New Mexico Lease Sale Sets National Record

摘要

SANTA FE, N.M.-A record-breaking oil and gas lease sale generated $972.8 million in bonus bids for 142 parcels in New Mexico's Lea, Eddy and Chaves counties, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says. The agency points out the amount generated from the Sept. 5-6 sale in the Carlsbad Field Office is nearly three times the $358.0 million earned from all 2017 sales. Apart from the lease sale's record for total income, the auction also produced the highest bid ever for a single parcel and the highest per-acre bid ever received by BLM. The agency says the top bid generated $101.5 million for a 1,240-acre parcel in Eddy County, representing $81,889 an acre. The record for a single parcel was $76.7 million, set in September 2016 in New Mexico. The previous mark for a per-acre bid was $40,001 in December 2017.