Western Planning Area Lease Sale 246 was held August 19, 2015, in New Orleans, LA.
- Sale Statistics
- Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (August 19, 2015)
- Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution (August 19, 2015)
- Blocks Receiving Bids (August 19, 2015)
- Miscellaneous Presale Statistics (August 18, 2015)
- Final Notice of Sale Package
- Notice of Change Regarding Courtesy Notification Letters to Governors and Other Stakeholders (July 15, 2015)
- News Release
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Completes Tract Evaluation and Awards Leases in Western Gulf of Mexico (December 9, 2015)
- Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $22.7 Million in High Bids on 190,080 Acres in the Western Planning Area (August 19, 2015)
- Media Advisory - BOEM to Open Bids for 21.9 Million Acre Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (August 18, 2015)
- Press Release - BOEM to Offer Almost 22 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development (July 16, 2015)
- Press Release - August Lease Sale to Offer All Available Acreage in the Western Gulf of Mexico (March 22, 2015)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 24, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 22, 2014)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 4, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in New Orleans (April 24 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in Corpus Christi (April 22 2014)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 (April 4, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Seek Comments at Public Meeting in Galveston, Texas on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Western Gulf Sales (November 4, 2013)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Public Meetings in Western Gulf of Mexico (July 15, 2013)
- Federal Register Notices
- Special Information Sheets
- Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2015 and 2016 Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2015-008)
- Historic - Proposed Notice of Sale Package
- Bid Evaluation Results
- Final Bid Recap (released December 4, 2015)