LA LAND &lt;LLX>,DU PONT &lt;DD>GET EXPLORATION TRACTS
  Louisiana Land and Exploration Co
  said it, Du Pont Co's Conoco Inc subsidiary and &lt;Oranje-Nassau
  Energie B.V.> have been offered four exploration blocks
  offshore The Netherlands.
      Louisiana Land said Blocks Q4a, E12c and E15b were offered
  to the group in which Conoco has a 67.5 pct interest, Louisiana
  Land 20 pct and Orange-Nassau 12.5 pct, while this group along
  with a consortium headed by Pennzoil Co &lt;PZL> were offered
  Block Q5c. The offers were the result of applications submitted
  to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for the Netherlands Sixth
  Offshore Licensing Round.
      Louisiana Land said the Conoco group intends to provide a
  formal acceptance of the blocks with plans to start exploration
  this year.
      The company also said the two Q blocks immediately offset
  other offshore blocks on which hydrocarbons have been found in
  commercial quantities.
  

