Two lease sales in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area were scheduled under the OCS 5-Year Program for 2002-2007. Under the current 1.5 million-acre configuration, Lease Sale 189 was held in 2003 and Sale 197 was held on March 16, 2005. The 2002-2007 5-Year Program did not propose the leasing of any OCS areas withdrawn from leasing by moratoria or executive order.
Important Sale 197 Dates:
- February 7, 2002 - Federal Register (FR) Call/Notice published
- March 2002 - Public hearings held in New Orleans and Mobile
- November 2002/May 2003 - Draft and Final EIS made available to the public, respectively
- November 2004 - Notice of Availability of Proposed Notice of Sale published in Federal Register
- February 2005 - Final Notice of Sale published in the Federal Register
- March 16, 2005 - Sale 197
Final Notice of Sale Package (released February 11, 2005)
News Releases and Fact Sheets
Preliminary Sale Statistics (released March 15, 2005)
Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution (released March 16, 2005)
Blocks Receiving Bids (released March 16, 2005)
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (released March 16, 2005)
Bid Evaluation Results
- Final Phase I Decision Matrix (released March 28, 2005)
- Final Phase I Acceptances (released March 28, 2005)
- Interim Phase II Decision Report (released April 29, 2005)
- Final Phase II Decision Matrix (released May 3, 2005)
Sale Statistics (released March 16, 2005)
Final Bid Recap (released May 25, 2005)