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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-0040-2025-0043-EA
Project Name: Q1 2026 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Oklahoma Field Office

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Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-0040-2025-0043-EA
Project Name

Q1 2026 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Oklahoma Field Office
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

In Progress - Decision and Protest Period
Lead Office

Oklahoma Field Office
Last Updated

Project Description

The Proposed Action is to lease two nominated parcels of federal minerals administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office, covering 120 acres. Standard terms and conditions as well as lease stipulations and notices listed in the BLM Oklahoma Field Office Resource Management Plan 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 Oklahoma Field Office include one in Major County and one in Roger Mills County. This is one of three offices involved in this lease sale. Reference the Related Projects & Links tab on the left-hand side of this page to see the other e-Planning pages involved in this lease sale.

What's New

UPDATE January 5, 2026: BLM New Mexico received nine protest submissions for parcels included in the January 6, 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The protests reference parcels located within the boundary of the Carlsbad and Farmington Field Offices only. The resolution of the protests is on-going, and the lease sale is still scheduled to be held January 6, 2026.

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Public Protest Period (10/17/2025 through 11/17/2025)

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 [email protected].

Click here to view the BLM New Mexico Public Web Map for the January 2026 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 01/2026.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Norman	Oklahoma	73069	Cleveland County

Application Information

Program

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

Oil & Gas

Project Dates

Start Date

4/30/2025

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Oklahoma Field Office
Offices

Oklahoma FO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Cody McCullah
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

505-954-2027

Contact 2 Name

Catherine Brewster
Contact 2 Email

[email protected]
Contact 2 Phone

(505) 954-2170

Contact 3 Name

Patrick Rich
Contact 3 Email

[email protected]
Contact 3 Phone

(405) 875-3330