Lease Sale 224

Eastern Gulf Planning Area

Eastern Gulf Lease Sale 224 was held at the Louisiana Superdome on March 19, 2008. This sale was mandated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, signed by the President in December 2006. This sale included a small part of the Eastern Gulf Planning Area, more than 125 miles off the Florida coast and completely west of the Military Mission Line.

Important Sale 224 Dates:

February 14, 2007
Federal Register (FR) Call/Notice published
Correction to the map in the FR for the Call/Notice
Call for Information and Nominations Map
March 1 and 7, 2007
Public hearings held in Pensacola, Florida and Larose, Louisiana, respectively
July 2007/November 2007
Draft and Final SEIS made available to the public, respectively
August 17, 2007
Revised Sale Area Map for Eastern GOM Lease Sale 224
October 30, 2007
Notice of Availability of Proposed Notice of Sale published in Federal Register
February 2008
Final Notice of Sale published in the Federal Register
March 2008
Sale 224

Final Bid Recap

Final Bid Recap (23.76 KB) (released May 22, 2008)

Bid Evaluation Results

Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (released April 29, 2008)

Final Phase II Decision Matrix (23.76 KB) (released May 6, 2008)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (23.75 KB) (released March 19, 2008)

Sale Statistics

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 224 held on March 19, 2008. 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:
Sale 224 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.

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution

Lease Sale Map – Bid Distribution	pdf file	zipped postscript file *
Active Leases and Bids Received Map	pdf file	zipped postscript file *

*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 (287 bytes) (released March 19, 2008)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics

Preliminary Sale Statistics (23.75 KB) (released March 18, 2008)

Final Notice of Sale

Cover Sheet for Final Notice of Sale Package
Final Notice of Sale
Lease Stipulations
Information to Lessees
List of Blocks Available for Leasing
Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under Lease or Deferred
Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement and Sample Envelope
Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
Bid Form and Envelope
Sale Maps
Lease Terms, Economic Conditions, and the Stipulations for the Eastern Planning Area

News Releases

Fact Sheet: Minerals Management Service and the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (23.79 KB)

Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico Attract $3.7 Billion (March 19, 2008)
Large Number of Bids Received for Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales (March 18, 2008)
Secretary Kempthorne to Open Historic Oil and Gas Lease Sale and New Revenue Sharing Program with Gulf States (March 17, 2008)
MMS Issues Final Notices of Central and Eastern Gulf Lease Sales (February 13, 2008)
MMS Issues Proposed Notices of Central and Eastern Gulf Lease Sales (October 30, 2007)
MMS Begins Planning Process to Conduct Sale in Eastern Gulf of Mexico (February 14, 2007)

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments

Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (23.76 KB) (updated November 18, 2008)