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.
Gavels In the Gulf: The BP Trial - Week 1 In Review
March 05 by Derek ParkSomeone once told me ‘if you think safety is expensive, you should try having an accident’. Boy was I reminded of this as I watched the opening salvoes in the ‘Deepwater Horizon&r...
Risk & Reward: Are You Doing Enough To Prevent A Compliance Failure?
February 12 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorSustainable competitiveness for scarce resources is a fact of life for players in the extractive industry today. Maintaining a competitive edge in global markets such as the oil and gas industry...
Gas to Liquids Conference : GTL Congress Qatar 2013 - Oil & Gas Industry Event Preview
November 29 by Oil & Gas IQ EventsWorld's Largest Gas-To-Liquid Event 13-15 January, 2013, St. Regis Hotel, Doha, Qatar 3 key themes that you’ll get a first hand look at: The conference brings together Global...
Oil and Gas Industry: How Do You Change a Corrupt Corporate Culture?
November 13 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorColumnist Tom Fox takes the example of how Siemens managed to defeat their corrupt corporate culture as an archetype of progress for others to follow [inlinead] LEARN MORE: The Top 10...
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...
Extraction Blues: Fighting Corruption In The Oil & Gas Industry
October 12 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorThe global fight against business corruption has grown more intense over the past few years. Practices, such as payments for license, bribes to minor officials for customs clearance or for police...
From Reagan To Macondo – 30 Years of Oil and Gas Law
October 05 by Carol E. DinkinsIn this exclusive interview with Oil and Gas iQ, Carol E. Dinkins, Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP discusses the changing face of the legal profession, from the bold energy policy of the Reagan admin...
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...
EADS and Tales of Whistleblowers: A Compliance Nightmare?
August 21 by Thomas FoxWhat is a compliance professional’s worst nightmare?Last week, Howard Sklar and I speculated on why the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) would announce it was opening an investigation into the activities...
To The Moon and Back: Company Values from the Ground Up
July 24 by Thomas FoxOn May 25, 1961 President John F. Kennedy told a special joint session of Congress: "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man...
How Can Better Contracting Add 10% To Your Bottom Line?
May 28 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive podcast, Oil & Gas IQ’s Tim Haðdar speaks with Jim Bergman, VP of Training at the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), about the fi...
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...