The Western Gulf Lease 248 was held on August 24, 2016, in New Orleans, LA.
- Bid Evaluation Results
- Sale Day Video
- Sale Statistics (August 24, 2016)
- Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (August 24, 2016)
- Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution (August 23, 2016)
- Blocks Receiving Bids (August 23, 2016)
- Miscellaneous Sale Statistics (released August 23, 2016)
- Final Notice of Sale Package
- Record of Decision for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Western Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 248 (July 2016)
- Clarification of Lease Administration for WPA 248
- News Releases
- Note to Stakeholders - Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 248 Reflects Current Oil and Gas Prices (December 7, 2016)
- Press Release - Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $18 Million in High Bids on 138,240 Acres in Western Planning Area (August 24, 2016)
- Media Advisory - BOEM to Open Bids for 23.8 Million Acre Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale (August 24, 2016)
- Press Release - Bureau to Offer 24 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Leasing (July 22, 2016)
- Note to Stakeholders - August Lease Sale to Offer All Available Acreage in the Western Gulf of Mexico (April 5, 2016)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 4, 2015)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248 (March 31, 2015)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 24, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico (September 22, 2014)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico(September 4, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in New Orleans (April 24 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Invites Public to Comment on Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement on Oil and Gas Development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Meeting to be held in Corpus Christi (April 22 2014)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Western Planning Area Lease Sales 246 and 248 (April 4, 2014)
- Media Advisory - BOEM Seek Comments at Public Meeting in Galveston, Texas on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Western Gulf Sales (November 4, 2013)
- Note to Stakeholders - BOEM Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Public Meetings in Western Gulf of Mexico (July 15, 2013)
- Federal Register Notices
- Special Information Sheets
- Historic - Proposed Notice of Sale Package
- Final Bid Recap (released November 30, 2016)