Oil & Gas IQ Glossary: Legal and Regulations
From contract risk management, to international boundary disputes, through production sharing agreements and mitigating the risk of international sanctions, the oil and gas industry is a complex legal and regulatory environment to operate in. Oil and gas law is a particularly complicated by regulations - oil regulations, gas regulations, natural gas regulations. This industry resource centre is the place to find best practice from the leading lawyers and practitioners in this field.
Tackling tax, acquisitions, and financial challenges
April 08 by John R. Beaty II
In the late 1800s, John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil into the oil and gas industry’s leading company through a strategy that included buying up its competitors. Since then, mergers and acquisitio...
International Women's Day 2019
March 08 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
Based on recent research, Oil & Gas IQ examine some of the latest trends surrounding female employment in the energy industry.
Planning decisions and tools in the oil and gas industry
February 26 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
In our latest survey, Oil & Gas IQ are working with Quintiq to examine the current ecosystem for planning decisions, tools, and outcomes in the oil and gas industry.
Will we ever use hydrogen fuel?
February 13 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
The following is a transcript by the Oil & Gas IQ Editor of a discussion recently attended covering the proliferation of alternative fuels in the build up to the 2020 sulphur cap.
Controlling Contract Growth: Report
December 13 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
Coreworx and Oil & Gas IQ present this report detailing the challenges, predictions and opportunities when it comes to controlling contract growth in large capital projects.
Contract growth in construction projects [infographic]
November 08 by Oil & Gas IQ Surveys
Oil and Gas IQ and Coreworx have teamed to survey the industry on the subject of contract growth for engineering and construction projects. The initial findings of the challenges and trends are availa...
Industry survey: Current energy reserves guidelines and regulations are "inadequate"
May 10 by Oil & Gas IQ NewsOil & Gas IQ recently conducted a survey aimed to assess the thoughts and concerns of reserves professionals within the oil & gas industry, the survey reveals that 68.8% don't think that the c...
Mega Projects: Avoiding Contractual Disputes
July 15 by 8over8 LtdBy their nature, mega projects are funded by well-resourced organisations. Typically, funding security has allowed some elasticity for overruns and the associated cost, which recent experience has ill...
Contract Management: Why Use A Shotgun To Kill A Fly?
July 15 by 8over8 LtdContract management platform… A few years back, at a UKTI event, I briefly met with the CFO of one of the largest oil companies in South America. His company was about to embark on a...
We Need To Talk: Why Contractor Relationships Matter
July 14 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
Because 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...
[ANALYSIS] Modular Construction: The Operator And Contractor Perspectives
June 10 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
As the oil and gas industry retrenches in the current price downturn, projects across the offshore and onshore world are feeling the pinch of crunching credit and tightening margins. In this piece, w...
Contractual Risk Management In Capital Projects – A New Frontier
November 30 by Oil & Gas IQ Editor
The Oil and Gas Industry is investing heavily in capital projects with a view to finding more recoverable reserves. Upstream global investment reached almost $700bn in 2013, much of this investment wa...
