Lease Sale 256

Sale 256 Video

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (November 18, 2020)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 256 held on November 18, 2020. The reports organize the data in several different ways.

Sale Statistics:
Includes general summary information on sale bids.

Preliminary Bid Recap by Area & Block for All Bids (Report 1):
Includes complete information on all blocks that received bids. A final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results will be posted approximately three months after sale day.

High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount (Report 4):
Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.

Analysis of Bids by Company:
Includes information on all bids by all companies.

Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6) - Includes bidding information by companies. The four reports are sorted by company as follows:

Company

Amount Bid

Amount of High Bids

Number of Bids

Sale 256 ZIP File:
This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains five fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts)

Lease Sale Map – Bid Distribution (November 18, 2020): pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map

Active Leases and Bids Received Map (November 18, 2020): pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map

*Note: This is an encapsulated Postscript plot file generated by ArcView. WinZip 8.1 was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.

• Blocks Receiving Bids (November 18, 2020)
• Blocks Receiving Bids - ASCII file

Note: This file contains the two letter area identifier, block number, and number of bids received on that block. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics (November 17, 2020)

• Final NOS 256
• Information to Lessees for Sale 256
• Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 256

 *****NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS*****

New Stipulation Number 10 Information:  

Keathley Canyon Blocks 832 - 876
Mississippi Canyon Block 210
Mississippi Canyon Blocks 437 - 481

• Updated 10/26 List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file or zipped ASCII file)
• Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks and Irregular Portions

GDIS Information:

Example of Preferred Format includes:
1. Geophysical Data and Information Statement (GDIS),
2. Example of GDIS Spreadsheet, Table Definitions and Envelope,
3. Submittal of Reprocessed Data Survey Map, and
4. Example of Live Trace Map and Submission Instructions

• Blank GDIS Excel Spreadsheet
  For Potential Bidders - Provided for your reference and suggested use is a blank digital copy of the GDIS table, in Excel format, which you may download, complete and submit along with the GDIS and your bid.
• Question and Answer section for the GDIS

Bidder Information:

• Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
• Bid Form and Envelope

Sale Maps:

• Lease Terms and Economic Conditions
  (pdf file or zipped postscript file or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)
• Stipulations and Deferred Blocks
  (pdf file or zipped postscript file or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)
   

• Proposed NOS 256
• Proposed NOS 256 Information to Lessees
• Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 256
• Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement and Sample Envelope
• Blank GDIS Excel Spreadsheet
  For Potential Bidders - Provided for your reference and suggested use is a blank digital copy of the GDIS table, in Excel format, which you may download, complete and submit along with the GDIS and your bid.
• Question and Answer section for the GDIS
• Bid Form and Envelope
  Companies bidding on blocks that are divided by the Central/Eastern Planning area boundary (specifically those blocks that are in DeSoto Canyon (Map number NH16-11), Lloyd Ridge (Map number NG16-02) and Henderson (Map number NG16-05 ) in the official protraction diagrams) shall provide the acreage as described in the List of Available Blocks by Planning Area noted on the bid and the bid envelope.

Sale Maps

• Lease Terms and Economic Conditions (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
• Stipulations and Deferred Blocks (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
  
  *Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcGIS. They can be plotted locally. Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.