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BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $2.1 Million

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Feb 16, 2013 at 10:25 PM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 17, 2013 at 12:25 AM MDT

DENVER (BLM) - On Thursday the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 111 parcels totaling 68,897 acres for $2.1 million including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

The highest per-acre price was for an 80-acre parcel in Bent County was sold to Martin Oil and Gas in Uniontown, Pennsylvania for $300 per acre.

Colorado will receive 49 percent of the proceeds of the sale, with the remainder going to the U.S. government. The state received more than $158 million in fiscal year 2012 from royalties, rentals and bonus bid payments for all federal minerals, including oil and gas.

BLM Colorado currently has approximately 4.2 million acres of public mineral estate leased for oil and natural gas development, generating more than $6.5 billion in direct economic benefits in 2011 and about $9.5 billion in total economic impacts.

A lease is the first step for a company or individual before eventually applying to develop and produce oil and gas from the BLM-managed public mineral estate. Additional planning, environmental analysis and public input must occur before drilling can begin.

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Randall Mohammed said on Monday, Feb 18 at 5:17 AM

A welcomed source of revenue for Denver and more so a very democratic process when it comes to drilling wells. But when did this process of selling land begin..is this a pre Obama deal or was Obama instrumental in opening up the market to the local oil and gas industry.

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