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Article: RIK CRUDE OIL SALE NETS NEW CONTRACTS.
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- Worldwide Energy
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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More than 8.5 million barrels of Royalty in Kind (RIK) crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean have been sold to seven companies as part of an unrestricted sale conducted by the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS).
The contracts for a total of approximately 8,577,500 barrels of crude, or 47,000 barrels per day, are for six-month terms. The 8.5 million barrels of crude oil will convert to more than 350 million gallons of petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, heavy fuel oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and other products.
Those companies that submitted winning bids include ...