Sale has been postponed due to no EOIs.
Montana-Dakotas Oil and Gas Lease Sales
As required by law, the BLM Montana/Dakotas conducts four Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sales per year. The sales are rotated among the Districts and Field Offices based on Expressions of Interest and workload capacity.
The BLM now conducts lease sales online via www.energynet.com. Please refer to each sale notice for more information on how to register, bid and spectate at online oil and gas auctions.
View current and recent oil and gas lease sale notices and results below.
2017 Lease Sales
This sale has been moved to September 12, 2017
2016 Lease Sales
October 18, 2016 (This sale has been moved to December 8, 2016)
- Competitive Sale Result List
- Non-Competitive Sale Result List
- October 18, 2016 Sale Amendment No. 5
- October 18, 2016 Sale Amendment No. 4
- October 18, 2016 Sale Amendment No. 3
- October 18, 2016 Sale Amendment No. 2
- October 18, 2016 Sale Amendment No. 1
All documents for this sale can be found in ePlanning at these links:
- October 18, 2016 Billings Field Office Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
- October 18, 2016 HiLine District Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
- October 18, 2016 Miles City Field Office Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Protests and Decisions
- TRCP Protest
- BLM Decison for TRPC Protest
- CBD Protest
- BLM Decision for CBD Protest
- WEG Protest
- BLM Decision for WEG Protest
Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale (Publish date 7-20-2016)
July 12, 2016 Lease Sale
- July 12, 2016 North Dakota Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
- July 12, 2016 South Dakota Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Sale Results: Summary of the lease sale results. It includes the total number and acreage of parcels sold and the net revenue (bonus bids, fees and first-year rentals) generated from the sale.
May 4, 2016 Lease Sale
- Nominated Parcels List
- Nominated Parcel Maps
- Dear Reader Letter (Public Scoping)
- Environmental Assesment
- Finding of No Significant Impact (unsigned)
- Competitive Sale Notice and List
- Sale Notice Amendment
- Map of Sale Parcels
- Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Fining of no Significant Impact (FONSI) (Unsigned)
- Decision Record
- Signed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
- Decision Record for Parcel that was to be included in postponed January 26, 2016 sale
- Determination of NEPA Adequacy that was to be included in postponed January 26, 2016 sale
- Change of Sale Location Press Release
- BLM Decision on Protest
- Enclosure 1
- Competitive Sale Results
- NonCompetitive Sale Results
January 26, 2016 Lease Sale
2015 Lease Sales
October 20, 2015 (Postponed)
No Expressions of Interest were submitted to BLM for the Buttem, Dillon, Lewistown, or Miles City Field Offices for the OCtober 20, 2015 Oil and Gas Lease Sale
July 14, 2015 Lease Sale
- Nominated Parcels List
- Dear Reader Letter (Public Scoping)
- Environmental Assessment
- Finding of No Significant Impact (unsigned)
- Competitive Sale Notice and List
- Amendment 1
- Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
- Decison Record
- Signed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
- BLM Decision on Protest
- Competitive Sale Results
- Noncompetitive Sale Results
May 6, 2015
- Nominated Parcels List
- Dear Reader LEtter (Public Scoping)
- Competitive Sale Notice and List
- Decision Record
- Final Document of NEPA Adequacy (DNA)
- Competitive Sale Results
- Noncompetitive Sale Results
January 27, 2015
2014 Lease Sales
October 21, 2014 Lease Sale
Billings Field Office
Butte Field Office
Dillon Field Office
Lewistown Field Office
Miles City Field Office
July 15, 2014 Lease Sale
North Dakota
South Dakota
May 21, 2014 Lease Sale
- Competitive Sale Notice and List
- Dear Reader (Public Scoping)
- Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Competitive Sale Results
- Non-Competitive Sale Results
January 28, 2014 Lease Sale
2013 Lease Sales
October 22, 2013
Billings
Glasgow
Lewistown
Miles City
July 12, 2013
- Competitive Sale Notice
- South Dakota Environmental Assessment (EA)
- North Dakota Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Competitive Sale Results
- Non-Competitive Sale Results
May 8, 2013
- Competitive Sale Notice
- MCFO Dear Reader
- MCFO Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Competitive Sale Results
- Non-Competitive Sale Results
January 29, 2013