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March 2019 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - New Mexico State Office
Project Type
NEPA Status
Completed - Completed
Lead Office
State Office
Last Updated
What's New
Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the 2019 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. To view the parcels specific to this lease sale on the web map site, click on the stack of paper (layers) icon in the top right corner of the page and select the layers that begin with 03/2019.
The Proposed Action is to lease 46 nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico, covering 14,008.93 acres. Standard terms and conditions would apply as well as the lease stipulations listed in the BLM Carlsbad, Farmington, Oklahoma, and Rio Puerco Resource Management Plans (as amended) and the Bureau of Reclamation Lease Stipulations for Federal Oil and Gas Lease Offerings.
Once sold, the lease purchaser has the exclusive right to use as much of the leased lands as is necessary to explore and drill oil and gas within the lease boundaries, subject to the stipulations attached to the lease (43 CFR 3101.1-2).
Oil and gas leases are issued for a 10-year period and continue for as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. If a lessee fails to produce oil and gas, does not make annual rental payments, does not comply with the terms and conditions of the lease, or relinquishes the lease, exclusive right to develop the leasehold reverts to the federal government and the lease can be re-offered in another sale. Drilling of wells on a lease is not permitted until the lease owner or operator secures approval of a drilling permit and a surface use plan specified under Onshore Oil and Gas Orders and as described in 43 CFR 3162.
A permit to drill would not be authorized until site-specific NEPA analysis is conducted. Site specific mitigation measures and Best Management Practices (BMPs) would be attached as Conditions of Approval (COAs) for each proposed exploration and development activity authorized on a lease.
For more information, contact:
NEPA Lead (Farmington Field Office)
Jillian Aragon Planning and Environmental Coordinator
6251 North College Boulevard, Suite A
Farmington, NM 87402-1738
(505) 564-7722 [email protected]
NEPA Lead (Rio Puerco Field Office)
Lucas Vargo Environmental Protection Specialist
100 Sun Avenue Northeast
Pan American Building, Suite 330
Albuquerque, NM 87107-4935
(575) 289-0068 [email protected]
NEPA Lead (Carlsbad Field Office)
Bob Ballard Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist
620 East Greene Street,
Carlsbad, NM 88220-6292
(575) 234-2235 [email protected]
NEPA Lead (Oklahoma Field Office)
Michael Porter Natural Resource Specialist
201 Stephenson Parkway, Suite 1200
Norman, OK 73072-2037
(405) 579-7187 [email protected]
Lease Sale Lead (New Mexico State Office)
Lourdes B. Ortiz Land Law Examiner
P.O. Box 27115
Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115
(505) 954-2146 [email protected]
Lease Sale Supervisor (New Mexico State Office)
JulieAnn Serrano Supervisory Land Law Examiner
P.O. Box 27115
Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115
(505) 954-2149 [email protected]
