2026-01568: Call for Information and Nominations for Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales Proposed in the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issues this call for information and nominations (Call) covering proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease sales in the available portions of the Southern California Planning Area. Those sales are described in the U.S. Department of the Interior's (Department) recently published Draft Proposed Program for the 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program (11th National Program), which BOEM announced on November 20, 2025. This Call solicits industry nominations of acreage for possible inclusion in these proposed sales and requests information from the public on the Call Area (as defined in the section "Call for Information and Nominations," subsection 3 "Description of the Call Area" below) for lease sale planning. Specifically, BOEM seeks information on geological conditions, archaeological sites, potential use conflicts, areas of special concern, and other socioeconomic, biological, and environmental information. This Call is not a final decision to lease and does not prejudge any future secretarial decisions concerning leasing offshore California.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
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