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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
August 21, 2008
WASHINGTON — Energy companies bid hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to explore for oil and natural gas beneath 1.8 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico, while looking forward to the possibility of future drilling in federal waters now off-limits.
While firms bid $487.3....
