Rethinking Global Supply Chain Resiliency & Efficiency
Nota Bene Episode 80: South Korea’s Bellwether on the Pandemic Market Recovery with Paul Kim
Supply chain shortages have only recently become a trending topic industry-wide due to production issues and rising demand for many of our favorite items. This can be mostly attributed to factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic...more
Canada’s leading event for the turnaround community is returning to Calgary! Focusing on the most pressing issues affecting the industry The Canadian Institute’s 20th Annual Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference ensures you...more
Patrick Long and Steve Roberts, both Directors in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, discuss why current supply chain disruptions appear to be more pronounced than in years past due to supply/demand imbalances and...more
Looking ahead, here are a few themes I think will play a role in 2021, which are a continuation or evolution of where we’ve been in 2020....more
2020 was a tumultuous year for the oil and gas industry, but there’s still reason for optimism. Originally published in The Weekly E&P Update Newsletter, December 22, 2020. ...more
While the airline industry has benefited from a special federal stimulus loan package tied to the impact of COVID-19, the energy industry has not been as fortunate to date. Many energy companies were distressed before the...more
Big Oil repeatedly remanded to state courts - will SCOTUS come to the rescue? "Oil companies facing suits by state and local governments that want them to bear a share of the cost of responding to the consequences of...more
El pasado 8 de junio de 2020 la Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) expidió el Acuerdo 4 de 2020, por el cual se adopta la medida de diferimiento del pago del Derecho Económico por concepto de Participación en la...more
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, and the oil & gas industry in particular is experiencing significant turmoil as demand has plummeted. Whether you are a company directly dealing with this economic...more
Last month, West Texas Intermediate crude dropped below $0.00 for the first time in history after weeks of low global oil demand as a result of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the Saudi Arabia-Russia price war....more
Will the downstream energy sector be able to accommodate forecast increased fuel demand in a post-covid-19 world, avoiding a bullwhip effect within the supply chain in the process?...more
With states now modifying their stay-at-home orders and social distancing restrictions, the long-term effects of the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic on energy and infrastructure projects remains unclear. But there have been...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
Find how the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic will likely spell out a new era for the oil and gas industry. ...more
McDermott continues to interact with industry leaders to provide the latest market updates on the severe disruption and uncertainty brought on the renewables industry by COVID-19. Joining us on Thursday will be Brett Kerr,...more
In the wake of an unprecedented sell-off in the crude oil market, the only response to balancing global markets is to reduce supply. How many times can you say "unprecedented?" The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a...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
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
Coronavirus Throws EU Climate Plans into Disarray - "Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said last week that the EU should 'forget about' the Green Deal for now while it focuses on Coronavirus." Why this is important: ...more