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Join us April 17 for the 2026 Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal Symposium titled From Liabilities to Assets: Bridging Regulatory Gaps, Business Innovations, and Tribal Implications for Abandoned Wells. 

ONE-J's annual day of lectures and CLE will begin at 9 AM with breakfast and check-in opening at 8:30. The 2026 ONE-J symposium is titled From Liabilities to Assets: Bridging Regulatory Gaps and Business Innovations in the Decommissioning Era and will serve as a multidisciplinary symposium on abandoned wells, energy transition, and land stewardship.



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This year's symposium will convene regulators, tribal leadership, academics, industry executives, and national policy experts to examine emerging and persistent challenges in energy law and resource governance. Panels will address contemporary issues in oil and gas development, natural resource management, environmental accountability, and the legal frameworks shaping the future of the energy industry in Oklahoma and beyond.

 

Event program is available by clicking the link here.

 

Agenda:

8:15 a.m. Breakfast and Meet and Greet in Bell Foyer

9 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30 a.m. OCC Work on Abandoned Wells and Regulatory Changes to Address

  • Melissa Scimeca, Senior Attorney for the Oklahoma Corporations Commission Oil & Gas Division
  • Mike McGinnis, Deputy Director for the Oklahoma Corporations Commission Oil & Gas Division

10:20 a.m. From Hydrocarbons to Heat: Converting Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells to Geothermal Wells

  • Professor Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M School of Law

11:20 a.m. Environmental Defense Fund Study on Future of Wells and Suggestions for Further Reforms

  • Adam Peltz, Director and Senior Attorney for Environmental Defense Fund

12:20 p.m. Lunch 

1 p.m. The Real Cost of Restoration: Economic Drivers and Fiscal Realities of Well Decommissioning

  • Daniel Raimi, Fellow at Resources for the Future

2 p.m. Industry Perspective

  • Staci Taruscio, CEO of Rebellion Energy Solutions

3 p.m. Tribal Counsel and AG Panel Discussion

  • Stephen Ward, Partner at Conner Winters and Outside Counsel for Caddo Nation
  • Attorney General Geri Wisner, Muscogee Creek Nation

4 p.m. Reception held in Bell Foyer

 



This event has been approved for up to seven (7) hours of CLE credit by the Oklahoma Bar Association.

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