Marine Science Affairs 



Table H-6 — Rents, Royalties, and Bonuses on Outer Continental Shelf 



Lands 1 for 1967 



(Millions of dollars) 



' Federal lands; figures represent money received by the Federal Government. 



- Figures do not include amounts placed in escrow which were earned on disputed land still under litiga- 

 tion. Louisiana figures however include a transfer to the Federal General Fund of monies previously tied 

 up in escrow ($5,496,136 in bonuses and $527,328 in rentals), the disposition of which was resolved in 1967. 



Table H-7 — Petroleum Potential of Continental Shelves of the World ^ 



(Areas in thousands of square miles) 



1 Adapted from "Offshore Operations Around the World"; Weeks, Lewis G., Offshore, June 20, 1967, 

 Vol. 27, No. 7. 



2 Areas to depth of 1000 feet of water. 



3 "Excellent Potential" rating is given to areas containing or in continuity with excellent producing areas 

 and with like geology. 



1 "Fan- Potential" rating is given an area containing or in continuity with a fair producing arei, or when 

 geology is similarly favorable for commercial production. 

 5 Includes Europe, Africa, Far East, Oceania, and Antarctica. 



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