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Address:
310 Old Santa Fe Trail,
Santa Fe NM 87501

Phone:
505-827-5760

Greg Bloom

Assistant Commissioner of Mineral Resources

Greg Bloom is the Assistant Commissioner for Mineral Resources at the New Mexico State Land Office where he oversees the Oil, Gas, and Minerals Division, the Water Bureau, and the Royalty Management Division.  He held this same position from 2012 through 2014.  Additionally, Greg serves as Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard’s designee to the Oil Conservation Commission. Prior to the Land Office, Greg was State Director for U.S. Senator Tom Udall from 2015 through his retirement in 2021 and State Director for U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman from 2009 through 2012.  Greg has worked and focused on energy and public land policy for nearly two decades.  He lives with his family in Albuquerque and is an avid skier, hiker and biker. 

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Lease Sale Process

The State Land Office offers tracts for oil and gas leasing the third Tuesday of every month.  Tracts are leased through a competitive sealed or oral bid process.  To bid, you must have an OGRID number; if you do not have one; contact Veronica Gonzales at (505) 476-4538. Sealed bids must be submitted with payment prior to the lease sale; oral bidding is conducted at the lease sale.  Full directions and the bid application form can be found in the monthly lease sale notice.

Anyone can nominate available tracts for offer at the lease sale.  To nominate, send an email to Allison Marks, Director, at amarks@nmslo.gov.  To find out which tracts are available, use the Oil and Gas Interactive Map.

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