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Does the ADP in Your LNG SPA Meet Your Needs?

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It’s that time of year again when the sellers and buyers of many of the world’s long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) must agree on the Annual Delivery Programme (ADP). In past years, this...more

White & Case LLP

LNG in transition: Navigating an evolving market - Are the changes reshaping the market structural or short-term?

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Significant energy market developments are raising questions for LNG sector players in Japan and worldwide. Following massive growth in the number of LNG production and export facilities, end-users and shipping capacity, the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Revisiting LNG Resale Restrictions – Implications of Recent EU Decisions

In our July 2017 update in AG Speaking Energy, we highlighted that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) concluded in its market study that destination clauses, diversion clauses, profit-sharing clauses and take-or-pay...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

European Commission Takes Aim at Qatar’s LNG Contracts

• JFTC‘s recent market study on clauses in LNG SPAs indicate that agreements may run afoul of Japanese antimonopoly laws. • EU cases may provide guidance on application of competition law to destination clauses, diversion...more

Jones Day

Japanese Report: LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement Destination Restrictions Likely Anticompetitive

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On June 28, 2017, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") published a report based on a survey conducted from July 2016 to May 2017 ("Report"), concluding that destination restrictions provided in liquefied natural gas...more

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The Japan Fair Trade Commission Has Said No to LNG Resale Restrictions—What Does This Mean for Japanese and Non-Japanese LNG...

In June 2017, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) issued its conclusion on an earlier market study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) resale restrictions and cautioned that (i) destination clauses, (ii) diversion clauses,...more

King & Spalding

LNG Disputes on the Rise

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Although some in the LNG industry are generally aware of price review disputes (mostly in Europe) that occurred during the last decade, the growing overall trend globally in LNG disputes (especially via international...more

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The Top 10 Questions Facing the LNG Industry in 2016

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Although continuing low oil prices affect the LNG industry in expected ways (e.g., delays and cancellations in the development of LNG export projects) and unexpected ways (e.g., take-overs between major players in an already...more

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Re-examining the Take-or-Pay Obligation in LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements

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Since almost the inception of the LNG industry, the “take-or-pay” contract structure has become perhaps the defining characteristic of long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPAs). The benefits of the traditional...more

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How Latin American LNG Markets and U.S. Exports are Reshaping the LNG Market

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Traditionally, long-term take-or-pay "ToP" LNG sale and purchase agreements ("LNG SPAs") provide the foundation for the development of an LNG export project. These are contracts with terms of 20 years or longer. A buyer under...more

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