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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-0000-2023-0002-OTHER_NEPA
Project Name: Q2 2024 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - New Mexico State Office

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Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-0000-2023-0002-OTHER_NEPA
Project Name

Q2 2024 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 the Carlsbad Field Office include seven parcels in Lea County, and nine parcels in Eddy County, New Mexico. The parcels for the Roswell Field Office include two in Chaves County, New Mexico. The parcels for the Oklahoma Field Office include eight in Cheyenne County, Kansas.

The Proposed Action is to lease 26 nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad, Roswell, and Oklahoma Field Offices, covering 6,162.06 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations listed in the BLM Carlsbad, Roswell, and Oklahoma Resource Management Plan(s) (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 3101.1-2).

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 43 CFR 3171.

A permit to drill would not be authorized until site-specific National Environmental Policy Act (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.
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Based on the analysis and IM 2023-007 Evaluating Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale Parcels for Future Lease Sales, the BLM has decided to remove seven parcels from consideration. The June 2024 Sale Notice covering the Pecos District Office and Oklahoma Field Office considers 19 parcels (3,128 ac); including 11 parcels in New Mexico (1,600.34) and eight parcels (1,527.66) in Kansas.

What's New

Public Protest Period Now Open (3/11/2024 through 4/10/2024)

Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the 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 this page and select the layers that begin with 06/2024.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Santa Fe	New Mexico	87508	Santa Fe County

Application Information

Program

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

Oil & Gas

Project Dates

Start Date

7/7/2023

Project Office Information

Lead Office

State Office - NM
Offices

State Office

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Julieann Serrano
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(505) 954-2149

Contact 2 Name

David I Alderman
Contact 2 Email

[email protected]
Contact 2 Phone

(208) 478-6369

Contact 3 Name

Catherine Brewster
Contact 3 Email

[email protected]
Contact 3 Phone

(505) 954-2170