Polygon layer · Minerals & Subsurface
Oil and gas leases, and the split estate underneath
Federal oil and gas lease parcels and their status.
Oil and gas leases expose the single most common surprise in western land deals: the surface and the minerals below it belong to different people. Buying the surface without checking the leasehold buys a neighbor with drilling rights.
- Source
- BLM
- Refresh
- Weekly
- Geometry
- Polygon
- Included from
- Complete ($499/mo)
Why Oil/Gas Leases matters
A surface purchase without checking the lease status underneath is an incomplete transaction. It also runs the other way: expiring leases signal acreage about to come available, and produced water from active operations is a real, and frequently mispriced, water source in arid basins.
Questions Oil/Gas Leases answers
- Who holds the development rights under this parcel?
- When does this acreage come open?
- Is there active leasing pressure around a site I am considering?
- Does produced water from nearby operations create a supply or a liability?
What is in the Oil/Gas Leases data
Coverage: Federal mineral estate across the western US. Source dataset: Oil and gas lease parcels.
| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Lessee | Holder of the lease of record. |
| Lease status | Authorized, pending, expired or terminated. |
| Serial number | BLM case file identifier for records requests. |
| Effective and expiration dates | Lease term, which determines when acreage may come open. |
How we serve Oil/Gas Leases
Lease parcels render in the reserved violet family that is kept distinct from the water ramp, so subsurface tenure never reads as hydrology.
Oil and gas leases — source, refresh and coverage
- Steward
- BLM
- Dataset
- Oil and gas lease parcels
- Refresh cadence
- Weekly
- Coverage
- Federal mineral estate across the western US
- Records
- 4,985 rows
- Geometry
- Polygon
- Included from
- Complete ($499/mo/mo)
Who uses Oil/Gas Leases
Energy Development
Route corridors, site generation, and clear the environmental picture before the first landowner call.
Mining & Exploration
Deposits, active claims, protected land and the water to run a mine — on one map.
Legal & Title Diligence
Authoritative records, chain context and export-ready evidence for adjudication and title work.
Water Rights Investing
Price seniority, spot the mismatch between paper water and wet water, and find positions before they are listed.
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