Yeah, I keep thinking Arthur was onto something when he spoke of Alaska being exposed to risk.

Abandoning oil and gas facilities is not a subject to take lightly, huge liabilities can be left to Alaskans and the risk is not to be made light of.

I, for one, don't have a lot of confidence that the oil industry isn't wagging the dog what with our history of corruption.  I have little faith that adequate oversight is now, or always will be, conscientiously performed. 

I'm not casting aspersions on any one entity or person, but I do have concerns with the newly designated 'limited liability companies' and what that means when risk turns into liability.

It's not the liability of the corporation's or company's principles I'm concerned about, it's Alaska's exposure that is the concern.

Personally, I'd tend to think higher bonding requirements could easily be justified.