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Boomerang Decommissioning Liabilities: An Intensifying Risk
Six months ago, BCG highlighted the risk of so-called “boomerang” liabilities for oil and gas decommissioning. Since then, more than $1.5 billion of liabilities have flowed back to equity partners or former asset owners. It’s a growing issue and one to which both operators and regulators may need to pay increasing attention.