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
- TIMS Web: Company, Qualification, Financial Assurance, and Bonding
- 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.
- Combined Leasing Status Report
- Regional Leasing Information
- Alaska Leasing Activities | Alaska Plans
- Gulf of Mexico lease information
- Pacific lease information