| Registration and Breakfast |
8:00 – 8:20 A.M. |
Welcoming Address and Opening Remarks
- Dean Thomas C. Galligan
- Professor Keith Hall
- JELR Representative
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8:20 – 8:30 A.M. |
Setting the Framework – J.T. Nesser, Shell Oil Co.
- What is decommissioning?
- What does U.S. law require?
- Continuing liability
- What is financial assurance?
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8:30 – 9:00 A.M. |
Transactional Issues Relating to Decommissioning Obligations
- 9:00 – 9:38 A.M.
- Jana Grauberger & Carson Haddow, Liskow & Lewis
- 9:38 – 10:15 A.M.
- Alida Hainkel, Jones Walker LLP.
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9:00 – 10:15 A.M. |
| Break |
10:15 – 10:30 A.M. |
What the Regulations Require and How Decommissioning Differs Between the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico
- Keith Couvillion, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
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10:30 – 11:20 P.M. |
| Short Break |
11:20 – 11:30 A.M. |
Bonding and Financial Assurance under U.S. Law
- Anthony C. Marino, Slattery Marino & Roberts
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11:30 A.M. – 12:10 PM. |
| Lunch Break |
12:10 – 12:50 P.M. |
Regulatory Issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf
- Uisdean Vass, Ledingham Chalmers LLP
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12:50 – 1:40 P.M. |
| Break |
1:40 – 2:00 P.M. |
Offshore Issues in Brazil
- Dr. Eduardo Pereira, International Energy Law Advisory Group
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2:00 – 2:20 P.M. |
Transactional Issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf and How They Compare to U.S. Transactional Issues
- 2:20 – 3:05 P.M.
- Prof. Greg. R. Gordon, Univ. of Aberdeen
- 3:05 – 3:20 P.M.
- Panel discussion with Gordon, Hainkel, Haddow regarding similarities or differences between transactional issues in U.S. and U.K.
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2:20 – 3:20 P.M. |
| Short Break |
3:20 – 3:30 P.M. |
Rigs-to-Reefs: Environmental Concerns
- Claire Gonzales & Amber Jackson, Blue Latitudes LLC
- J.T. Nesser, Shell Oil Co.
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3:30 – 4:30 P.M. |
| Adjournment of Symposium
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4:30 P.M. |
