Final Bid Recap
Final Bid Recap (Released October 13, 2020)
Bid Evaluation Results
Phase II Decision Matrix (July 16, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (July 15, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (July 06, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (June 24, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (June 11, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (June 04, 2020)
Final Phase II Acceptances (May 21, 2020)
Sale Video
Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability
Sale Statistics
The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale 254 held on March 18, 2020. The reports organize the data in several different ways.
Sale Statistics:
Includes general summary information on sale bids.
Preliminary Bid Recap by Area & Block for All Bids (Report 1):
Includes complete information on all blocks that received bids. A final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results will be posted approximately three months after sale day.
High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount (Report 4):
Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.
Analysis of Bids by Company:
Includes information on all bids by all companies.
Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6) - Includes bidding information by companies. The four reports are sorted by company as follows:
Sale 254 ZIP File:
This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains five fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts)
Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution
Lease Sale Map – Bid Distribution (March 18, 2020): pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map
Active Leases and Bids Received Map (March 18, 2020): pdf file | zipped postscript file* | ARCGIS Online Interactive Map
*Note: This is an encapsulated Postscript plot file generated by ArcView. WinZip 8.1 was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.
Blocks Receiving Bids
Blocks Receiving Bids (March 18, 2020)
Blocks Receiving Bids - ASCII file
Note: This file contains the two letter area identifier, block number, and number of bids received on that block. Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files.
Miscellaneous Presale Statistics
Final Notice of Sale
Final NOS 254 (The official version of these documents will be published in the Federal Register on their official publication date.)
Information to Lessees for Sale 254
Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254
List of Blocks Available for Leasing (pdf file or zipped ASCII file)
Unleased Split Blocks and Available Unleased Acreage of Blocks and Irregular Portions
Example of Preferred Format includes:
1. Geophysical Data and Information Statement (GDIS),
2. Example of GDIS Spreadsheet, Table Definitions and Envelope,
3. Submittal of Reprocessed Data Survey Map, and
4. Example of Live Trace Map and Submission Instructions
Blank GDIS Excel Spreadsheet
For Potential Bidders - Provided for your reference and suggested use is a blank digital copy of the GDIS table, in Excel format, which you may download, complete and submit along with the GDIS and your bid.
Question and Answer section for the GDIS
Telephone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders Form
Sale Maps
Lease Terms and Economic Conditions
(pdf file or zipped postscript file* or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)
Stipulations and Deferred Blocks
(pdf file or zipped postscript file* or ARCGIS Online Interactive Map)
*Note: These are Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files generated through Adobe Acrobat Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.
News Releases
Federal Register Notices
Proposed Notice of Sale Package
Proposed NOS 254 Information to Lessees
Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254
Example of Preferred Format: Geophysical Data and Information Statement and Sample Envelope
Blank GDIS Excel Spreadsheet
For Potential Bidders - Provided for your reference and suggested use is a blank digital copy of the GDIS table, in Excel format, which you may download, complete and submit along with the GDIS and your bid.
Question and Answer section for the GDIS
Bid Form and Envelope
Companies bidding on blocks that are divided by the Central/Eastern Planning area boundary (specifically those blocks that are in DeSoto Canyon (Map number NH16-11), Lloyd Ridge (Map number NG16-02) and Henderson (Map number NG16-05 ) in the official protraction diagrams) shall provide the acreage as described in the List of Available Blocks by Planning Area noted on the bid and the bid envelope.
Sale Maps
Lease Terms and Economic Conditions (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
Stipulations and Deferred Blocks (pdf file) or (zipped postscript file*)
*Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcGIS. They can be plotted locally. Version 19.0 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.