Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 was held in 2016, in New Orleans, LA.
Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226 Information
Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution
mg11092_call_225_226.pdf
(498.13 KB)
Final Notice of Sale
- Clarification-of-Lease-Administration-for-CPA-241-and-EPA-226Final NOS 226 Package (updated February 29, 2016)
- List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file) or (zipped ASCII file)
- Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (January 5, 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 Map (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.
News Releases
- 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)
- 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)
- Press Release - BOEM Completes Environmental Review for Proposed Oil and Gas Sales in Eastern Gulf of Mexico (October 21, 2013)
- Press Release - BOEM Completes Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Eastern Planning Area Lease Sales (March 1, 2013)
Special Information Sheets
Record-of-Decision-Sale-226.pdf
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- 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 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)
Federal Register Notices
- Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Eastern Planning Area (EPA) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 226 (February 19, 2016)
- Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 226 (February 19, 2016)
- Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 226(September 14, 2015)
- Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (September 4, 2015)
- Notice of availability and announcement of public meetings and comment period (January 30, 2015)
- Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sales for 2012-2017 (November 18, 2011)
Proposed Notice of Sale Package
- Proposed NOS 226 Package
- 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. - Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (updated January 5, 2015)
- Sale Map (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.