Lease Sale 231

• Final Phase I Acceptances  (May 1, 2014)

• Phase I Decision Matrix  (May 1, 2014)

• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 1, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 1, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 7, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 15, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 22, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (May 30, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (June 04, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (June 12, 2014)
• Final Phase II Acceptances  (June 16, 2014)

• Phase 2 Decision Information Matrix  (June 16, 2014)

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 231 held on March 19, 2014. 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 231 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.

Call for Information and Nominations Map - Central Planning Area Lease Sales 231, 235, 241, 241 and Western Planning Area Lease Sales 233, 238, 246, 248 (published July 9, 2012)

• 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.

• Clarification of Lease Administration for CPA 231 and EPA 225 (updated March 14, 2014)
• Final NOS 231 Package (REVISED February 27, 2014 - 79 FR 11125)
• List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file) or (zipped ASCII file) (REVISED February 27, 2014 - 79 FR 11125)
• Instructions for Making EFT Bonus Payments (February 27, 2014)
• 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 ArcMap. They can be plotted locally. Version 8.1 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.

• BOEM Completes Tract Evaluation and Awards Leases (June 25, 2014)
• Secretary Jewell Announces Oil and Gas Lease Sales Garner $872 Million in High Bids Covering 1.7 million acres in Gulf of Mexico (March 18, 2014)
• Secretary Jewell to Announce Results of 40 Million Acre Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales (March 18, 2014)
• Obama Administration to Offer 40 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development (February 13, 2014)
• BOEM Proposes Eastern Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (December 03, 2013)
• BOEM Proposes Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (October 25, 2013)
• BOEM Completes Final Supplemental Review for Two Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico (April 11, 2013)
• BOEM Seeks Comments on Environmental Review for Central and Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales (November 08, 2012)
• Special Information - BOEM Issues Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and of Plans to Hold Public Meetings for Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Proposed Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233 and Proposed Central Planning Area Lease Sale 231 (November 2012)
• Obama Administration Moves Forward with Additional Steps to Implement New Five-Year Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Program (July 06, 2012)
• Special Information - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and an Opportunity for Scoping Comments for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233 and Central Planning Area Lease Sale 231 (July 2012)

• Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 231 (CPA Sale 231); Correction (published February 27, 2014)
• Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (CPA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 231 (CPA Sale 231) (published February 14, 2014)
• 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 231 (published October 28, 2013)
• Call for Information and Nominations on Proposed Central and Western Gulf of Mexico Sales for 2012-2017 (published March 15, 2011)
• Call for Information and Nominations Map  (published March 14, 2011)
• Call for Information and Nominations; Correction - Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2012–2017 (published November 15, 2011)
• Outer Continental Shelf, Oil and Gas Lease Sales in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (CPA) and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area (WPA), Beginning With WPA Sale 233 in 2013 and Subsequent Sales Through 2017, Call for Information and Nominations (published July 9, 2012)
• Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233 and Central Planning Area Lease Sale 231, Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (published July 9, 2012)
• Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Western Planning Area Lease Sale 233 and Central Planning Area Lease Sale 231 (published August 24, 2012)

• Proposed NOS 231 Package (new format)
• 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 (updated July 24, 2013)
• 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 ArcInfo. They can be plotted locally. Version 8.1 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.