Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales

This webpage serves to provide the most up-to-date information regarding oil and gas leasing on public lands for the Rocky Mountain West including Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

If you would like us to share this Google Calendar with you or if you would like to receive alerts when new screens are performed, please email Alison.

Resources

Information about RMW's Assessment of Biological Impact (ABI) Screen

The Assessment Biological Impact (ABI) Screen is a groundbreaking GIS tool that marries our GIS data to a relational database containing  information about species status and special areas for the purpose of screening proposed development projects and land use plans. The purpose of the tool is for stakeholders to identify and address potential conflicts early in planning processes.

Download our poster for more information about the ABI Screen.  This poster was displayed at the 2011 GIS in the Rockies Conference.

Follow this link to some white papers about the ABI Screen.

The following additional resources are useful for understanding the spreadsheet results from the ABI screen:

Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth/GIS

Oil and gas leasing data is available in Google Earth (kmz) format (plus GIS Shapefile format for the newest datasets). You can download the data on and add it to the Google Earth application to view the location of existing and proposed leases. In Google Earth, be sure to zoom in to view individual leases and click on them for more information. To get full information on a specific existing lease parcel, visit BLM’s LR2000 web page.

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Utah

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Regionwide

Master Leasing Plan Boundaries Boundaries for existing and proposed Master Leasing Plans (MLPs) in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.  Google Earth kmz files plus GIS zipped shapefiles. Boundaries are approximate and, when the MLP has not been approved, may change.

More Information

Existing leases are color coded.  Red leases are Held by Production (according to BLM records) and Purple leases are not. Federal leases generally expire ten years after they are issued but leases that are held by production do not expire.

Data on existing leases is updated approximately twice per year.

Please contact Alison or Paige for more information about these datasets or to request other spatial data in Google Earth format.

Lease Sale information by State (Online Maps, Documents, Links)

Colorado Lease Sale Information
  • See existing leases and lease sale parcels in Google Earth. Visit our Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth drop down above and download lease parcels in Google Earth kml/kmz format.
  • CO Oil and Gas Lease Sales – for more information regarding the lease sale from the Statewide BLM Office. 

9/6/2018 Lease Sale

6/7/2018 Lease Sale

Archive of Colorado Oil & Gas Lease Sale Screens

Colorado Well Permitting Information

Pending Permits (not yet approved) as of 1/19/2018

Approved Permits (not yet drilled) as of 1/19/2018

Permit Review

Rocky Mountain Wild is experimenting with reviewing permits to drill for oil and gas that are granted by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).  We are reviewing both pending permits and permits that have been approved but have not yet been drilled.  We are screening for permits in areas that are near schools, near water sources, within roadless areas or lands with wilderness characteristics, within proposed Master Leasing Plan areas, or that conflict with important wildlife areas including those identified as restricted surface occupancy (RSO) or sensitive wildlife habitat (SWH) under Colorado Oil and Gas rules.

  • The results of the screen are presented in a spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel) format.  Each row of the spreadsheet shows information for one of the pending permits or approved permits plus a type of resource (water, school, wildlife) found at or near the permit location.  If the resource has a name (such as for a school or a stream) that is included as well.  If a pending permit or approved permit location overlaps more than one type of resource, there will be multiple rows in the spreadsheet for that permit.
  • The screen summaries show the number of pending permits or approved permits that are within the area for a type of conflicting resource.
  • You can find more information about pending permits including the public process for commenting on pending permits on the COGCC Permits web page.
  • You can find more information about approved permits by doing a Facilities Inquiry on the COGCC Colorado Oil and Gas Information System Database web page.  Note that the three digits after the first hyphen (-) in the API Number are the county code and the five digits after the second hyphen (-) are the sequence code.  So API Number 05-045-21628 has county code 045 and sequence number 21528.
  • Please contact Alison Gallensky with any questions about this information or with suggestions about how we can make this information more useful.

 

Montana Lease Sale Information
  • See existing leases and lease sale parcels in Google Earth. Visit our Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth drop down above and download lease parcels in Google Earth kml/kmz format.
  • Montana-Dakotas Oil and Gas Lease Sales – for more informaiton regarding the lease sale from the Statewide BLM Office

6/12/2018 Lease Sale

  • 6/12/2018 Lease Sale Determination of NEPA Adequacy ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Comments must be postmarked by February 6, 2018.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Miles City Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed action.
    • The DNA and additional information is available here.
  • 6/12/2018 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

3/13/2018 Lease Sale

  • 3/13/2018 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Protests must be received by January 12, 2018.
    • Parcels are proposed from sale in the Billings and Butte Field Offices and the North Central Montana District (Glasgow, Havre and Malta Field Offices).
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 3/13/2018 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Comments must be postmarked by October 30, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the the Billings and Butte Field Offices and the North Central Montana District (Glasgow, Havre and Malta Field Offices).
    • This spreadsheet lists the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed action.
    • The EA and additional information is available here.
  • 3/13/2018 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

12/12/2017 Lease Sale

  • 12/12/2017 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Protests must be received by October 13, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Miles City Field Office.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 12/12/2017 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Comments must be postmarked by August 10, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Mile City Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed action.
    • The EA and additional information is available here.
  • 12/12/2017 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

5/3/2017 Lease Sale (Postponed to 6/13/2017)

  • 6/13/2017 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Protests must be received by April 14, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Miles City Field Office.
    • The sale notice is available here.

    5/3/2017 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment ABI Screen,a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values

    • Comments must be postmarked by December 30, 2016.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Miles City Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed action.
    • The EA and additional information is available here.
  • 5/3/2017 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

10/18/2016 Lease Sale

  • 10/18/2016 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    •  Protects must be received by August 19, 2016.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Glasgow, Havre, Malta, and Miles City Field Offices.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 10/18/2016 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment and Documentation of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) ABI Screen (comments due June 14, 2016).
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Glasgow, Havre, Malta, and Miles City Field Offices.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed action.
    • The EA, DNA, and additional information are available here. Maps are included in the EA.
  • 10/18/2016 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

Archive of Montana Oil & Gas Lease Sale Screens

New Mexico Lease Sale Information
  • See existing leases and lease sale parcels in Google Earth. Visit our Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth drop down above and download lease parcels in Google Earth kml/kmz format.
  • New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales – for more information regarding the lease sale from the Statewide BLM Office

Week of 9/3/2018 Lease Sale

  • Week of 9/3/2018 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values, for parcels in the Carlsbad and Roswell Field Offices. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

3/8/2018 Lease Sale

  • 3/8/2018 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values
    • Protests must be received by January 4, 2018.
    • Parcels are proposed for the Farmington Field Office.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 3/8/2018 Lease Environmental Assessment
    • Comments due October 20, 2017.
    • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Farmington Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed and preferred alternative in each field office (some field offices have a proposed alternative but no preferred alternative).
    • The environmental assessment is available here.

12/7/2017 Lease Sale

  • 12/7/2017 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values
    • Protests must be received by October 6, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for the Carlsbad Office.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 12/7/2017 Lease Environmental Assessment
    • Comments due August 8, 2017.
    • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Carlsbad Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed and preferred alternative in each field office (some field offices have a proposed alternative but no preferred alternative).
    • The environmental assessment is available here (under the 2018 Lease Sales tab).

9/7/2017 Lease Sale (postponed from 7/19/2017)

  • 9/7/2017 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values
    • Protests must be received by July 6, 2017.
    • Parcels are proposed for the Carlsbad and Roswell Field Offices.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 9/7/2017 Lease Environmental Assessment. (Comments due May 12, 2017).
    • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Carlsbad and Roswell Field Offices.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed and preferred alternative in each field office (some field offices have a proposed alternative but no preferred alternative). Several parcels have been split into additional parcels since scoping but no new GIS data has been provided. Please see notes in the GIS or the parcel crosswalk in the EA for additional information.
    • The environmental assessment is available here.
  • 7/19/2017 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values, for parcels in the Carlsbad and Roswell Field Offices. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

1/25/2017 Lease Sale

  • 1/25/2017 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values
    • Protests must be received by December 6, 2016.
    • Parcels are proposed for the Farmington Field Office.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 1/25/2017 Lease Environmental Assessment. (Comments due September 2, 2016).
    • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Farmington Field Office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed and preferred alternative in each field office (some field offices have a proposed alternative but no preferred alternative)
    • The environmental assessment is available here.
  • 1/25/2017 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, for parcels in the Farmington Field Office. More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

7/20/2016 Lease Sale

  • 7/20/2016 Lease Sale ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Protests must be received by May 20, 2016.
    • Parcels are proposed for the Carlsbad field office.
    • The sale notice is available here.
  • 7/20/2016 Lease Environmental Assessment (comments due March 8, 2016)
    • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen.
    • Parcels are proposed for sale in the Carlsbad field office.
    • This spreadsheet lists all the nominated parcels and indicates which are in the proposed and preferred alternative in each field office (some field offices have a proposed alternative but no preferred alternative). Three new parcels were added since the scoping screen was completed. In addition, several parcels have changed numbers or been combined since scoping.
    • The environmental assessment is available here.
  • 7/20/2016 Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, for parcels in the Carlsbad Field Office.  More information and maps of nominated parcels are available here.

