Announcement
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Nominations for a March 2025 Lease Sale are being accepted now. The nomination deadline is December 15, 2024.
The General Land Office (GLO) will hold an on-line sealed bid Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals Lease Sale on EnergyNet.com. Bids received will be opened at the GLO at 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701 in March, 2025. For more information about the lands to be offered for lease, call (512) 475-1534, or write to todd.hilliard@glo.texas.gov.
Relinquishment Act Leasing (RAL)
The surface owner of Relinquishment Act Lands acts as agent for the state for leasing purposes. Bonus, rentals, and royalties are split between the state and the surface owner. The GLO must review and approve the terms and consideration offered. The leases are not effective until approved and filed in the GLO.
- Guidelines for Relinquishment Act Leasing
- Application & Checklist for Relinquishment Act Leasing
- Relinquishment Act Lease Form
- Rules for Relinquishment Act Leasing (TAC)
Sealed Bid Sales
Certain Permanent School Fund Lands, such as rivers, bays, Gulf of Mexico, upland state fee tracts, and other agency lands, such as Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texas Department of Criminal Justice, require leasing through a sealed bid sale. Available tracts may be nominated by contacting the GLO. Sales are held periodically.
Resource Management Codes
Resource Management Codes are assigned to state-owned tracts in Texas bays and the Gulf of Mexico, providing development guidelines for activities within each tract. The codes enhance protection of sensitive natural resources by providing recommendations for minimizing adverse impacts from mineral exploration and development activities. These codes include recommendations from the following external resources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Historical Commission, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).Guidelines for Resource Management Codes
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State Free Royalty NPRI
A state Free Royalty interest is similar to a non-participating royalty interest. An oil, gas, or other mineral lease on land in which the state reserves a mineral or royalty interest is not effective until a certified copy of the recorded lease is filed in the General Land Office. Any pooling or communitization of the state's Free Royalty interest requires School Land Board approval.
State Right of Way Leasing (SROW)
Announcements
Please be advised that effective September 1, 2017, the leasing of county roads is subject to H.B.2521, 84th Leg. (T.N.R.C. §32.201(j)). Leases for county roads entered into, on or after, September 1, 2017, will require that any payment under the lease be made directly to the county (this does not include various application, processing, or administrative fees that will still be made to the GLO). New Procedures and forms for Leasing County Roads are posted under COUNTY ROAD LEASING (CoRd) below.
HB2521 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/HB02521F.htm
Natural Resources Code: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/NR/htm/NR.32.htm#32.20
A (HROW) tract may be leased when the state owns the minerals located under the tract.
County Road Leasing (CoRd)
Announcements
Please be advised that effective September 1, 2017, the leasing of county roads is subject to H.B.2521, 84th Leg. (T.N.R.C. §32.201(j)). Leases for county roads entered into, on or after, September 1, 2017, will require that any payment under the lease be made directly to the county (this does not include various application, processing, or administrative fees that will still be made to the GLO).
HB2521 http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/HB02521F.htm
Natural Resources Code: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/NR/htm/NR.32.htm#32.201
A CoRd tract may be leased when the county owns the minerals located under the tract. Roads crossing county lines must be leased by an individual lease for each county.
Unleased State Right of Way (Pooling)
An Unleased State Right of Way may be pooled pursuant to Section 32.207 of the Texas Natural Resources Code and with School Land Board approval ( See Pooling ).
Unleased County Road (Pooling)
An Unleased County Road may be pooled pursuant to Section 32.207 of the Texas Natural Resources Code and with School Land Board approval ( See Pooling ).
Unleased Rivers (Pooling)
Riverbeds and channels that belong to the state may be pooled pursuant to Section 52.076 of the Texas Natural Resources Code and with School Land Board approval ( See Pooling ).