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Energy Contracting and the Hidden Power of the Force Majeure Clause - Energy Law Insights
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
Renewable Natural Gas and the Promise of a Cleaner Future
Oil & Gas M&A Deal Activity & Outlook--Part 1
The Consequences Of Rising Inflation & Crude Oil Prices
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 22: "Focus on Iran: Protests, Sanctions and Oil"
Putin's Oil Heist - Episode 1: Putin's Plan
Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy
Energy Horizons: Disaccoppiamento del prezzo dell’energia da quello del gas: quali impatti sulle rinnovabili?
Business Associate Data: The Foundation In Oil & Gas Transactions
ASC 842: Private Companies On The Clock After Delay
Handling Oil & Gas Issues in Trial and Appellate Courts | Wesley Lloyd | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Moving Energy Forward: Putting Learning To Work
Renewable Diesel: The Next Generation Of Biofuels
2021 NAPE Summit: Energy Takes Center Stage
On-Demand Webinar | Linear Infrastructure Redux: Adapting Your Projects to Meet the New Regulatory Climate
Energy & Infrastructure: Renewables Driving Change in the Investment Landscape
On 16 June 2022, Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Competition announced its decision to block National Gas and Industrialization Company from acquiring a majority stake in Best Gas Carrier on the basis of vertical...more
Recent actions by the Saudi Arabia competition authority confirm that the agency is adopting a more aggressive enforcement approach, particularly involving consumer-facing companies. The Saudi Arabian General Authority...more
Digging deeper into Google’s announcement that “its ad tools would no longer support individual tracking of users across websites starting in 2022,” a move that—with the site’s previously unveiled plans to stop supporting...more
Jim Hansen, Head of Investment Banking at Opportune Partners LLC, gives his thoughts on the state of oil and gas M&A activity and what to expect in 2021. Originally published in the January 2021 issue of Financier...more
As Murphy’s law states, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”. This age-old adage can be applied to what the U.S. oil and gas industry has experienced through most of 2020. The U.S. shale sector continues to reel...more
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has witnessed substantial growth in the production of primary, midstream, and downstream mineral and metals products catering to both local and export markets. Currently, as a part of the...more
Climate Change Litigation on the Horizon with Trump Environmental Overhaul - On July 16, 2020, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published the long-awaited final rule revising the implementing...more
As upstream oil and gas companies emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcies, they’ll need to be mindful of exit credit facility terms and requirements that may reflect a shift from their prior experience and will likely affect...more
Now is the time for oil and gas companies emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to adequately address their associated fresh-start reporting and valuations....more
The first half of 2020 has presented governments, business and individuals with an unprecedented set of circumstances to grapple with. As thoughts start to turn towards emerging from the crisis, people around the world have...more
During all of Donald Trump’s presidency, he has been accused of maintaining secret ties to Russia. That charge only increased following recent reports that Russia had offered the Taliban cash to kill American soldiers in...more
Oil & gas dealmaking has plummeted following a period of prolonged low oil prices and a steep fall in demand due to COVID-19. However, large players with strong balance sheets could still see opportunities to invest....more
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
Industry Expert Insights - We reached out to one of our Lex Mundi partners and a well-known expert in the United Arab Emirates in the energy and legal industries to get his thoughts on the current energy climate. ...more
U.S. Banks Prepare to Seize Energy Assets as Shale Boom Goes Bust - "Major U.S. lenders are preparing to become operators of oil and gas fields across the country for the first time in a generation to avoid losses on loans...more
Whatever your business—whether you are a government entity in charge of mega projects, an oil and gas major responsible for energy security, an investor looking at new investments, managing existing positions or planning...more
China Resumes LNG Imports from the U.S. - "Chinese buyers have resumed imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. exporters, as Beijing started granting waivers to a 25% import tariff." Why this is important: In the...more
The pandemic is bringing rivals Apple and Google together in an effort to develop a system for “tracking through Bluetooth technology the contacts of those who have tested positive for COVID-19, a method the tech giants...more
Two of the world's largest producers of crude (Saudi Arabia and Russia) refused in early March to curb output and are now flooding the market with inexpensive oil. Given the current economic conditions…...more
Following a breakdown of negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Russia, on March 8, 2020, oil prices experienced the largest one-day price drop since the 1991 Gulf War, falling to $30 a barrel. This occurred in the context of...more
M&A in the US oil and gas sector faced significant headwinds in 2019, even before the COVID-19 pandemic and crash in crude price sent a shock to the industry. M&A in the US oil and gas industry faced an uphill battle in...more
Find out why the recent downward volatility in crude oil and gas prices may be a catalyst for goodwill and asset impairment testing. By Kevin Cannon Market equity prices and indices, along with commodity prices, have seen...more
Find out why the global oil price war, triggered by Saudi Arabia and Russia's refusal to curb production to stabilize prices during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, reinforces the need for structural change....more
The shockwaves to both worldwide civilization and the international economy of the coronavirus, COVID-19, continue to escalate, with energy being the latest front. China, the world’s largest oil importer, has drastically...more
Go ahead and put Tuesday, March 11th in the history books. The same day the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak as an official pandemic, the US stock market’s 11-year bull run officially came to an end, with the Dow closing...more