Lease Sale 261

• Gulf of Mexico GHG Analysis Updates for LS 261


• Record of Decision (Accessible)
  Record of Decision (Official Signed)
   
• Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales 259 and 261 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Final NOS 261 (scheduled for Nov. 20, 2023)

Information to Lessees for Sale 261

Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261

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

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

GDIS Information:

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

Bidder Information:

Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
Bid Form and 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)
 

Proposed Notice of Sale Package

• Proposed NOS 261
   
• Proposed NOS 261 Information to Lessees
   
• Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261
   
• 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
  • Proposed Sale Map
  • 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.