Gulf of America OCS Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 1

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <SUBAGY>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. BOEM-2025-0417]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Gulf of America OCS Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 1</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final notice of sale. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Gulf of America (GOA) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 1 (Lease Sale BBG1). BOEM is holding this sale pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as amended, and its implementing regulations. The Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package for Lease Sale BBG1 contains information essential to potential bidders and comprises this notice, Information to Lessees, and Lease Stipulations. Section 50102 of the OBBBA mandates that the Secretary of the Interior conduct the sale within a specific time period and directs the Secretary to offer the same lease form, lease terms, economic conditions, and stipulations as contained in the final notice of sale entitled “Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254” (85 FR 8010, Feb. 12, 2020). </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> BOEM will hold Lease Sale BBG1 at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. All times referred to in this document are Central time, unless otherwise specified. <E T="03">Bid submission deadline:</E> BOEM must receive all sealed bids prior to the bid submission deadline of 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the day before the lease sale. For more information on bid submission, see Section VII of this document, “Bidding Instructions.” </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Bids will be accepted, prior to the bid submission deadline, through any parcel delivery service ( <E T="03">e.g.,</E> FedEx, UPS, U.S. Postal Service, DHL) or in person at 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123. Public bid reading for Lease Sale BBG1 will be held at 4545 Williams Boulevard, Kenner, Louisiana. The venue will not be open to the general public, but limited seating will be available for Lease Sale BBG1 bidders only. Bid opening will be available for public viewing on BOEM's website at <E T="03">https://www.boem.gov/Sale-BBG1</E> via live-streaming video beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the date of the sale. The results will be posted on BOEM's website upon completion of bid opening and reading. Interested parties may download the Final NOS package from BOEM's website at <E T="03">https://www.boem.gov/Sale-BBG1</E> . Copies of the sale maps can be obtained by contacting the BOEM GOA Region: Gulf of America Region Public Affairs Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, (504) 650-7060. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Pedro Levy, Gulf of America Region Lease Sale Coordinator, at <E T="03">BOEMGulfLeaseSales@boem.gov</E> or 504-739-1360. For sale day inquiries, please call Greg Purvis at 504-736-1729. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>   <E T="03">Authority:</E> This sale is being held pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 119-21 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act). This Final Notice of Sale is published pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1331 <E T="03">et seq.,</E> (Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended) and 30 CFR 556.308(a). Following President Trump's Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” (January 20, 2025), the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America. Any references to “Gulf of Mexico” herein are solely retained due to official titles of statutes, treaties, agreements or publications. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Table of Contents</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">I. Lease Sale Area</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">II. Statutes and Regulations</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IV. Lease Stipulations</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">V. Information to Lessees</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VI. Maps</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VII. Bidding Instructions</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IX. Forms</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">X. The Lease Sale</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">XI. Delay of Sale</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Lease Sale Area</HD> <E T="03">Blocks Offered for Leasing:</E> BOEM will offer for bid in this lease sale all available unleased acreage in the GOA OCS as identified on the map, “Final Oil and Gas Sale Area for Sale BBG1” ( <E T="03">https://www.boem.gov/Sale-BBG1</E> ), except those blocks listed below in “Blocks Not Offered for Leasing.” <E T="03">Blocks Not Offered for Leasing:</E> BOEM will exclude the following whole and partial blocks from this sale. The BOEM Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Supplemental