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Gilbert + Tobin | Australia | 3 Dec 2018
Decommissioning Australia's Offshore Petroleum Assets
The Federal Government has recently published a discussion paper titled ‘Decommissioning Offshore Petroleum Infrastructure in Commonwealth Waters’…
Hogan Lovells | Indonesia | 23 Nov 2018
Indonesia to relax foreign investment rules
As part of its 16th economic package, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced on 16 November 2018 that in order to attract further foreign…
Johnson Winter Slattery | Australia | 6 Nov 2018
Proposed changes to PRRT system from 1 July 2019
Back in June 2017 we examined the final report of the Government’s review of the design and operation of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) (the…
Baker McKenzie | Argentina | 3 Oct 2018
Argentine Off-Shore — International Public Bid
Yesterday, Decree 872/2018 (the Decree) was published through which the National Executive Power instructed the Government Energy Secretariat…
Haynes and Boone LLP | United Kingdom | 5 Jul 2018
Risky Business - English Court Rejects Force Majeure Claim in Offshore Drilling Contract
The English High Court issued its judgment in the case of Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited v Tullow Ghana Limited1 on 3 July 2018 in respect of a…
HFW | United Kingdom | 2 Jul 2018
It’s a risky business, offshore drilling, but who bears the risk under a rig contract when force majeure strikes?
Judgment in Seadrill Ghana Operations Ltd -v- Tullow Ghana Ltd was handed down by Mr Justice Teare in the Commercial Court on 2 July in a case in…
Pillsbury | USA | 30 Apr 2018
California Wage and Hour, and Overtime Laws Apply to Offshore Drilling Facilities
On April 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the request for an en banc rehearing in the case of Newton v. Parker Drilling Mgmt…
Adams and Reese LLP | USA | 12 Apr 2018
Fifth Circuit Vindicates Rights of Jones Act Employers
In Denetra Thomas v. Hercules Offshore Services, the Fifth Circuit held that a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (“MODU”) was subject to United States…
HFW | Australia | 5 Mar 2018
Developments in Australian Offshore Decommissioning, March 2018
The Australian Federal Government and associated agencies review the policy, regulatory and legislative framework for decommissioning offshore…
Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 23 Jan 2018
The government is proposing the introduction of civil sanctions for offshore oil and gas companies that breach environmental law.
In a potential further expansion of the role of civil sanctions for environmental offences, the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and…
