Leasing

 Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Development in the Eastern States

 General Information on Oil and Gas Leasing

• Leasing Instructions
• Questions and Answers about Leasing

Pre-leasing

• Information for Expressions of Interest (EOI) 

  Submit your EOI via e-mail to: ES_EOI_Nominations@blm.gov

• Noncompetitive lease offers                
  • What lands are available for noncompetitive leasing
• Nominated Parcels for upcoming lease sales - See which tracts are currently under environmental review

Lease Sales

• Current Sale Notice and Results Lists
• Eastern States 2013 Lease Sale Dates (tentative)
  • March 21
  • June 20
  • September 12
  • December 12
• National Lease Sale Schedule
• Historic Sale Lists and Results - Archives
• Protests of current and recent oil and gas lease sales

Post-leasing

• Adjudication Handbooks - This will take you to a BLM - Montana State Office web page
• Assignment and transfers Handout 
• Corporate Name Change & Merger Index - This will take you to a BLM - Wyoming State Office web page
• Bonding
• Bond Information Handout
• Onshore Operations - Access to the Well Information System, Onshore Orders, and Notices to Lessees

          Best Management Practices

• The Gold Book - Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development
• Arkansas - Fayetteville Shale - Best Management Practices for Natural Gas Activities
• Weeds/Invasive Species Concerns/Awareness on Public Lands - In the West, and with BLM, invasive species taking over watersheds, riparian, and other public lands are an important concern, affecting roughly 35 million acres of surface that we manage. Oil and gas, mineral operations, and other use authorizations potentially introduce non-native species (flora and fauna), that if left unchecked will often crowd out the native populations, and become more troublesome over time, and sometimes, irreversible, and at great expense to treat.

Hardrock

• Solid Minerals 
• Mining Claims
• Coal 

General links

• Frequently Used BLM Forms
• Filing Fees - Fixed Cost Recovery Fees
• Laws and Regulations
• Additional Links of Interests
• Program Contacts         

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BLM Automated Records Systems

The LR2000 System (http://www.blm.gov/lr2000) 

• The LR2000 contains applicant and land use data on leases, permits, contracts, agreements, unpatented mining claims, and other use authorizations issued or recorded by the BLM.  Use authorizations pertain to oil and gas, coal, sand, gravel, grazing, communication sites, and rights-of-way.

GeoCommunicator (http://www.geocommunicator.gov/)

• The Geocommunicator is an interactive map viewer that permits users to search and display LR2000 records including: oil and gas, geothermal, solid mineral and coal leases, mining claims, stipulations and conveyances, as well as download and dynamically map Public Land Survey System (PLSS) data.  Users can also view grazing allotment and pasture boundaries on this site.