Lease Sale 251
Lease Sale 251 was held in 2018 in New Orleans, LA
Phase II Decision Matrix (November 14, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 09, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 07, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (November 02, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 30, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 23, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 11, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (October 4, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (September 27, 2018)
Final Phase II Acceptances (September 20, 2018)
The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 251 was held on August 15, 2018. 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 251 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)
Press Release - Interior Announces Results of Gulf of Mexico Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease (August 15, 2018)
Media Advisory - BOEM to Hold Media Conference Call Following Lease Sale 251 (August 14, 2018)
Press Release - Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Balash Announces Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico (March 30, 2018)
Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed 2018 Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales (March 30, 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)
Media Advisory - BOEM to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 250 and 251 (September 07, 2016)
Note to Stakeholders - BOEM to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Open Comment Period for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 250 and 251 (August 18, 2016)
Notification to Potential Bidders
Federal Register -
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Oil and Gas Lease Sale
251(July 14, 2018)
Federal Register -
Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 251(July 14, 2018)
Federal Register -
Oil and Gas Lease Sales:
Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Region-wide Lease Sale 251(April 03, 2018)
Federal Register -
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 - 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)