Lease Information
Note:
The “List of Blocks Available for Leasing” document in the Final
Notice of Sale 190 Package contains an administrative code error. Click
here to download the correction notice.
Note: The “Information To Lessees” document in the Final Notice of Sale 190 Package,
in paragraph (o) [Deepwater Port Applications for Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas
Facilities] inadvertently omitted reference to one of the facilities. Click
here to download the correction notice.
MMS Identifies Areas for Proposed Lease Sales in the Central and Western Gulf
of Mexico 2002 - 2007
MMS has identified the proposals, alternatives, and mitigating measures to be
analyzed for ten proposed offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Central and
Western Gulf of Mexico. These proposed sales are
included in the recently proposed 2002-2007 oil and natural gas leasing program.
MMS published a multisale Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of
Intent to Prepare a Multisale Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in the
Federal Register in October 2001, and scoping meetings for the draft multisale
EIS have been held. For additional information,
see press
release.
Codes and Abbreviations
- In many reports produced by the MMS codes/abbreviations are used for
Leasing Map, Official Protraction Diagram (OPD), and Area names. These
codes/abbreviations are listed in this document, by Planning Area.
All Gulf of Mexico Leasing Maps and Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) that are
currently in digital format may be obtained in both ARC/INFO and Acrobat format.
This information is available through the "Maps/Protraction
Diag." button located to the left on our Lease Information navigation.
Documents that have this symbol
NOTE:
are in Adobe Acrobat's pdf format. These files can be
downloaded, read and printed using the free Acrobat Reader.
Supplemental Official OCS Block Diagrams
(SOBDs)
are now available in Adobe Acrobat’s pdf format for fractional blocks in the
Amery Terrace (NG 15-09), Keathley Canyon (NG 15-05) and Sigsbee Escarpment (NG
15-08) Areas abutting the U.S.-Mexico Maritime Boundary, the
U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Boundary, the U.S. 200 Nautical Mile Limit, and
the U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Article IV "Area" Limit lines. These
SOBDs may be used to determine acreages not shown on the OPD.
Instructions
for Making EFT Bonus Payments. Please
note that this document includes instructions for making both the 1/5 and 4/5
payments and has been recently modified.
(Updated July 2004) Final Rule for Bonus Bids (64FR 40764)
Surety Bond Requirements
Oil and Gas Leasing Procedures
Guidelines, Outer Continental Shelf,
OCS Study MMS 2001-076
MMS Holds
Public Forum on New Assignment and Lease Relinquishment Forms
Federal Register Proposed
Forms
Lease Status Report (as of
September 30, 2004)
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