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Energy Newsletter - August 2020

Environmental Tort Class Actions - In what has become a near legal certainty following plant explosions, train wrecks with chemical spills, and other large-scale accidents, plaintiffs often file suit and seek to certify...more

Energy Newsletter - May 2020

Energy Explosion: 10 Trends to Watch in Energy Restructuring - On April 20, 2020, U.S. benchmark crude traded negative for the first time. This drastic drop in price was caused by the perfect storm of the Saudi...more

Preparing for Investments in Mexico’s Upcoming Energy Infrastructure Plan

On April 5, 2020, in the first quarterly report of his second year of government, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (“AMLO”) reiterated his intention to unveil a long-awaited energy-infrastructure plan. The...more

Facilitating Energy Sustainability: Procurement of Renewable or Certified Sustainable Natural Gas

A decade ago, individual and corporate consumers who sought to reduce their carbon footprint would purchase carbon offset credits, whereby their carbon footprint would be offset by activity undertaken by the issuer of the...more

Railroad Commission of Texas (“TRRC”) to Rule on Proposed Proration on May 5, 2020

Over a hearing that lasted over 10 hours on April 14, 2020, the TRRC listened as oil and gas industry participants and stakeholders provided their input on a motion by Pioneer Resources USA Inc. and Parsley Energy Inc....more

5/4/2020  /  Crude Oil , Energy Sector , Oil & Gas , OPEC

Government Offers Storage at the Strategic Petroleum Reserves for U.S. Produced Crude Oil

On Friday, March 13, President Trump announced he had directed the U.S. Department of Energy (the “DOE”) to begin purchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (the “SPR”). The DOE immediately took action on March 19 by...more

Could Double Whammy of COVID-19 and Low Oil Prices Shift the LNG Supply and Demand Balance?

On March 30, 2020, Shell announced that it is pulling out of the Lake Charles liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) project. Just a few weeks ago, it was reported that Shell’s 50% share of the quantities from the 16.45 MTPA project...more

U.S. Produced Crude Oil Targeted for First Purchase for the Strategic Petroleum Reserves

Amid current low oil prices, there may be one bright spot for U.S. producers. On Friday, March 13, President Trump announced he has directed the U.S. Department of Energy (the “DOE”) to begin purchasing oil for the Strategic...more

Energy Newsletter - June 2018

Lessons for Sellers in Contracting with Emerging Market Buyers: The “Three R’s” to Structuring Payment Security Provisions - The recent rebound in the international energy industry is being driven, at least in part, by a...more

Lessons for Sellers in Contracting with Emerging Market Buyers: The “Three R’s” to Structuring Payment Security Provisions

The recent rebound in the international energy industry is being driven, at least in part, by a large and growing appetite for U.S. hydrocarbon commodity products from buyers in China and other new and emerging markets. U.S....more

Energy Newsletter - September 2017

Managing Decommissioning Risks in Asian M&A Transactions - By the end of 2026, approximately 134 producing Concessions and Production Sharing Contracts (each, a “PSC”) will have expired in South Asia. It is expected that 900...more

The Shift Away from Take-or-Pay Contracts in LNG

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (the “JFTC”) recently undertook a survey to review destination restriction clauses in contracts for the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”). Included at the end of the JFTC’s...more

Top Five Issues for the LNG Industry in 2017

As low oil prices dragged on for another year, LNG sellers and developers continued to face hurdles in 2016. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, we witnessed more projects cancelled or put on hold, including LNG Canada and...more

Overview of REMIT for LNG Sellers to EU

With a robust demand for gas and a desire to reduce its reliance on Russian gas supplies, Europe is a market hotly pursued by liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sellers and export project developers alike. Those seeking to sell to...more

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing: BOEM Withdraws Controversial Sole Liability Orders

On February 17, 2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”), which manages oil and gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf, announced that it is withdrawing previously-issued orders to sole liability property...more

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