Table 1.

Total Number of Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Lands

Geographic State FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017
Alabama 204 201 188 193 163 138 147 135 115 109
Alaska 371 352 280 204 214 222 242 242 174 229
Arizona 86 86 85 23 22 27 27 11 6 6
Arkansas 1,521 1,486 1,234 1,158 960 742 726 714 615 583
California 778 756 648 630 610 600 574 545 530 524
Colorado 6,179 5,910 5,627 5,343 5,160 4,963 4,712 4,333 4,034 3,859
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 16 13 12 5 4 4 2 7 15 14
Illinois 11 11 11 11 11 9 8 8 8 8
Indiana 2 15 13 7 9 9 9 8 9 9
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 485 494 488 483 485 482 467 464 462 457
Kentucky 83 76 62 63 69 69 69 68 69 70
Louisiana 531 441 387 462 539 525 524 566 572 558
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 147 172 174 163 168 170 184 216 235 217
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi 1,154 916 788 769 882 849 841 778 596 476
Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 4,185 4,093 3,607 3,499 3,566 3,488 3,364 3,075 2,675 2,561
Nebraska 29 28 27 24 25 30 34 34 27 27
Nevada 2,176 2,157 1,984 1,845 1,927 1,881 1,696 1,214 627 426
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 8,951 8,954 8,915 8,682 8,549 8,348 8,282 8,170 7,962 7,855
New York 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 1,565 1,772 1,779 1,969 2,024 2,061 2,119 2,071 1,837 1,769
Ohio 238 237 251 249 265 267 260 261 259 288
Oklahoma 1,268 1,298 1,291 1,284 1,294 1,284 1,275 1,250 1,209 1,122
Oregon 191 188 172 165 150 112 111 111 111 110
Pennsylvania 69 68 67 67 68 69 69 75 75 75
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 167 181 160 170 255 303 428 420 382 372
Tennessee 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Texas 658 731 724 735 648 683 727 712 667 599
Utah 4,300 4,271 4,192 3,947 3,789 3,574 3,445 3,367 2,985 2,873
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 46 42 40 38 39 39 38 38 38 19
Washington 416 342 260 101 43 2 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 283 273 267 251 259 257 257 250 238 235
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 18,961 17,854 16,798 16,622 16,489 16,209 15,535 15,059 13,598 13,095
Total 55,085 53,431 50,544 49,174 48,699 47,427 46,183 44,213 40,143 38,556
Data from Public Lands Statistics
Note: For all years, data is Federal-only; does not include Indian leases.