Minerals

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Eastern States



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ATTENTION:

**New Feature**

For submitting expressions of interest, please provide as an attachment in a Word/Excel type file, the complete proper legal land description for all tracts of lands to this email address: ES_EOI_Nominations@blm.gov.

**Notices**

NTL ES-2008-1, Standards for the Use of Electronic Flow Computers Used On Differential Type Flow Meters For Gas Measurement was issued effective September 17, 2008. -- Click here to see the document

Big Churchill and Lufkin pumping units pump twin wells at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Co-location of wells on same wellpad conserves the environment (Photo: JFO)

Leasing

Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Development in the Eastern States

Questions and Answers about Leasing
Information for Expressions of Interest
Information on protests of recent oil and gas lease sales
Current Competitive Oil and Gas Sale and Results Lists
2009 Eastern States Lease Sale Dates (tentative)
- March 19
- June 25
- September 17
- December 3
National Lease Sale Schedule
Historic Sale Lists and Results - Archives
Adjudication Handbooks - This will take you to a BLM - Montana State Office web page
Assignments Handout
Frequently Used BLM Forms
Bonding
Fixed Cost Recovery Fees (Filing Fees)
Laws and Regulations
Solid Minerals
Coal
Procedures for the Issuance of Leases
Leasing Instructions
Additional Links of Interests
Program Contacts

Buried Wellhead Eliminates Visual Impacts

(Photo:JFO)

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.