Proposed 1977 Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale, Gulf of Mexico, OCS sale 45

"One hundred and twenty tracts comprising 235,875 hectares (582,856 acres) are proposed for leasing action. The tracts are located offshore Texas and Louisiana in water depths ranging from 4 m to 183 m and a distance from shore from 5 km to 293 km. If implemented, this sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in December 1977. All tracts offered pose some degree of pollution risk to the environment"--Title page verso.