Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1) Oil & Gas Lease Sale

One Big Beautiful Bill Act

What’s New

On Dec. 10, 2025, BOEM held Lease Sale BBG1. The sale generated $279,433,757 in high bids for 181 blocks across 80 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of America. Thirty companies submitted 219 bids totaling $371,881,093.

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (91 KB) (December 10, 2025)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale BBG1 held on December 10, 2025. 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 - 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:

Sale BBG1 ZIP - 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  

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution (December 10, 2025): PDF | ArcGIS Online Interactive Map

Active Leases and Bids Received Map (December 10, 2025): PDF | ArcGIS Online Interactive Map

 

Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (December 10, 2025)

Blocks Receiving Bids - ASCII file

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

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

BBG1 Miscellaneous Presale Statistics (3.48 KB) (Dec. 9, 2025)

Final Notice of Sale  

*****Notice to Potential Bidders: GDIS Procedure Update*****

Geophysical Data and Information Statement (GDIS) Information:

  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

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).

Survey Parameters:

A new requirement for Lease Sale BBG1 includes the submission of a Survey Parameters spreadsheet (in addition to the GDIS). 

A sample spreadsheet and blank digital copy in Excel format are provided for your reference and suggested use. Please download, complete, and submit the Survey Parameters spreadsheet along with the GDIS and your bid.

Additional Bidder Information:

Sale Maps and Lease Terms:

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments