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Long-form guides that gather the analysis into one place. Unlike the blog, these are maintained rather than published once — each is updated as the record and the rules change.
How to read BSEE decommissioning data
A practical guide to the public offshore datasets — which ones carry decommissioning signal, the order work moves through them, how to tell a filing from a fact, and the questions the record can never answer.
Gulf of Mexico decommissioning: the complete guide
How offshore decommissioning works in the Gulf of Mexico — the obligation, the lifecycle from lease expiry to site clearance, who pays when an operator fails, and how to read the public BSEE record commercially.
Who pays when an operator fails
Decommissioning liability in the Gulf of Mexico is joint and several and runs backwards through ownership. How that works, what bankruptcy does to it, and how to identify the counterparty that can actually fund the work.
Looking for dated analysis instead? Read the blog, or start with the glossary.