Archives by Tag 'oil & gas'

California Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Decommissioning Project (2008)

In early 2008, CONCUR successfully completed a project for the California Resources Agency to create a comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) to examine the major issues associated with decommissioning the State’s 27 offshore oil and gas platforms. Working closely with the office of the Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy and his staff, the [...]

Guadalupe Oil Field Cleanup, San Luis Obispo County, California (1997-2002)

CONCUR designed and mediated a dispute resolution process leading to clean-up of the Guadalupe Oil Field for the State of California and Union Oil of California (UNOCAL). The site is located in central California’s San Luis Obispo County. Over the 40-year life of the oil field, more than 15 million gallons of petroleum products gradually [...]

Neutral Fact-Finding Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1992)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary teamed with three colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley to conduct an independent review of ARCO’s oil and gas exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente. The review, jointly commissioned by proponents and critics of oil exploration, focused initially on the adequacy of the environmental documentation, was quickly broadened to include [...]

Socio-Economic Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Research Agenda and Minerals Management Service/University Of New Orleans (1992)

CONCUR conducted an intensive facilitated workshop to devise and rank a series proposals to evaluate socioeconomic and environmental effects of oil and gas leasing on Gulf States. The workshop brought together 30 of the top social scientists in the nation. CONCUR worked directly with BLM program managers and senior faculty of Louisiana State University on [...]