A Taxonomy of Oil Spill Costs: What are the Likely Costs of theDeepwater Horizon Spill?

Who Pays, When, and How Much?: A Primer on Oil Spill Liability Law

The legal consequences of the ongoing BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, now the largest in U.S. history, will reverberate for years to come.

Office Hours with Billy Pizer: How Can We Value and Improve Future Energy Security?

Ensuring global energy security will require economists and policymakers to rethink the macroeconomic fallout of energy disruptions.

Federal Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Program Provided Benefits at a High Cost, New Research Finds

New research suggests that the orphaned oil well program in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided meaningful benefits to local communities. But these benefits likely fell short of the program’s cost.

Costs and Benefits of Decommissioning Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: Evidence from Six States

This paper evaluates some of the key environmental and economic outcomes of federal spending to plug orphaned oil and gas wells.