BOEM publishes final notice for Gulf of Mexico lease sale

Aug. 24, 2023

Lease sale 261 to be held on Sept. 27, 2023.

Lease Sale 261 will offer approximately 12,395 blocks in the Western, Central, and Eastern Planning Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore staff

NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says it will publish the Final Notice of Sale and Record of Decision for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 in the Federal Register on Aug. 25, 2023.

The agency says it plans to conduct the lease sale on September 27, 2023.

Lease Sale 261 will offer approximately 12,395 blocks on approximately 67 million acres on the US Outer Continental Shelf in the Western, Central, and Eastern Planning Areas in the Gulf of Mexico.

In January, BOEM published the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the lease sale that analyzed potential impacts to environmental resources and identified mitigation measures for consideration in leasing the area.

08.24.2023