Regional Reports

Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale to offer more than 7,000 OCS tracts

June 19, 2012

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the first offshore lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon incident in New Orleans, on Wednesday, June 20.

Offshore staff

NEW ORLEANS —The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the first offshore lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon incident in New Orleans, on Wednesday, June 20.

The Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 will offer 7,434 outer continental shelf tracts which are located three to more than 230 mi offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. BOEM has received 593 bids from 48 companies on 454 tracts.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a news media teleconference following the sale to announce the results.

6/19/2012