The high bids in the sale of leases that will allow drilling for gas and oil on nearly 32,000 acres in the state forests:

• Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, 2,952 acres in Cameron County, $7.2 million

• Exco Resources, Dallas, 4,639 acres in Clearfield County, $24.4 million

• Seneca Resources, Houston, 10,493 acres in Tioga County, $48.5 million

• Seneca Resources, 7,441 acres in Potter County, $23.3 million

• Anadarko Petroleum, Houston, 2,724 acres in Clinton County, $11.2 million

• Penn Virginia, Radnor, Delaware County, 3,698 acres in Potter County, $13.9 million

Source: PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources