New Mexico Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales

The Oil & Gas Lease Sales map below shows parcels proposed to be offered for lease by the Bureau of Land Management. This interactive map shows current and upcoming lease sales and their conflicts with wildlife and natural areas. More information on upcoming leases is shown below the map.

Advice on how to use the map: Zoom in for more detail. Select the layer list icon in the upper left, expand and turn on conservation_conflicts and other layers and sublayers. Click on parcels or conservation conflict areas for more information. Scroll through pop-ups for multiple overlapping areas by clicking on the right triangle/arrow.

July 2025 Lease Sale

Environmental Assessment (posted 1/6/2025)

  • Comments are due Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 16 parcels / 7,501.76 acres in the Carlsbad Office of New Mexico. The parcels include 14 in Eddy County and 2 in Lea County. Note that since scoping, parcel NM-2025-07-0490 was removed and the boundary for parcel NM-2025-07-6858 was modified to eliminate any overlap with lesser prairie chicken Habitat Areas. The GIS and screen files below do not reflect the boundary modification for parcel NM-2025-07-6858.
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in the Brantley Wildlife Area, Gypsum Wild-buckwheat designated critical habitat, lands within 10 miles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance, and parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn.
  • Low potential for development: Three parcels, NM-2025-07-0492, NM-2025-07-0493 and NM-2025-07-0499, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development and are more that 2 miles from currently active wells.
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Scoping (posted 10/7/2024)

  • Comments are due Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 17 parcels /  7,781.76 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office of New Mexico. The parcels include 14 in Eddy County and 3 in Lea County. 
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in the Brantley Wildlife Area, Gypsum Wild-buckwheat designated critical habitat, lands within 10 miles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance, and parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn.
  • Low potential for development: Three parcels, NM-2025-07-0492, NM-2025-07-0493 and NM-2025-07-0499, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development and are more that 2 miles from currently active wells.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

May 2025 Lease Sale

Environmental Assessment (posted 10/25/2024)

  • Comments are due Monday, November 25, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 3 parcels / 1261.44 acres in the Pecos District Office of New Mexico. The parcels include two in Eddy County and one in Lea County. 
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance and parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn.
  • Low potential for development: Two parcels, NM-2025-05-0472 and NM-2025-05-6849, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development. Both parcels are surrounded by active development including 14 active wells within 1 miles of the parcels (with some closer than 1/4 mile) and plugged wells within the boundaries of the proposed parcels.
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale EA ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Scoping (posted 7/15/2024)

  • Comments are due Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 3 parcels / 1261.44 acres in the Pecos District Office of New Mexico. The parcels include two in Eddy County and one in Lea County. 
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance and parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn.
  • Low potential for development: Two parcels, NM-2025-05-0472 and NM-2025-05-6849, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development. Both parcels are surrounded by active development including 14 active wells within 1 miles of the parcels (with some closer than 1/4 mile) and plugged wells within the boundaries of the proposed parcels.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

February 2025 Lease Sale

Sale Notice (posted 11/7/2024)

  • Protests on the Sale Notice for the proposed February 2025 lease sale are due Monday, December 9, 2024. Important information on how to protest is in the Sale Notice and on the
    New Mexico February 2025 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website. General information about the sale can be found under the Home section and instructions for how to submit a protest by email, paper mail, or hand delivery can be found under the Documents section.  Additional information about the sale is available in the Announcement and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales website. 
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 7 parcels / 1317 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office of New Mexico. The parcels include six in Eddy County and one in Lea County.
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance, parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn, and a parcel within 10 miles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
  • Low potential for development: Two parcels, NM-2025-02-6848 and NM-2025-02-6845, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development. Both parcels are within 2 miles of active wells although the nearest active wells to parcel NM-2025-02-6848 are almost exactly 2 miles away.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Sale Notice : Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Sale Notice ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Environmental Assessment (posted 7/30/2024)

  • Comments are due Thursday, August 29, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 7 parcels / 1317 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office of New Mexico. The parcels include six in Eddy County and one in Lea County.
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance, parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn, and a parcel within 10 miles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
  • Low potential for development: Two parcels, NM-2025-02-6848 and NM-2025-02-6845, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development. Both parcels are within 2 miles of active wells although the nearest active wells to parcel NM-2025-02-6848 are almost exactly 2 miles away.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Scoping (posted 5/6/2024)

  • Comments are due Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 7 parcels / 1317 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office of New Mexico. The parcels include six in Eddy County and one in Lea County.
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in other habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance, parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn, and a parcel within 10 miles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
  • Low potential for development: Two parcels, NM-2025-02-6848 and NM-2025-02-6845, are in areas identified in Bureau of Land Management published Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario Documents as having low potential for oil and gas development. Both parcels are within 2 miles of active wells although the nearest active wells to parcel NM-2025-02-6848 are almost exactly 2 miles away.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

November 2024 Lease Sale

Scoping (posted 2/5/2024)

  • Comments are due Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Comments must be submitted through the links provided to the electronic comment forms under the Documents section of the Field Office webpage (click ‘Participate Now’ to comment). Additional information about the sale is available under the Home section and on the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is analyzing 2 parcels / 1201.53 acres in the Carlsbad Field Office of New Mexico. The parcels include two in Eddy County. Additional parcels are being analyzed in the Oklahoma Field Office. 
  • Conflicts identified include parcels in the human-powered recreation footprint 1/4-mile buffer, other important habitat for terrestrial species of economic and recreational importance and parcels within an area identified as a priority corridor region for pronghorn.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping: Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Resources

*The research Map doesn’t work in all web browsers. I was able to successfully access the map in the Firefox browser on a PC on 6/17/2024.