For Release: October 28, 2005
Contact: Ron Huntsinger (661) 391-6006 or Patty Gradek (661) 391-6131
CCal-06-07

BLM to conduct Oil and Gas Lease Sale December 14, 2005

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is conducting a sale of oil and gas leases on federal land on Wednesday, December 14, 2005. The lease sale is being held at the Holiday Inn Select, 801 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Calif. The sale room will open at 8:00 a.m. to allow bidders to register and obtain a bid number. The competitive oral auction will begin at 9:00 a.m.

The lease sale involves 28 parcels for a total of 19,134 acres of public lands in Kern, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties.

A detailed notice of the lease sale with parcel descriptions, acreage, lease terms and conditions, oral bidding procedures and requirements, and other sale information is available on the Internet at www.ca.blm.gov/pa/minerals/compsales.html. If you are not able to access this site, copies of the Lease Sale Notice will be available at the California BLM State Office and the BLM Bakersfield Field Office.

BLM is required by law to periodically offer federal land for lease for oil and gas exploration and development. The oil and gas industry is encouraged to submit an "expression of interest" for federal land parcels in California that have potential for development. An "expression of interest" is a letter or a form listing the legal description of lands an individual or company is interested in seeing offered for lease.
Expressions of interest should be sent to the BLM, Attention: Laurie Moore, at 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1618, Sacramento, CA, 95825 by November 30, 2005 for inclusion in the next scheduled lease sale, March 15, 2006.

For questions regarding the December 14, 2005 lease sale or to obtain a form to submit an expression of interest, contact Nora DeDios at the BLM Bakersfield Field Office, (661) 391-6129.

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Bakersfield Field Office - 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308