Oil and Gas Leasing – Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews

This Instruction Memorandum (IM) sets out the policy of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to increase the lands offered for onshore oil and gas lease sales, to decrease leasing timeframes, and to ensure that oil and gas lease sales are held in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and other applicable laws. This IM supersedes IM 2023-006, Implementation of Section 50265 in the Inflation Reduction Act for Expressions of Interest for Oil and Gas Lease Sales, IM 2023-007, Evaluating Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale Parcels for Future Lease Sales, and IM 2023-010, Oil and Gas Leasing – Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews, and supersedes any conflicting guidance or directive found in the BLM Manuals or Handbooks.