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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-0000-2021-0002-OTHER_NEPA
Project Name: June 2022 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - New Mexico State Office

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Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-0000-2021-0002-OTHER_NEPA
Project Name

June 2022 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - New Mexico State Office
Project Type
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

State Office - NM
Last Updated

Project Description

The parcels for this lease sale are located in the BLM's Oklahoma Field Office and the Pecos District Office. The parcel for the Oklahoma Field Office is located in Dewey County. The parcels for the Pecos District include one in Chaves County and four in Lea County.

The Proposed Action is to lease six nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office and Pecos District Office, covering 535.72 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations listed in the BLM Oklahoma Field Office and Pecos District Office Resource Management Plan(s) (as amended) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Lease Stipulations 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 3101.1-2). 

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 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.

What's New

Public Protest Period Now Open (4/18/2022 through 5/18/2022)

Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Web Map for the June 2022 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 6/2022.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Santa Fe	New Mexico	87505	Santa Fe County

Application Information

Program

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

Oil & Gas

Project Dates

Start Date

8/31/2021
NEPA Completion Date

6/29/2022

Project Office Information

Lead Office

State Office - NM
Offices

State Office

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Catherine Brewster
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(505) 954-2170