Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 Information

• Final Phase II Acceptances (September 30, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (October 20, 2016)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (November 10, 2016)

• Phase II Decision Matrix (November 21, 2016)

Sale 248 held on August 24, 2016, in New Orleans, LA, was the first federal offshore oil and gas auction broadcast live on the internet delivering pertinent bid information immediately to a much broader national and international audience.

Sale Video

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 248 held on August 24, 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 248 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 248 Package
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments
• 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 - Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 248 Reflects Current Oil and Gas Prices (December 7, 2016)
• Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $18 Million in High Bids on 138,240 Acres in Western Planning Area (August 24, 2016)
• Media Advisory - BOEM to Open Bids for 23.8 Million Acre Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (August 24, 2016)
• Press Release - Bureau to Offer 24 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Leasing (July 22, 2016)
• Note to Stakeholders - August Lease Sale to Offer All Available Acreage in the Western Gulf of Mexico (April 5, 2016)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 4, 2015)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 (March 31, 2015)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 24, 2014)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 22, 2014)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico(September 4, 2014)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in New Orleans (April 24 2014)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in Corpus Christi (April 22 2014)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 (April 4, 2014)
• Media Advisory - BOEM Seek Comments at Public Meeting in Galveston, Texas on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Western Gulf Sales (November 4, 2013)
• Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Public Meetings in Western Gulf of Mexico (July 15, 2013)

• 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 Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 (March 2015)
• 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 Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 (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 Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 (April 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 Western Planning Area Lease Sales 238, 246, and 248 (October 2013)

• Federal Register Notice - Notice of availability of a record of decision​​ (July 25, 2016)
• Federal Register Notice - Final Notice of Sale​​ (July 25, 2016)
• Federal Register Notice - Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 248​​ (April 6, 2016)
• Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease Sale 248​​ (February 19, 2016)
• Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248​​ (September 04, 2015)
• Federal Register Notice - Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (WPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 246 - Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision​​ (July 17, 2015)
• Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 (March 30, 2015)
• Federal Register Notice - Notice of Availability (NOA) and Announcement of Public Meetings and Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed GOM Oil and Gas WPA Lease Sales 246 and 248 (September 5, 2014)
• Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Western Planning Area (WPA) Lease Sales 246 and 248 (April 4, 2014)
• Federal Register Notice - Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Lease Sales 238, 246, and 248 (July 16, 2013)

• Proposed NOS 248 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 ArcGIS. They can be plotted locally. Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.