
Hess and Oxy emerge as top winners in Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale
World Oil (Bloomberg) — Hess Corp. was the high bidder in a U.S. auction for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, which raised a total of $382 million from oil giants before the Biden administration imposes a two-year hiatus for future sales. The sale, held by the Interior Department Wednesday, brought in more than any federal offshore oil and