UK Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends Volume II: Commercial and Contract Law Issues

by Gordon, Greg; Paterson, John; Usenmez, Emre

• ISBN13: 9781474421744
• ISBN10: 1474421741
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-03-01
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Analyses and critiques the key regulatory and commercial dimensions of the oil and gas industry

In recent years, a great deal has changed in the oil and gas industry, from legal and regulatory change to falling oil prices. The contemporary oil and gas industry is now intensely focussed on cost-saving and the UK has radical redrawn its revenue-raising expectations.

This updated third edition has been published in two volumes: this volume focuses on commercial and contract law issues, while the other deals with resource management and regulatory law. The twin volumes bring together academic and practising lawyers, mainly based in Aberdeen, Europe's Energy Capital, to consider the key regulatory and commercial dimensions of an ever-changing hydrocarbon province.

Author Biography

Greg Gordon is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen.

John Paterson is Professor of Law at the University of Aberdeen.

Emre Usenmez is Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen.

Table of Contents

1. Oil and Gas Law on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf: Current Practice and Emerging Trends in Contracting and Commercial Law
Greg Gordon and James Cowie

Part I: Commentary on Specific Contracts and Contractual Issues

2. Joint Operating Agreements
Scott Crichton Styles

3. Unitisation
Nicola MacLeod

4. Dissecting the Dayrate Drilling Contract
Greg May and Eve Brazier

5. Contractual Standardisation and the Logic Standard Contracts
Lorna Dawson

6. Risk Allocation in Oil and Gas Service Contracts
Greg Gordon

7. Commercial Agreements and Issues in the Transportation of Oil and Gas
Laura Petrie

8. Petroleum Sales Agreements
Yanal Abul Failat

Part II: Issues of Commercial Law in the Oil and Gas Context

9. Acquisitions and Disposals of Upstream Oil and Gas Interests
Norman Wisely

10. Finance, Security and Insolvency in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector
Jenny Allan and Sian Aitken

11. Competition Law and the Upstream Oil and Gas Business
Judith Aldersey-Williams

12. Law and Technology in the Oilfield
Martin Ewan

13. Aspects of Land Law Relative to the Transportation of Oil and Gas in Scotland
Roderick Paisley

14. Selected Employment Law Issues in the Oil and Gas Industry
Sarah Arnell

15. Dispute Management and Resolution
Margaret Ross and Valerie Allan