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Vinson & Elkins LLP

The Stabroek JOA Arbitration: Is It Time to Revisit JOA Change in Control Provisions?

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In the first in our series on JOA issues, we discuss the recent Stabroek JOA Arbitration decision and what it means for JOA parties considering their own JOA Change in Control provisions. Chevron Corporation’s (“Chevron”)...more

Hicks Johnson

How Do JOA Exculpatory Clauses Work Under Texas Law? Part Two: The Recent Decision in Bachtell Defines “Activities”

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As discussed in part one of this series, a Joint Operating Agreement’s (JOA) exculpatory clause relieves the designated “operator” from liability for certain conduct or activities. But, as explained by the Texas Supreme Court...more

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Joint Operating Agreements: What have we learned from the High Court’s decision in TAQA v Rockrose

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On Friday 17 January 2020, the High Court gave its judgment in the TAQA Bratani v Rockrose case (TAQA Bratani Ltd and others v. RockRose UKCS8 LLC [2020] EWHC 58 (Comm)). In this judgment, the Court held in favour of the...more

A&O Shearman

Oil and gas joint venture parties not bound by good faith or rationality when discharging operator

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Parties to an unincorporated oil and gas joint venture were free to act in their individual best interests in deciding whether to discharge another party from its operator role. No duty of good faith or rationality applied:...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas Supreme Court: Contracting Parties Can Negate The Formation Of A Partnership Through Contractual Conditions Precedent In...

The Texas Supreme Court issued an important ruling on Friday, January 31, 2020, on the formation of partnerships where parties have provided by contract specific conditions that must be satisfied before a partnership will be...more

White & Case LLP

Contractual duties of good faith in "relational contracts"

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In a long running group litigation between a number of Sub-Post Masters and Post Office Limited, Mr Justice Fraser, sitting in the English High Court, has given detailed consideration of the issue of relational contracts in...more

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Obligations of Good Faith in JOAs - The Impact of Recent Decisions on 'Relational Contracts'

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In the international upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry, joint operating agreements (“JOAs”) are the key agreements which govern the terms upon which oil and gas companies regulate their upstream joint...more

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