Utah 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.

September (Third Quarter) 2025 Lease Sale

Scoping (posted 2/25/2025)

  • Comments on the parcels included in the Parcel List for the proposed Utah Third Quarter (Q3) 2025 Lease Sale must be received by Friday, March 28, 2025. There is more information and a link to submit comments on the Utah 2025 Third Quarter Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale ePlanning website and with additional information on the Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sales Web Page.
  • According to the announcement and documents, Utah Bureau of Land Management is proposing to offer 25 parcels/39,868.14 acres in Sanpete and Uintah Counties in the Richfield and Vernal Field Offices.
  • Rocky Mountain Wild has prepared a screen showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Wildlife and plant conflicts identified:
    • Critical habitat for Colorado pikeminnow
    • General habitat for greater sage-grouse including brood and winter habitat
    • White-tailed prairie dog area
    • Black-footed ferret management area
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk and mule deer
    • Crucial fawning habitat for mule deer and pronghorn
    • Duchesne milkvetch (vulnerable plant)
  • Wildlands conflicts identified:
    • Lands identified by the Bureau of Land Management and conservation organizations as having wilderness characteristics
    • Lands proposed for Wilderness protection by the U.S. Congress
    • Land adjacent to the Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area
    • Land within 10 miles of Dinosaur National Monument
    • Human-powered recreation footprint (Outdoor Alliance)
  • Note that all of the proposed parcels are on lands identified as medium or high potential for oil and gas development.
  • Scoping Parcels: Google Earth kmz | Zipped Shapefile
  • Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

May 13, (Second Quarter) 2025 Lease Sale

Sale Notice (posted 12/18/2024)

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 6/24/2024)

Scoping (posted 2/14/2024)

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 Windows PC on 6/17/2024.