The Bureau of Land Management Colorado will offer 24 parcels totaling 6,797 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., Nov. 13, 2014, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.About 481 acres are located on BLM-managed land with the remaining 6,316 acres on private lands with BLM-managed subsurface minerals - all within the Royal Gorge Field Office. The parcels are spread among El Paso, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington and Weld counties. A map of all the parcels and associated environmental analysis for those areas are posted online: www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/oilandgas/oil_and_gas_lease/2014/november_2014_lease_sale.html. The public has 30 days to protest any of the parcels being offered in the sale. The deadline for submitting protests is 4 p.m., Sept. 14, 2014. All protests must be received by the BLM Colorado State Office, located at 2850 Youngfield St., Lakewood, CO 80215.Additional lease sale information can be obtained online at: www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/oilandgas/oil_and_gas_lease.html. Information is also available at any one of the bureau's field offices and the BLM Colorado State Office, Public Room, 2850 Youngfield St., Lakewood, CO.The State of Colorado receives 49 percent of the proceeds of each lease sale. In Fiscal_Year 2013, Colorado received more than $175 million from royalties, rentals and bonus bid payments for all federal minerals, including oil and gas. Statewide, more than 22,900 jobs are tied to mineral and energy development on public lands.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
