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Decommissioning intelligence, written down.
Analysis for the contractors, engineers and BD teams who pursue Gulf of Mexico decommissioning work. Built on the same public record the radar monitors.
Analysis Why overdue deadlines don't convert into contracts GAO found over 2,700 wells and 500 platforms overdue, more than 75 percent of Gulf end-of-lease and idle infrastructure past its deadline, and an enforcement toolkit it describes as essentially warnings. For suppliers, that is the explanation for every stalled pursuit. 
Markets The Pacific OCS: 23 platforms, nothing finished yet 
Explainer Rigless P&A: the regulation never names a rig 
Analysis Reading ARO: the liability that only goes up 
Analysis Financial assurance: $6.9 billion added, then proposed away 
Analysis What 2026 well permits say about future P&A 
Analysis North Sea subsea decom cost signals, read for the Gulf 
Analysis Bullwinkle: plugging wells while the platform still produces 
Analysis Isaias shut-ins and NTL 2026-G03: where the decommissioning work surfaces 
Case Study Lena: the Gulf's tallest reefed platform, four years after shut-in Explainer Site clearance: the 60-day clock after the steel leaves 
Case Study When the hazard is the support equipment, not the steel 
Analysis BSEE and BOEM merge into the Marine Minerals Administration 
Analysis The 1,304-segment pipeline tail behind Gulf campaigns 
Explainer What temporarily abandoned wells mean for future P&A 
Analysis Where 806 standing Gulf structures sit in the sales window 
Analysis 1,813 open wells—and the sales window behind them 
Analysis What $90 oil does to Gulf decommissioning 
Playbook How to read the Gulf decommissioning sales window 
Explainer King's Quay and the lifecycle of a Gulf floater 
Analysis The operators behind $2.53bn of remaining P50 scope 
Case Study Fieldwood Energy: the bankruptcy case study 
Explainer Building a useful public data product 
Explainer What actually happens to reefed Gulf platforms Explainer How BSEE's idle iron clock forces decommissioning 
Explainer How BSEE's P50/P70/P90 cost estimates work 
Explainer A platform removal, application to clearance 
Markets Mexico's offshore decommissioning market 
Playbook How BSEE filings reveal work before execution 
Analysis What the Gulf's overdue backlog means for contractors 
Analysis Where decommissioning work goes after bankruptcy See the record these articles are built on.
The radar tracks Gulf decommissioning opportunities visible in monitored BSEE records, ranked and refreshed daily.