Project Home Page

NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-P020-2024-0740-EA
Project Name: Q1 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Carlsbad Field Office

Project Home | Documents | Map Data

Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-P020-2024-0740-EA
Project Name

Q1 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Carlsbad Field Office
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Carlsbad Field Office
Last Updated

Project Description

The Proposed Action is to lease 7 nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office, covering 1317.29 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations listed in the BLM Carlsbad Resource Management Plan(s) (as amended) 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. 

The parcels for the Carlsbad Field Office include six in Eddy County, New Mexico and one in Lea County, New Mexico.

What's New

Public Protest Period (11/7/2024 through 12/09/2024)

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 [email protected].

Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the February 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 02/2025.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Carlsbad	New Mexico	88220	Eddy County

Application Information

Program

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

Oil & Gas

Project Dates

Start Date

5/6/2024
FONSI Date

2/19/2025

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Carlsbad Field Office
Offices

Carlsbad FO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Catherine Brewster
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(505) 954-2044