Saturday, June 13, 2026

BOEM Withdraws Financial Assurance Orders for Sole Liability OCS Operators/Lessees

Agency action delivers some breathing room, not a reversal: Haynes and Boone In what might be called a surprise reversal—or at least a ‘hold on, let’s think about this’ moment—the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on Feb. 17, 2017, that it will withdraw the sole liability orders that were issued to Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease

$170 Million Juneau Natural Gas Project on Hold

From the Washington Times Juneau’s privately owned electric utility is holding off on plans to bring natural gas to Alaska’s capital city due to lower oil prices. Alaska Electric Light & Power’s owner, Washington-state-based Avista, had expressed interest in shipping liquefied natural gas from British Columbia to Juneau as a way to save customers money, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Tuesday.

British Columbia Government Approves Pipeline Expansion

From the Calgary Herald The B.C. government has approved the proposed expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the province’s northeast. The province says it has issued an environmental assessment certificate for TransCanada’s Towerbirch expansion project, which carries natural gas from B.C. across North America. The line stretches 87 kilometres from near Dawson Creek and into northern Alberta. TransCanada says