June 23, 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Information

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.  

Map: Federal and SITLA Oil & Gas Leases as of April 2, 2009
     Current data may also be accessed and viewed 
      using the BLM Land & Minerals Map Viewer at:
                  http://www.geocommunicator.gov/  
Click map to enlarge

• Information Regarding Split Estate
• Mineral Resources Cost Recovery Fees effective October 1, 2008
• 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

2009 March Lease Sale Information  

2008 December Lease Sale Information
2008 August Lease Sale Information
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 

                 2009 
                Oil & Gas
    Tentative Sale Schedule
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♦June 23, 2009

♦August 18, 2009
  EOI Cutoff:  April 3, 2009
  Posting:  July 2, 2009
  Protest Period Ends: August 3, 2009

♦November 17, 2009
  EOI Cutoff:  July 2, 2009
  Posting:  October 2, 2009
  Protest Period Ends: November 2, 2009

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.

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