offshore platform sale 253

Lease Sale 253

Lease Sale 253 was held on August 21, 2019 in New Orleans, LA

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (Updated January 2, 2020)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Phase II Decision Matrix (November 13, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (November 13, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (October 31, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (October 22, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (October 10, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (October 3, 2019)

Final Phase II Acceptances (September 27, 2019)

Sale Video  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 253 held on August 21, 2019. 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 253 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 (August 21, 2019)pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map

Active Leases and Bids Received Map (August 21, 2019)pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map


*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 (August 21, 2019)

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.

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Final Notice of Sale  

Final NOS 253 (The official version of these documents will be published in the Federal Register on their official publication date.)

Information to Lessees for Sale 253

Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 253

List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file or zipped ASCII file)

Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks and Irregular Portions

Example of Preferred Format includes:
1. Geophysical Data and Information Statement (GDIS),
2. Example of GDIS Spreadsheet, Table Definitions and Envelope,
3. Submittal of Reprocessed Data Survey Map, and
4. Example of Live Trace Map and Submission Instructions

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.

Question and Answer section for the GDIS

Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form

Bid Form and Envelope
Companies bidding on blocks that are divided by the Central/Eastern Planning area boundary (specifically those blocks that are in DeSoto Canyon (Map number NH16-11), Lloyd Ridge (Map number NG16-02) and Henderson (Map number NG16-05 ) in the official protraction diagrams) shall provide the acreage as described in the List of Available Blocks by Planning Area noted on the bid and the bid envelope.

Sale Maps

Lease Terms and Economic Conditions
(pdf file or zipped postscript file* or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks
(pdf file or zipped postscript file* or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)
*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 More Than $159 Million in High Bids, Continues Upward Trend Under Trump Administration
(August 21, 2019)

Media Advisory - BOEM to Hold Media Conference Call Following Lease Sale 253
(August 20, 2019)

Press Release - Interior Announces Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico
(July 18, 2019)

Press Release - Interior Proposes Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 253 for Gulf of Mexico (March 12, 2019)

Federal Register Notices  

Federal Register Notice - Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease Sale 253 (July 2019)

Federal Register Notice - Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales - List of Restricted Joint Bidders (June 2019)

Federal Register Notice - Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Region-wide Lease Sale 253 (March 2019)

Proposed Notice of Sale Package  

Proposed NOS 253

Proposed NOS 253 Information to Lessees

Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 253

Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement and Sample Envelope 

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.

Question and Answer section for the GDIS

Bid Form and Envelope
Companies bidding on blocks that are divided by the Central/Eastern Planning area boundary (specifically those blocks that are in DeSoto Canyon (Map number NH16-11), Lloyd Ridge (Map number NG16-02) and Henderson (Map number NG16-05 ) in the official protraction diagrams) shall provide the acreage as described in the List of Available Blocks by Planning Area noted on the bid and the bid envelope.

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.

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