BLM Utah conducts oil and gas lease sales quarterly in accordance with federal law. Lease parcels are made up of lands that have been determined to be open for leasing through BLM’s land use planning process, and are either nominated or requested by the public. Once parcels are leased, operators are required to submit exploration or development proposals to BLM who conducts an environmental analysis and applies measures to mitigate impacts before work begins.

Half of the royalties from mineral development and leasing goes back to the States. Since the passage for the Mineral Leasing Act in 1920, the State of Utah has received $962,468,000 from mineral revenues on federally managed public lands.

Not all lands that are leased become developed. Leasing enables companies to secure rights to mineral resources before investing in geophysical testing and other kinds of exploratory techniques to determine if development is economically feasible. Less than one percent of all BLM-lands is developed for oil and gas resources. 
Qs and As for Leasees and Industry 

Current Sale Information

August 19, 2008

BLM is currently accepting comments until June 30, 2008, on a draft leasing EA for the Cedar City Field Office (Oil and Gas Leasing in the Eastern Portion of the Cedar City Field Office). 

Send comments to . . .               or    Terry Catlin    Cedar City Leasing EA    Bureau of Land Management    440 West 200 South, Suite 500    Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

E-Mail comments to . . . utccoglea@blm.gov

New Information Regarding Split Estate

NEW UPDATED Mineral Resources Cost Recovery Fees effective October 1, 2007

Lands available for lease within the 2 year window

Deferred Lands List
    Lands not available for leasing until additional NEPA is completed.

Pending Protested Leases
   (Waiting on BLM's determination to grant or deny protest)

Suspended Leases
    (IBLA or District Court) Pending BLM Analysis

2008 June Lease Sale Information 
2008 February Lease Sale Information

2007 August Lease Sale Information
2007 May Lease Sale Information
2007 February Lease Sale Information

2006 Lease Sale Information
2005 Lease Sale Information
2004 Lease Sale Information
2003 Lease Sale Information
2002 Lease Sale Information

                   2008 
                Oil & Gas
    Tentative Sale Schedule
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August 19, 2008
  EOI Cutoff:  April 4, 2008
  Posting:  July 3, 2008

November 18, 2008
  EOI Cutoff:  July 3, 2008
  Posting:  October 3, 2008

Contact for Utah Lease Sales

Teresa Thompson
(801) 539-4047
(801) 539-4200 (Fax)
teresa_thompson@blm.gov (email)

Sales will begin at 9:00 a.m. 
The room will open at 7:45 a.m.

* EOI is an "Expression of Interest." Parcels are considered for a sale if the EOIs are submitted before the cutoff date.

Oil and Gas Leasing Qs and As for Industry

General Oil and Gas Leasing Qs and As