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We Need To Talk: Why Contractor Relationships Matter
July 14 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorBecause risk and uncertainty increase with the size of a project, the most important focus for operators should be the relationships with their contractors. That’s because these relationships wi...
The Four Pillars of Supply Chain Compliance In Oil & Gas
May 22 by Tim HaïdarThe oil and gas supply chain is one of the most complex webs of organisations, activities, information, and resources in global business today.Straddling the six inhabited continents and spanning disc...
10 Ways The BP Trial Is Already Changing Oil & Gas Law
April 03 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive interview, we speak with John Warren, Senior Legal Counsel, Petrobras Americas Inc about the intricacies of indemnification in the Gulf of Mexico. John P. Warren, Jr. is the Senior...
5 Ways To Bulletproof Your Boilerplate Contracts
March 20 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive podcast, we speak to Erin McClarty, Head of Legal: Subsurface Imaging at CGG about how the correct use of boilerplate contracts could end up saving your organisation millions if...
A Case Of Mistaken Indemnity - Why People Get This Wrong And How Not To Kill Your Company
October 07 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive interview, Tim Haðdar speaks with Emma Opara, Senior Contracts Specialist at Fugro Survey Ltd about the perils that await oil and gas companies when indemnity clauses go wrong. E...
Ten Things Every Energy Lawyer Should Take Into Account
August 09 by Olufola Wusu Esq."To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."Harriet Beecher StoweThe nature of the...
CONTRACT DRAFTING: 84% Of Lawyers Still think Macondo Is A Factor
June 05 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorAs oil and gas companies the world over are reaping the whirlwind and living the boom times, so are the companies that broker the deals and seal the mergers – law firms. Although the money has...
[INFOGRAPHIC] Energy Law In Review: Big Bucks and Black Gold
May 24 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorBusiness is booming in the oil and gas industry, which means it is also booming for the lawmakers and dealbrokers that make transactions happen. In this infographic, find out who the biggest law f...
10 Questions to Better Management Practices in an FCPA Program
October 29 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn an increasingly tricky legal landscape, international compliance expert, Tom Fox, gives you 10 questions to ask yourself to ensure your organisation won’t fall foul of the FCPA or UK Briber...
Oil and Gas Industry: From Reagan To Macondo – 30 years of Energy Law
September 25 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive interview, Tim Haðdar speaks with Carol E. Dinkins, Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP about the changing face of the legal profession, from the outgoing energy policy of the Reagan ad...
Macondo – The Legal World’s Wake Up Call
September 18 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive interview, Tim Haðdar speaks with Carol E. Dinkins, Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP about the changing face of the legal profession, from the outgoing energy policy of the Rea...
Managing Risk in the Energy Industry - Advanced Contract Risk Management
May 14 by Thomas FoxFor any in-house practitioner or lawyer in private practice who represents corporations, I believe that identification, assessment and management of risk is the key service that you can deliver. Risk...