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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-P000-2024-0002-EA
Project Name: Q2 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Pecos District Office

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NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-P000-2024-0002-EA
Project Name

Q2 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Pecos District Office
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Pecos District Office
Last Updated

Project Description

The Proposed Action is to lease three nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pecos District Office, covering 1,261.44 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations listed in the applicable BLM Carlsbad or Roswell Field Offices Resource Management Plans (as amended) for Federal Oil and Gas Lease Offerings would apply.

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 3101.12).

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 listed 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. 

The parcels for the Pecos District Office include two in Eddy County and one in Chaves County.

What's New

This sale is tentatively scheduled for May 22, 2025. Final NEPA and Protests are available on the "Documents" Tab.

Public Protest Period (02/24/2025 through 03/26/2025)

The Lease Sale Notice, Protest Period NEPA documents, and GIS data for the public protest period can be found in the “Documents” and “Map Data” tabs on the left-hand side of this page.

For more information, contact BLM Land Law Examiner, Angelica Varela, at (505) 954-2040 or email avarela@blm.gov.

Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the May 2025 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 05/2025.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Carrizozo	New Mexico	88301	Lincoln County

Application Information

Program

Fluid Minerals (Oil & Gas, Tar Sands, Oil Shale)
Sub-Program

Oil & Gas

Project Dates

Start Date

7/15/2024
NEPA Completion Date

5/22/2025
FONSI Date

5/21/2025

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Pecos District Office
Offices

Pecos DO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Angelica Varela
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(505) 954-2040

Contact 2 Name

Catherine Brewster
Contact 2 Email

[email protected]
Contact 2 Phone

(505) 954-2044

Contact 3 Name

David I Alderman
Contact 3 Email

[email protected]
Contact 3 Phone

(208) 478-6369