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Federal Offshore Oil & Gas and Wind Leasing and Development

January 28-30, 2025

Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana

Join us in New Orleans in the heart of the French Quarter at the historic Hotel Monteleone for this one-of-a-kind comprehensive course on federal offshore oil & gas and wind leasing and development. Last offered in 2022, the course focuses on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Department of the Interior’s regulation of the offshore energy industry, and the primary agreements used in offshore oil and gas and wind operations.

The course will be taught by practicing attorneys, Department of Interior representatives, and others who are involved with offshore oil and gas and wind operations on a daily basis. Topics include jurisdiction over offshore oil and gas rights, Interior’s offshore leasing program, lease maintenance, assignments of offshore leases, the substantive law of coastal states as “surrogate” federal law, decommissioning liability, bonding, offshore bankruptcy issues, enforcement, administrative appeals, offshore wind, and more.

Expert speakers will address the following timely and important topics:

Day One:

• The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Continuing Issues of Federal/State Authority, and the Role of the Department of the Interior
• Granting Offshore Federal Leases, Rights-of-Way, and Rights-of-Use and Easement  
• Exploration Plans and Development Plans
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Adjudication Section Procedures
• Suspensions of Operations and Suspensions of Production
• Unitization  
• Offshore Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness, Including Oil Spill Response Plans
• Bonding/Financial Assurance/Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
• Renewable Energy - Offshore Wind
• Incidents of Noncompliance and Civil Penalties

Day Two:

• The Role of Other Statutes and Agencies
• Understanding Permits and Authorizations for Protected Species
• Administrative and Judicial Appeals of BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR Orders
• Decommissioning/Liability of Predecessors, Successors, and Assigns 
• Current Issues on Predecessor Liability and Decommissioning
• Bonding/Financial Assurance
• The Jones Act

Day Three:

• Adjacent State Law as Surrogate Federal Law for the Outer Continental Shelf
• Decommissioning Security Agreements
• How to Perfect Mortgage/Security Rights
• Compliance Language in Agreements 
• Current Offshore Related Litigation  

Includes 18.9 hours (50-minutes states) and 15.75 hours (60-minutes states) of CLE!