Legal and Regulatory
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.
3 Ways The 2014 UK Budget Will Affect Oil & Gas
March 19 by Tim HaïdarOn Wednesday March 19th, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne presented his budget to the assembled Houses of Parliament. The tax breaks announced in the 2013 budget prompted an...
Risk Management: The Danger Is 10 Years From Now
February 28 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive interview for Oil & Gas IQ, Mark Roberton, Director, Risk Management and Insurance at Nexen Inc. speaks to us about the key issues that companies should bear in mind with regards t...
3 Critical Success Factors for Mobility in Oil and Gas
February 03 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive interview for Oil & Gas IQ we speak with Mobility and Technology Expert, Quinton Crenshaw on the elements that he believes to constitute a winning mobility rollout. Quinton is th...
[INFOGRAPHIC] Oil & Gas Acquisition and Divestiture Landscape
January 23 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive infographic, we take a look at mergers in the oil and gas industry, aquisitions and divestitures panned out in 2013, and what the movers and shakers in the industry see as the oppo...
ERP and EAM: Partners For Productivity
January 17 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorAsset management is increasingly seen as a methodology, which can boost an organisation’s productivity, reduce costs, cut energy waste, and encourage the adoption of best business practices....
Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Patent Protection
December 12 by Tim HaïdarIn this exclusive interview, Oil & Gas IQ speaks with Hein Wille, Corporate Intellectual Property Director at SBM Offshore about how a tech company with a market cap of $3.9 billion keeps its int...
Oil & Gas IP: The Perils of Theft, Joint Ventures and Patents vs. Trade Secrets
October 22 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorWhether it be pushing production optimisation through digital oilfield infrastructure or innovations in hydraulic fracturing, it is widely recognised that advances in oil and gas technology will be th...
The Statfjord Late Life Project – What The Future Will Look Like For Every Nation With Mature Fields
October 14 by Tim HaïdarIn the oil and gas industry today, 70 per cent of the world's oil reserves are located in mature fields – assets where production has reached its peak and has started to decline. As things sta...
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...
Oil & Gas IP Summit - Oil & Gas Industry Event Preview
October 03 by Oil & Gas IQ EventsMaintaining Your Edge in the Oil and Gas Industry 27 - 29 January, 2014 | London, UK We are proud to announce that Oil and Gas Intellectual Property Summit - the only dedicated event...
Six Clauses Every Oil & Gas Professional Should Know
September 20 by Tim HaïdarThe legal world governs everything that we do as an industry, yet even seasoned legal professionals fall foul of elemental mistakes in contract knowledge. In this piece, we list six contracting te...
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...