OPDs are available online at <E T="03">https://www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/mapping-and-data</E> . • Whole and Partial Blocks withdrawn from leasing by Presidential Withdrawal in the September 8, 2020, <E T="03">Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition:</E> <GPOTABLE COLS="02" OPTS="L2,nj,i1" CDEF="s75,r150"> <TTITLE>Table 1—OCS Blocks Withdrawn From Leasing Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum Issued on September 8, 2020</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">GOA protraction areas</CHED> <CHED H="1">OCS block</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Pensacola (Leasing Map NH 16-05)</ENT> <ENT>Whole Blocks: 751-754, 793-798, 837-842, 881-886, 925-930, 969-975.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Destin Dome (Leasing Map NH 16-08)</ENT> <ENT>Whole Blocks: 1-7, 45-51, 89-96, 133-140, 177-184, 221-228, 265-273, 309-317, 353-361, 397-405, 441-450, 485-494, 529-538, 573-582, 617-627, 661-671, 705-715, 749-759, 793-804, 837-848, 881-892, 925-936, 969-981.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">DeSoto Canyon (Leasing Map NH 16-11)</ENT> <ENT> Whole Blocks: 1-15, 45-59, 92-102. Partial Blocks: 16, 60, 61, 89-91, 103-105, 135-147. </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Henderson (Leasing Map NG 16-05)</ENT> <ENT>Partial Blocks: 114, 158, 202, 246, 290, 334, 335, 378, 379, 422, 423.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> • Whole and Partial Blocks within the boundary of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (East and West Flower Garden Banks and the Stetson Bank) as of the July 14, 2008, <E T="03">Memorandum on Modification of the Withdrawal of Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition:</E> <GPOTABLE COLS="02" OPTS="L2,nj,i1" CDEF="s75,r150"> <TTITLE>Table 2—OCS Blocks Withdrawn From Leasing in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">GOA protraction areas</CHED> <CHED H="1">OCS block</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">High Island, East Addition, South Extension (Leasing Map TX7C)</ENT> <ENT> Whole Block: A-398. Partial Blocks: A-366, A-367, A-374, A-375, A-383, A-384, A-385, A-388, A-389, A-397, A-399, A-401. </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">High Island, South Addition (Leasing Map TX7B)</ENT> <ENT>Partial Blocks: A-502, A-513.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Garden Banks (Leasing Map NG 15-02)</ENT> <ENT>Partial Blocks: 134, 135.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> • Whole and Partial Blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the United States Exclusive Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of the Eastern Gap: <GPOTABLE COLS="02" OPTS="L2,nj,i1" CDEF="s75,r150"> <TTITLE>Table 3—OCS Blocks Not Offered for Leasing Adjacent to or Beyond the United States Exclusive Economic Zone</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">GOA Protraction areas</CHED> <CHED H="1">OCS Block</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Lund South (Leasing Map NG 16-07)</ENT> <ENT>Whole Blocks: 128, 129, 169-173, 208-217, 248-261, 293-305, 349.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Henderson (Leasing Map NG 16-05)</ENT> <ENT> Whole Blocks: 466, 508-510, 551-554, 594-599, 637-643, 679-687, 722-731, 764-775, 807-819, 849-862, 891-905, 933-949, 975-992. Partial Blocks: 335, 379, 423, 467, 511, 555, 556, 600, 644, 688, 732, 776, 777, 820, 821, 863, 864, 906, 907, 950, 993, 994. </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Florida Plain (Leasing Map NG 16-08)</ENT> <ENT>Whole Blocks: 5-24, 46-67, 89-110, 133-154, 177-197, 221-240, 265-283, 309-327, 363-370.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> • Depth-restricted, segregated block portion(s). The current block meeting this criterion is: • Block 299, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition (as shown on Louisiana Leasing Map LA10A), containing 1,125 acres from the surface of the earth down to a subsea depth of 1,900 feet with respect to the following described portions: <FP SOURCE="FP-1"> SW <E T="52">1/4</E> NE <E T="52">1/4</E> ; NW <E T="52">1/4</E> SE <E T="52">1/4</E> • Any remaining blocks in which the status of existing leases is under appeal, if the lease status is not resolved before publication of the Final NOS. The final list of blocks available for bid will be posted on BOEM's website at <E T="03">https://www.boem.gov/Sale-BBG1</E> . <HD SOURCE="HD1">II. Statutes and Regulations</HD> Each lease is issued pursuant to the OBBBA and OCSLA, 43 U.S.C. 1331 <E T="03">et seq.,</E> as amended, and is subject to OCSLA implementing regulations promulgated pursuant thereto in 30 CFR part 556, and other applicable statutes and regulations in existence upon the effective date of the lease, as well as those applicable statutes enacted and regulations promulgated thereafter, except to the extent that the after-enacted statutes and regulations explicitly conflict with an e ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 59k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━