DOI Revises GOM Lease Sale 261 Final Notice of Sale

On October 10, 2023, DOI announced it will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 (GOM Lease Sale 261) on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. IRA section 50264 directed BOEM to hold GOM Lease Sale 261 by September 30, 2023. On August 25, 2023, BOEM published the Final NOS for Lease Sale 261, which originally scheduled GOM Lease Sale 261 for September 27, 2023. BOEM is now rescheduling the sale, revising the sale area, modifying the Lease Stipulations to remove the protected species language, updating the Information to Lessees, publishing a revised List of Available Blocks, and publishing new maps to comply with court orders from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on September 26, 2023.