12/1/2025 8:44:11 PM DOI Issues Draft Proposed 2026-2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Sales Scheduled for Alaska, Gulf of America, and Pacific Regions By Jana Grauberger Bradford Laperouse Kathleen Doody On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) published its Notice of Availability of the 1st Analysis and Proposal of...
11/10/2025 6:58:52 PM Big Beautiful Gulf 1 Lease Sale to Offer 80 Million Acres for Leasing at 12.5% Royalty Rate By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody BOEM’s Final Notice of Sale (FNOS) for Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), to be published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2025, will...
10/14/2025 11:01:33 PM Government Shutdown and BOEM, BSEE and ONRR Contingency Plans By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Due to the government shutdown, which began on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the...
9/2/2025 1:03:28 PM Healthy Gulf’s Challenge to the 2024–2029 OCS Leasing Program Fails By Jana Grauberger Margaret Chavez On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “Court” or the “Healthy Gulf Court”) issued its decision...
8/22/2025 3:56:01 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Surety Cannot Recover from Former Offshore Lessees for Forfeited Bonds Used to Pay for Decommissioning By Chace Vienne The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Lexon Insurance Co., Inc. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., No. 24-20347 (5th Cir. Aug. 19, 2025) (slip...
8/12/2025 12:40:27 PM Navigating Offshore Energy: Marine Log Q&A By Liskow This Q&A from Marine Log provides insights from Liskow attorney Jana Grauberger on navigating offshore leasing, permitting,...
5/29/2025 12:43:29 PM Podcast: “Navigating Bankruptcy in the Energy Sector” By Liskow In this episode of Energy Law This Week, hosts Matt Jones, April Rolen-Ogden, and Liskow attorney Michael Rubenstein cover significant...
5/5/2025 7:30:38 PM DOI to Overhaul BOEM’s 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance Regulations for Offshore Leases and Grants By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody On Friday, May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intent to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy...
4/14/2025 8:27:18 PM Podcast: Navigating Federal Offshore Waters By Liskow On a recent episode of “Energy Law This Week ,” Matt Jones , April Rolen-Ogden, and Jana Grauberger delve into the complexities of...
4/11/2025 5:31:52 PM BOEM Now Considering Repeal of Its $6.9B Rule and Will Only Seek Supplemental Financial Assurance from Select Properties During Regulatory Review By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Liskow In 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) issued new financial assurance (“FA”) regulations requiring an estimated $6.9...
3/17/2025 9:43:46 PM EPA Announces 31 Historic Actions Publicized as “Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen” By Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin announced that the agency will undertake 31 deregulatory actions to advance President...
2/7/2025 8:04:29 PM NEPA Changes Slated Under President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the “Unleashing American Energy” Executive Order (“EO”) with the stated purpose of...