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 Leasing

 

The OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program is a pivotal element of Offshore Minerals Management.  Many different disciplines contribute to and support the overall leasing program--from the initial assessment of resources to environmental considerations to the final determination of what is actually offered for lease.

Leasing Offshore Lands - the leasing process, 5-year plan, schedules, and mapping.

Alaska leasing activities

Gulf of Mexico lease information

Pacific lease information

Headquarters
 

Fair Market Value - economic analyses, fair market value procedures, economic databases & modeling, post-sale activities and rejected bid appeals.
 

Forms - for all phases of leasing, development and production.
 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) - definition.
 

Resource Evaluation - geological and geophysical evaluations; engineering assessments of mineral resource potential.
     - Alaska
     - Gulf of Mexico
     - Pacific

 

Royalty Relief - design of policies, reviews requests for royalty rate reductions, generates economic assumptions.
 

Sand and Gravel - collects and provides geologic and environmental information, developed through partnerships with coastal States, to identify and make available sand deposits in Federal waters suitable for beach nourishment and wetlands protection projects.



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