Lease Sale 249
Lease Sale 249 was held August 16, 2017 in New Orleans, LA.
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 14, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 8, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 2, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 26, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 20, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 12, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 5, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (September 29, 2017)
Final Phase II Acceptances (September 8, 2017)
Phase II Decision Matrix (November 29, 2017)
The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 249 to be held on August 16, 2017. 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 249 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 (August 16, 2017):
pdf file |
zipped postscript file*
Active Leases and Bids Received Map (August 16, 2017):
pdf file |
zipped postscript file*
*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.
Notes to Stakeholders - Gulf of Mexico Region-wide Sale 249 Reflects Current Oil and Gas Prices (February 02, 2018)
Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale Yields $121 Million in High Bids on 508,096 Acres (August 16, 2017)
Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues Notice of Availability of Final Multisale EIS for Proposed 2017-2022 Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales (March 09, 2017)
Press Release - Secretary Zinke Announces Proposed 73-Million Acre Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico (March 6, 2017)
Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Completes Draft Multisale Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed 2017-2022 Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales (April 21, 2016)
Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Public Meetings on Oil and Gas Leasing Program Being Rescheduled to Accommodate Increased Stakeholder Participation (March 31, 2016)
Federal Register Notice -
Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, 249 (July 14, 2017)
Federal Register Notice -
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability: Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and 261 (March 10, 2017)
Federal Register Notice - Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 249 (March 7, 2017)
Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf, Region-Wide Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2017–2022 - Call for Information and Nominations (September 4, 2015)