COVID-19 presents the oil and gas sector with several novel safety considerations.
Drilling rigs and production platforms are self-contained vessels in which workers routinely live and work in close contact...more
4/14/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employee Training ,
Energy Sector ,
FEMA ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Jones Act ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
OSHA ,
Petroleum ,
Workplace Safety
Rekindling the Flame: Oil & Gas Securitizations -
A number of recent structurings of investment-grade rated securitizations of oil and gas wells are sparking conversations in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry about...more
12/20/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Buildings ,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
PFAS ,
Securitization ,
Service Contracts ,
Structured Finance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that its two-question Doiron test for determining whether oilfield services contracts are maritime contracts also applies when evaluating the maritime-contract...more
12/12/2019
/ Anti-Indemnification Statutes ,
Appeals ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Drafting ,
Energy Sector ,
Gulf of Mexico ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Navigable Waters ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
Service Contracts ,
Vessels
The IMO and the Price of Gas or The Impact of the International Maritime Organisation’s Sulphur 2020 Limit for Marine Fuel Oil on the Price of Gas -
The main bunker fuel for ships is High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO, with...more
11/20/2019
/ Customs ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Fuel Supply ,
Gas Prices ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Maritime Transport ,
Market Based Approach ,
Natural Gas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Shipping ,
Utilities Sector ,
Utility Rates ,
Waters of the United States