Central Planning Area Lease Sale 241 Information

• Final Phase I Acceptances (April 11, 2016)

• Phase I Decision Matrix (April 11, 2015)

• Final Phase II Acceptances (April 21, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (April 28, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 5, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 13, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 20, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 26, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 2, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 3, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 15, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 20, 2016)

• Phase II Decision Matrix (June 20, 2016)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 241 held on March 23, 2016. 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 241 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.

*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.

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

• Final NOS 241 Package (updated February 29, 2016)
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (updated January 5, 2015)
• List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file) or (zipped ASCII file)
• Blank GDIS Excel Spreadsheet
  For Potential Bidders - 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.
• Sale Maps
  • Lease Terms and Economic Conditions (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
  • Stipulations and Deferred Blocks (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)

*Note: These are Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files generated through Adobe Acrobat Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.

• Note to Stakeholders - Central Gulf of Mexico Sale Shows Continued Interest in Deepwater (June 27, 2016)
• Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $156 Million in High Bids on 693,962 Acres in Central Planning Area (March 23, 2016)
• Media Advisory - BOEM to Open Bids for 45 Million Acres Offered in Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales (March 22, 2016)
• Press Release - Obama Administration to Offer 45 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development (February 18, 2016)
• Press Release - BOEM Proposes 40-Million-Acre Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales (September 11, 2015)
• Media Advisory - BOEM to Hold Public Meetings on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in two Gulf of Mexico Planning Areas (February 23, 2015)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in two Gulf of Mexico Planning Areas (January 29, 2015)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM to Prepare Supplemental EIS for Gulf Central and Eastern Planning Areas Public Meetings will be held in several Gulf Coast Cities (June 19, 2014)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Development in the Central Gulf of Mexico (April 4, 2014)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements for Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in two Gulf of Mexico Planning Areas (March 21, 2014)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM to hold public meetings on Supplemental EIS for Gulf Central Planning Area (August 23, 2013)

• BOEM Issues a Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 (January 2015)
• BOEM Issues Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (September 2014)
• BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and an Opportunity for Scoping Comments for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 (June 2014)
• BOEM Issues Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and of Plans to Hold Public Meetings for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (March 2014)

• Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 241 (February 19, 2016)
• Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 241 (February 19, 2016)
• Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 241(September 14, 2015)
• Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226​​ (September 4, 2015)
• Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil and Gas Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (February 6, 2015)
• Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 (January 30, 2015)
• Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Central Planning Area (CPA) Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (September 19, 2014)
• Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (August 23, 2013)

• Proposed NOS 241 Package
• Blank GDIS Table in Excel format
  For Potential Bidders - 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.
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (January 5, 2015)
• Sale Maps
  • Lease Terms and Economic Conditions (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
  • Stipulations and Deferred Blocks (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
    
    *Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcMap. They can be plotted locally. Version 8.1 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.