BOEM issued a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) covering proposed Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sales in the available portions of the Western, Central, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Areas on October 2, 2023. Those sales were described in the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2024-2029 National OCS Program), which BOEM announced on September 29, 2023.
The purpose of the Call was to solicit industry nominations of acreage for possible inclusion in future sales and requests information from the public on the Call Area for lease sale planning.
Environmental Review
Information on the development of the 2024-2029 National OCS Program and its programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) is available on BOEM’s website at: https://www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/national-program/national-ocs-oil-and-gas-leasing-program.