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Global energy industry review

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Brazil, Global, Myanmar, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 10 2013

The phrase "local content" has begun to appear more frequently in the laws, internal policies and tender protocols of governments and companies

Minimising corruption risk from counterparties in the natural resources sector

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 5 2012

As regulators and prosecutors around the world increase their efforts to combat corruption and bribery, companies need to monitor the actions of third parties as closely as those of their own employees

Shale gas update UK, Algeria, USA, Poland, Canada, China, Ukraine, Germany and India

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Algeria, Canada, China, Germany, India, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 26 2012

There has been continued debate in the UK about the method of hydraulic fracturing since the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) published an independent export’s report recommending measures to mitigate the risk of seismic tremors from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) methods in April

In other news

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 12 2012

The Internal Revenue Service notified the taxpayer that it is withdrawing a private ruling it issued earlier this year that said a company buying an operating wind farm did not have to allocate part of the purchase price to a long-term power contract that came with the project

Foreign ownership, control, and domination: does the U.S. have it right?

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 10 2012

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license to construct and operate a nuclear power reactor to any entity that the Commission knows, or has reason to believe, is owned, controlled, or dominated by foreign interests

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Update: shale gas fracturing in the UK

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 17 2012

A panel of experts from GFRAC Technologies, Keele University and the British Geological Survey were commissioned by DECC to examine the possible relationship between hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” operations carried out by Cuadrilla Resources Limited near Blackpool and a number of earthquakes which occurred in the local area in April and May 2011

Regulation update and other commodities news

  • Kennedys
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  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela
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  • May 15 2012

There she blows!

Shale gas: update on fracking in the UK and the USA

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 24 2012

Independent advisors appointed by DECC have published a report confirming that Cuadrilla Resource's fracking operations caused earth tremors in Lancashire and recommending a precautionary approach to future operations

CMS shale gas update UK, Algeria, USA, Poland, Canada, China and Ukraine

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Algeria, Canada, China, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 23 2012

On 17 April 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published an independent expert’s report recommending measures to mitigate the risks of seismic tremors from hydraulic fracturing - and is inviting public comment on its recommendations