Central Planning Area Lease Sale 235 Information

• Final Phase I Acceptances (April 9, 2015)

• Phase I Decision Matrix (April 9, 2015)

• Final Phase II Acceptances (April 17, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (April 24, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 4, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 14, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 26, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (May 28, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 08, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 10, 2015)
• Final Phase II Acceptances (June 16, 2015)

• Phase 2 Decision Information Matrix (June 16, 2015)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 235 held on March 18, 2015. 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 235 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 235 Package (REVISED February 24, 2015 (80 FR 6758) - REVISED March 4, 2015)
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (updated January 5, 2015)
• List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file) or (zipped ASCII file) (REVISED February 24, 2015 (80 FR 6758) - REVISED March 4, 2015)
• 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 enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcGIS. They can be plotted locally. Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.

• Note to Stakeholders - March Central Gulf of Mexico Sale Shows Continued Interest in Deepwater (June 22, 2015)
• Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $539 Million in High Bids on Nearly One Million Acres in Central Planning Area (March 18, 2015)
• Press Release - Obama Administration to Offer Over 41 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development (February 5, 2015)
• Press Release - BOEM Proposes 40-Million-Acre Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (October 16, 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)

• Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA) Oil and Gas Lease Sales 235, 241, and 247 (February 6, 2015)
• Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 235  (February 6, 2015)
• NOAA issues Notice of Intent (NOI) to Revise Boundaries for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement (February 3, 2015)
• Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale (NOS) for Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 235 (CPA Sale 235) (October 17, 2014)
• 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 235 Package (new format)
  Note: Statistical count of blocks and acreage available were revised as of 10/17/2014.
• 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 (August 7, 2014)
• 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.