Leasing

BOEM is responsible for all Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing policy and program development issues for oil, gas and other marine minerals.

• National Program
• Individual oil and gas lease sales
• Regional Leasing
• Official maps and GIS data.

Many different disciplines contribute to and support the overall leasing program--from the initial assessment of resources to environmental considerations to the final determination of what is actually offered for lease.

• Fair Market Value – economic analyses, fair market value procedures, economic databases & modeling, post-sale activities and rejected bid appeals.
• Forms – for all phases of leasing, development and production.
• Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
  • Current Lease Sale Schedule
  • Areas Under Restriction
  • GOMESA Revenue Sharing
  • US/Mexico Boundary Treaties
  • Boundary Related Court Cases
  • Oil and Gas Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf  
  • Bonding
  • Oil Spill Financial Responsibility (OSFR) for Offshore Facilities
• Royalty Relief – design of policies, reviews requests for royalty rate reductions, generates economic assumptions.
• Resource Evaluation – geological and geophysical evaluations; engineering assessments of mineral resource potential.
• Leasing Statistics: Monthly Statistics and Summary Statistics for All Sales
• Regional Leasing Information
  • Alaska Leasing Activities | Alaska Plans
  • Gulf of Mexico lease information
  • Pacific lease information