Archive of New Mexico Oil & Gas Lease Sale Screens

Utah Lease Sale Information
  • See existing leases and lease sale parcels in Google Earth. Visit our Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth drop down above and download lease parcels in Google Earth kml/kmz format.
  • Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sales – for more information regarding the lease sale from the Statewide BLM Office

Week of 9/10-14/2018

  • Week of 9/10-14/2018 Lease Sale Scoping and Environmental Assessment (EA) (posted 3/30/2018) ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Comments must be received by 4:30 PM on Monday, April 16, 2018. Information on how to comment is available on the BLM Utah Oil and Gas Leasing webpage with additional information on the September 2018 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website.
    • BLM prepared an EA proposing leasing 7 parcels / 8,832.132 acres in Juab County in the Fillmore Field Office, an EA proposing leasing 26 parcels / 36,395.64 acres in Rich, Summit, and Utah counties in the Salt Lake Field Office, and a Request for Scoping Comments on the following parcels in the Price Field Office: 76 parcels / 158,944.27 acres in Emery County, Utah 2 “sold but not issued” parcels / 6,389.24 acres in Emery County, and 16 suspended lease parcels / 38,379.95 in Wayne County.
    • Significant conflicts include overlap with greater sage-grouse Priority Habitat Management Areas (PHMA) and sagebrush focal areas (SFA), overlaps with white-tailed prairie dog areas, overlaps with the Dry Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), overlaps with Citizens’ proposed wilderness (Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act), parcels in the San Rafael Desert proposed Master Leasing Plan, and parcels within 10 miles of Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
    • Parcels proposed: Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
    • Maps: Overview map and maps showing conflicts with species and special areas.

6/12/2018 Lease Sale

  • 6/12/2018 Lease Sale Notice (posted 4/26/2018) ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
    • Protests must be received by must be received by 4:30 PM on Monday, May 7, 2018.
    • Map: Interactive web map.
    • Information on how to protest is available in the Sale Notice on the Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale webpage with more information in the Press Release.
    • Proposed parcels: Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
    • BLM is proposing to offer 12 parcels total in Utah. 4 parcels/3,788 acres are in Wayne, Sevier and Beaver counties. 8 additional parcels will be offered in the Vernal field office that were originally sold in the December 2017 sale but “for which timely payment was not made by the successful bidder.” An additional parcel will be offered in Idaho. Rocky Mountain Wild did not analyze that parcel.
    • Significant conflicts include:
      • Overlaps with habitat for greater sage-grouse including priority habitat
      • Overlap with the BLM Nine Mile Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
      • Overlaps with the Band Land Cliffs area which was proposed for Wilderness designations in the America’s Red Rocks Wilderness Act of 2017
      • Overlaps with areas identified by SUWA as having wilderness characteristics
      • Two parcels within 10 miles of Capitol Reef National Park
  • Week of 6/11-15/2018 Lease Sale Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) and Environmental Assessment (EA) (posted 12/22/2017) ABI Screen. Maps: Overview Map and maps showing conflicts with species and special areas.

Archive of Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale Screens

Wyoming Lease Sale Information
  • See existing leases and lease sale parcels in Google Earth. Visit our Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Leasing Google Earth drop down above and download lease parcels in Google Earth kml/kmz format.
  • Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales – for more information regarding the lease sale from the Statewide BLM Office

Week of 12/10/2018 (4th Quarter) Lease Sale

  • Week of 12/20/2018 (4th Quarter) Lease Sale first (of two) preliminary parcel list (posted 1/30/2018) ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Maps: Overview map, maps showing conflicts with species and special areas, and maps showing conflicts with game species.
  • Parcels in the sale: Google Earth kmz | zipped Shapefile
  • According to the GIS data, the initial parcel list consists of 393 parcels/698,589.82 acres in the High Desert District (HDD). 60 parcels/111,506.7 acres in the Kemmerer Field Office,  24 parcels/29,378.49 acres in the Pinedale Field Office, 117 parcels/ 179,329.22 acres in the Rawlins, 185 parcels / 365,683.02 acres in the Rock Springs Field Office, and 7 parcels/ 12,692.39  acres in parcels with portions in both the Rawlins and Rock Springs Field Offices. These parcels are in Carbon, Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, and Uinta Counties.
  • No comment period for this sale has been announced yet. A second preliminary parcel list is expected to be released based on expressions of interest filed through June 1, 2018. The schedule for BLM Wyoming’s 2018 and 2019 lease sales and Maps and Data for this sale are available on the ePlanning website for Wyoming 2018 Lease Sales.
  • Impacts identified from the preliminary parcel list include
    • Important areas for prairie dogs
    • Important areas for greater sage-grouse including Sagebrush Focal Areas (SFA) and priority habitat management areas (PHMA) and core areas defined by Wyoming Game & Fish.
    • BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs – Natural Corrals, Red Creek Portion, Sage Creek Portion Gr. Red Cr., Sand Hills/JO Ranch ACEC, SSP Species)
    • Citizen’s Proposed ACECs (prairie-dog complexes)
    • Citizens’ Proposed Wilderness (Adobe Town, Kinney Rim, Red Creek Badlands (incl. Teepee Mts.), and Wild Cow Creek)
    • Land adjacent to BLM Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs – Adobe Town, Red Creek Badlands, South Pinnacles)
    • Land within 10 miles of Fossil Butte National Monument.
    • Lands identified by the BLM as possessing Wilderness Characteristics.

