Oil and Gas Decommissioning: At Whose Expense?

Midlantic Nat'l Bank v. New Jersey Dep't of Envtl. Prot., 474 U.S. 494 (1986); In re ATP Oil & Gas Corp., No. 12-36187, 2013 WL 3157567, at * 1 (June 19, 2013); City of Beverly Hills v. Venoco LLC (In re Venoco LLC), 572 B.R. 105, 108 (Bankr. D. Del. 2017); State v. Lowe (In re H.L.S. Energy Co.), 151 F.3d 434 (5th Cir. 1998); In re Nat’l Gypsum Co., 139 B.R. 397, 413 (N.D. Tex. 1992); In re Am. Coastal Energy Inc., 399 B.R. 805 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2009).