC – 36 high bids totaling $138.9 million.

2.BP Exploration & Production Inc. – 91 high bids totaling $31 million.

3.Petrobas America Inc. – 34 high bids totaling $29.3 million.

4.Deveon Energy Production Co. – 26 high bids totaling $20 million.

5.ConocoPhillips Co. – 24 high bids totaling $12.4 million.

6.Hyrdo Gulf of Mexico LLC – 12 high bids totaling $10 million.

7.LLOG Exploration Offshore Inc. – 3 high bids totaling $9.4 million.

8.Bois d’Arc Properties LP – 2 high bids totaling $9.4 million.

9.Shell Offshore Inc. – 3 high bids totaling $4.4 million.

10.Anadarko Petroleum Corp. – 9 high bids totaling $4.1 million.