Leasing

What’s New?

On Aug. 19, 2025, the Department of the Interior announced an anticipated schedule for oil and gas lease sales as required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The lease sales are planned in the Gulf of America and Cook Inlet, Alaska. The OBBBA requires a minimum of 30 lease sales in the GOA and six in the Cook Inlet through 2040. 

BOEM is responsible for all Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing policy and program development issues for oil, gas and other marine minerals.

• National Program
• Individual oil and gas lease sales
• Regional Leasing
• Official maps and GIS data.

Many different disciplines contribute to and support the overall leasing program--from the initial assessment of resources to environmental considerations to the final determination of what is actually offered for lease.

• Fair Market Value – economic analyses, fair market value procedures, economic databases & modeling, post-sale activities and rejected bid appeals.
• Forms – for all phases of leasing, development and production.
• Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
  • Current Lease Sale Schedule
  • Areas Under Restriction
  • GOMESA Revenue Sharing
  • US/Mexico Boundary Treaties
  • Boundary Related Court Cases
  • Oil and Gas Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf  
  • Bonding
  • Oil Spill Financial Responsibility (OSFR) for Offshore Facilities
• Royalty Relief – design of policies, reviews requests for royalty rate reductions, generates economic assumptions.
• Resource Evaluation – geological and geophysical evaluations; engineering assessments of mineral resource potential.
• Leasing Statistics: Monthly Statistics and Summary Statistics for All Sales
• Regional Leasing Information
  • Alaska Leasing Activities | Alaska Plans
  • Gulf of America lease information
  • Pacific lease information