August 20, 2013 Lease Sale InformationThe August 2013 Notice of Competitive Lease Sale (NCLS) protest period is from May 17, 2013, to June 17, 2013. The public comment period on the environmental assessment (EA) closed on April 26, 2013. Written protests may be mailed or faxed (801-539-4237) to the Utah State Office, attention Justin Abernathy by 4:30 pm on June 17, 2013. Specific instructions for filing a protest are contained within the NCLS. The NCLS can be accessed on this oil and gas leasing webpage or at the Utah State Office's public room. Sale Information
Notice of Competitivie Lease Sale (NCLS)
Bidder Registration Form
Lease Bid Form
Sale Parcel List
Stipulations & Notices
Deferred Lands List Maps of Proposed August 2013 ParcelsStatewide
Map 1 Map 2 Map 3 Map 4 These maps are not fully Section 508 compliant, for information on how to use the data please contact the Utah State Office at (801) 539-4000. |
The associated environmental assessment and unsigned findings of no significant impact (FONSI) for the August 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale is available on Utah BLM's Environmental Notification Bulletin Board (ENBB). Search the ENBB as follows:
Sale Lake Field Office, NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-W010-2013-0012-EA Dataset: | Oil & Gas Sale Parcels - August 2013 | Projection: | UTM Zone 12 Datum NAD83 | Download: | Shapefiles |
May 21, 2013 Lease Sale InformationResults of Sale
Competitive Sales Results
Bidders List
Statistics One
Statistics Two Sale Information
Notice of Competitive Lease Sale (NCLS)
Bidder Registration Form
Lease Bid Form
Sale Parcel List
Stipulations & Notices
Deferred Lands List Erratum 4-18-13 Protest
Rocky Mountain Wild Protest Response Decision
Rocky Mountain Wild The associated environmental assessment and unsigned finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the May 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale are available on Utah BLM's Environmental Notification Bulletin Board (ENBB). Search the ENBB as follows:
Richfield Field Office, NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-C020-2012-0035-EA Dataset: | Oil & Gas Sale Parcels - May 2013 | Projection: | UTM Zone 12 Datum NAD83 | Download: | Shapefiles |
INFORMATION NOTICE
Limitations on Credit CardsThe following changes will take place regarding credit card usage at the BLM Utah oil and gas auctions, effective June 30, 2012. This policy will be fully implemented in the August 21, 2012 lease sale. Individual transactions will be limited to $49,999.99. This limit has been lowered from the current amount of $99,999.99 and now applies only to credit card transactions. You may not split the individual transactions greater than $49,999.99 into two or more transactions over one or multiple days. We will not accept multiple cards from the same company for one transaction, but will accept a card from different companies limiting each transaction to no more than $49,999.99. You may pay for your oil and gas lease parcel using credit cards or a personal or cashier's check. Cash is not accepted. If you would like to utilize Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments or Fed Wire payments for the balance bonus payment, the instructions are attached to Information Bulletin OC-2012-025. Please contact our Accounting Office at (801) 539-4006 if you need assistance.
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SPLIT ESTATE NOTIFICATIONEffective immediately, anyone submitting an informal Expression of Interest (EOI) that certain lands be offered in an oil and gas competitive lease auction and that the EOI includes split estate lands—private surface/Federal minerals—must provide, with the EOI, the name and address of the current private surface owners(s). Whenever a split estate parcel is included in an oil and gas Notice of Competitive Lease Sale, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will send a courtesy letter to the surface owners(s). The letter will provide the surface owner notice of the scheduled auction as well as information about the BLM’s regulations and procedures for Federal oil and gas leasing and development on split estate lands. Any EOI including split estate lands that is submitted in the future, or now pending with a BLM State Office, that does not provide the name and address of the surface owner(s) will not be processed by the BLM and such lands will not be placed on a list of lands included in a Notice of Competitive Lease Sale until the required information is provided. |
Map: Federal and SITLA Oil & Gas Leases
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LEASING REFORM Washington Office IM 2010-117 establishes new guidance for oil and gas leasing. Utah will implement the new guidance by rotating lease sales based on District Office boundaries. 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. 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. 2013
Oil & Gas
Tentative Sale Schedule August 20, 2013 | West Desert District Office
(Fillmore, Salt Lake Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: October 1, 2012 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- March 22 - April 22, 2013 | Posting/Protest Period Begins:
- May 17, 2013 | Protest Period Ends:
- June 17, 2013 |
November 19, 2013 | Green River District Office
(Price, Vernal Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: January 7, 2013 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- June 14 - July 15, 2013 | Posting/**Protest Period Begins:
- August 16, 2013 | Protest Period Ends:
- September 16, 2013 |
2014
Oil & Gas
Tentative Sale Schedule February 18, 2014 | Canyon Country District Office
(Moab, Monticello Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: April 1, 2013 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- September 20 - October 21, 2013 | Posting/Protest Period Begins:
- November 15, 2013 | Protest Period Ends:
- December 16, 2013 |
May 20, 2014 | Color Country District Office
(Cedar City, Kanab, Richfield, St. George
Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: July 1, 2013 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- December 20, 2013 - January 24, 2014 | Posting/Protest Period Begins:
- February 14, 2014 | Protest Period Ends:
- March 17, 2014 |
August 19, 2014 | West Desert District Office
(Fillmore, Salt Lake Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: October 7, 2013 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- March 21, 2014 - April 21, 2014 | Posting/Protest Period Begins:
- May 16, 2014 | Protest Period Ends:
- June 16, 2014 |
November 18, 2014 | Green River District Office
(Price, Vernal Field Offices) | | *EOI Cutoff: January 6, 2014 | Tentative Comment Period for EA
- June 13, 2014 - July 14, 2014 | Posting/Protest Period Begins:
- August 15, 2014 | Protest Period Ends:
- September 15, 2014 |
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 IndustryGeneral Oil and Gas Leasing Qs and As
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