Oil & Gas
We advise on disputes concerning all aspects of the oil and gas industry . Our clients include super majors , large independents , mid-caps , start-ups , petrochemical and refinery companies , governments , trading houses , equity investors and financial institutions . Our team has significant experience in advising on disputes , for example , with : governments in relation to obligations under licences and production sharing contracts ; partners under joint operating , farm-in and unitization agreements ; and oil service companies , drilling contractors and construction contractors in relation to their work . Our practice is truly international , with a particular focus on Africa , the Middle East , Latin America and the UKCS .
• International oil company — dispute concerning the price re-determination provisions of two crude oil sale and purchase agreements
• International E & P company — two ICC arbitrations relating to amounts payable by non-operating parties under the accounting procedure to a number of JOAs concerning West African concessions
• UK energy company — expedited LCIA arbitration concerning the application of pre-emption rights to the acquisition of North Sea oil and gas assets
• International oil company — LCIA arbitration concerning claims under the leakage and warranty provisions of a SPA for the entire issued share capital of an oil and gas company
• Operator of an onshore West African block — dispute with a drilling contractor over issues relating to performance and payment of invoices
• European supermajor — dispute over the tender process for offshore services in Central America and its ultimate termination
• International E & P company — successful LCIA arbitration relating to amounts payable by nonoperating parties under the accounting procedure to a JOA concerning a North African asset , including advising on the default mechanism under the JOA
• Gas and LNG buyers and sellers — numerous disputes under agreements for the sale and transportation of pipeline gas and LNG , including in relation to price reviews , take-or-pay and metering
• Supermajor — dispute with an African Government over the taxation provisions in PSCs
• Supermajor — dispute arising under warranties in an agreement for the sale of an upstream business in Latin America
• International oil and gas company — disputes arising from the disposal of its interest in a number of North Sea oil and gas assets
• European supermajor — successful defence of ICC arbitration proceedings concerning its standing as a party to a JOA and the application of the pre-emption regime
• West African fuel distributor — UNCITRAL arbitration concerning warranties and indemnities relating to the acquisition of a downstream business
• Major international oil and gas company — successful defence of domestic Nigerian arbitration proceedings concerning the re-determination of the tract participation of a unitized off-shore oil field
• Multinational energy company — bilateral investment treaty arbitrations at ICSID and under the UNCITRAL Rules following the nationalization of two businesses in a Latin American state
• North sea operating company — Commercial Court proceedings relating to the requirement for approval to drill a well , including injunction application
• UK FPSO owner — English Commercial Court proceedings concerning a dispute with a shipyard over upgrade and conversion work on an FPSO
• Listed oil company — English High Court proceedings regarding alleged breach of warranty in farm-in agreement pertaining to a North Sea field
• Nigerian oil company — LCIA arbitration with contractor regarding alleged wrongful termination of O & M contract and subsequent dispute in respect of the terms of the settlement agreement
• Nigerian downstream company — ICC Arbitration against a national oil company concerning joint venture arrangements following the acquisition of downstream businesses from a super major
• International oil company — ICC arbitration in respect of a Ghanaian project concerning rights and entitlements to charge the joint account with the run off cost of a long term rig contract bracewell . com