BILLINGS, Mont. – Twenty parcels totaling about 18,879 acres in North Dakota and Montana will be included in a competitive oil and gas lease sale by the Bureau of Land Management’s Montana/Dakotas State Office in December.

The sale is scheduled to occur online at www.energynet.com starting on Dec. 18.

The proposed parcels are located in Burke, Divide and Williams counties in North Dakota and Powder River and Richland counties in Montana.

The sale notice, environmental review documents and additional information, including protest instructions for the December oil and gas lease sale, can be viewed online at https://go.usa.gov/xyTep. Instructions for in-person access to the BLM office can be found on ePlanning. Publication of this sale notice starts a 30-day protest period that closes at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 28.

For more information about oil and gas leasing in the Montana/Dakotas, contact Samantha Iron Shirt at 406-896-5060. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) can call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question with the above individual.