GoM groups seek info from gov’t

Seeking information related to the changes to the financial assurances and bonding required of offshore oil and gas producers, four oil and gas industry trade groups – National Ocean Industries Association, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Gulf Economic Survival Team - have submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to both the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Department of the Interior (DOI). The trade groups collectively represent the entirety of the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. They have joined to push for consideration of the FOIA requests and continue to urge BOEM, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and DOI to be responsive to industry concerns regarding its Notice to Lessees No. 2016-N01, which changed the existing regulations for securing decommissioning liability for the offshore oil and gas industry. (Source: Marine Link 11/07/16)