Week of 9/17/2018  (3rd Quarter) Lease Sale

  • 9/17/2018 week (3rd Quarter) Lease Sale Environmental Assessment (EA) Part 2 (posted 5/24/2018) ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • BLM Wyoming is proposing to offer 254 parcels/about 286,000 acres.  Earlier this year, the BLM released environmental assessments for 106 parcels in the High Plains and Wind River/Bighorn Basin, and accepted comments on them at that time. Parcels in the Part 2 EA are in Bighorn, Campbell, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, Washakie, and Weston counties and in Buffalo, Casper, Lander, Newcastle, Pinedale, Rawlins, Rock Springs, and Worland Field Offices.
  • Comments will be accepted through Thursday, June 7, 2018.
    • Map: Interactive Map of Sale Parcels
    • The Environmental Assessment and supporting documents are available on Wyoming 2018 3rd Quarter Oil and Gas Lease Sale – Part 2 ePlanning webpage. Information on how to comment is available in the Press Release.
    • The screen and maps includes parcels that are deleted, deferred, partially deleted, partially deferred in the preferred alternative. These parcels are identified in the screen and on the map.
    • Impacts include overlaps with:
      • Important areas for prairie dogs
      • Important areas for greater sage-grouse (including BLM priority habitat management areas (PHMA) and core areas defined by Wyoming Game & Fish)
      • Citizens’ Proposed Wilderness including Honeycomb Buttes, Kinney Rim, and Pinnacles.
      • Areas identified by BLM as having Wilderness Characteristics
      • The Historic Trails Special Management Area in the Rawlins Field Office
      • The Fifteen Mile MLP area
    • Proposed parcels: Google Earth kmz | zipped Shapefile (Yellow=sale, Blue= Defer/Delete Part, Green = Defer/Delete All)
  • 9/17/2018 week (3rd Quarter) Lease Sale Environmental Assessment Part 1 (posted 1/28/2018) ABI Screen. Maps: Overview map, maps showing conflicts with species and special areas, and maps showing conflicts with game species. Proposed Parcels: Google Earth kmz | zipped Shapefile (Yellow=sale, Blue= Defer/Delete Part, Green = Defer/Delete All)

6/20-21/2018 (2nd Quarter) Lease Sale

  • 6/20-21/2018 (2nd Quarter) Lease Sale Notice (posted 5/7/2018) ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Protest are due by 4:00 PM Thursday, May 17, 2018.
    • Map: Interactive Map of Sale Parcels
    • The Sale Notice, final EA, and supporting documents are available on the ePlanning website for Wyoming 2018 Lease Sales. There is important information about how to protest in the Sale Notice. There is additional information in the Press Release. The updated protest deadline is shown in this Information Notice #1.
    • BLM Wyoming is proposing to offer 162 parcels/198,588.57 acres in the Kemmerer, Rawlins and Rock Springs Field Offices.
    • Proposed parcels: Google Earth kmz | zipped Shapefile
    • Impacts include overlap with important areas for prairie dogs and greater sage-grouse (including sagebrush focal areas (SFA) and other priority habitat management areas (PHMA)), State Wildlife Habitat Management Areas, Citizens’ Proposed Wilderness (Adobe Town, Kinney Rim, and East Sand Dunes/Alkali Basin), Unique Lands Designated by WY Environmental Quality Council (Adobe Town Very Rare or Uncommon), and Lands Possessing Wilderness Characteristics (North Cow Creek).
  • 6/18/2018 week (2nd Quarter) Lease Sale Environmental Assessment (posted 10/28/2017) ABI Screen. Maps: Overview map, maps showing conflicts with species and special areas, and maps showing conflicts with game species.

Archive of Wyoming Oil & Gas Lease Sale Screens

Oil and Gas Lease Sale Dates