Expert Guides - Energy and Natural Resources

Watershed: US Petroleum Pipelines under Trump

The US energy pipeline network is the largest in the world, including over 200,000 miles of pipeline moving crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gas liquids

21/03/2017 Charles F Caldwell, Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler, US

Challenges to US natural gas infrastructure development

Construction and operation of long line interstate pipelines has been regulated in the US since 1938 under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) originally by the Federal Power Commission (FPC) and since the 1977 enactment of the Department of Energy Organization Act, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

21/03/2017 Lawrence G Acker, Van Ness Feldman, US

LNG to power projects: Potential opportunities on the rise

In the face of continuing deficits across the world in power generation capacity, we are seeing increasing consideration of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power projects as a relatively rapid way of adding significant capacity to the grid

21/03/2017 Philip Thomson, Ashurst, United Kingdom David Wadham, Ashurst, United Arab Emirates

Project Bonds: Growing Liquidity for Energy and Infrastructure Finance

Faced with continued demand for large-scale, “mega project” investment, sponsors seeking the cheapest possible debt have mobilised increasingly diverse sources of capital through carefully structured financing packages

21/03/2017 John Dewar, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, United Kingdom Chris Puttock, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, United Kingdom

Captive power: a solution for uncertain closure and rehabilitation costs?

The “polluter pays” principle, an internationally entrenched principle underpinning environmental laws the world over, has forced mining companies to seek strategic and innovative solutions when approaching closure and rehabilitation costs

21/03/2017 Bruce Dickinson, Webber Wentzel, South Africa Alessandra Pardini, Webber Wentzel, South Africa Garyn Rapson, Webber Wentzel, South Africa Beatrix Spargo, Webber Wentzel, South Africa

Corporate PPAs: global trends and Irish opportunities

In general terms, a “corporate” power purchase agreement (or “PPA”) refers to a contractual arrangement whereby independent generators (typically renewable) and corporates that are large energy consumers, contract for the sale of power to that consumer (in Ireland, through their affiliated licensed...

21/03/2017 Garret Farrelly, Matheson, Ireland Conor Blennerhassett, Matheson, Ireland

Recent Developments in the Electricity Market in Greece

The electricity market in Greece is undergoing several structural changes

21/03/2017 Marina Kolia, Zepos & Yannopoulos, Greece

The Digitisation of the Energiewende

Germany’s energy industry has gone through enormous changes

21/03/2017 Matthias Lang, Bird & Bird, Germany

Australian Advances in Electricity Regulation and Technology

Australia’s national electricity system is facing some challenges, including as a result of recent power system security issues

21/03/2017 Mitzi Gilligan, Hive Legal, Australia Andrew Brookes, Hive Legal, Australia Paul Jeffreys, Hive Legal, Australia Rachel Varghese, Hive Legal, Australia

Dealing with Price Volatility in Oil Markets: Considerations for Governmental Energy Policy

Dealing with price volatility for commodities of all types has been an occupational hazard of producers and consumers of commodities since the world began

15/03/2016 John P Cogan Jr, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, US

Developments in FERC Regulation of Gas Pipeline Infrastructure

The shale revolution has altered America’s energy future

15/03/2016 Mark R Haskell, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, US Brett A Snyder, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, US

Middle East PPP Policy Developments: Kuwait and Dubai

In a climate of falling oil prices and tightening government budgets, several states in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) are looking again at Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as one of several business models for the development of essential infrastructure assets and services

15/03/2016 Tim M Burbury, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates

Peru: Recent developments in the electricity markets

Since 1992, when the Electrical Concessions Law was enacted, Peru has consistently promoted private investment, both foreign and domestic, in all economic activities; including the electricity markets

15/03/2016 Maria Teresa Quiñones, Rodrigo Elías & Medrano, Peru

Iran – Oil & Gas Legal Issues

With the recent lifting of international sanctions, Iran is primed to be the next frontier for oil & gas exploration and production

15/03/2016 George Booth, Pinsent Masons, United Kingdom Niazi Kabalan, Pinsent Masons, United Kingdom

Renewable Energy Regulations, Incentives and Licensing in Turkey

Turkey has set solid renewable energy targets for 2023, the nation’s 100th anniversary

15/03/2016 Okan Demirkan, Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli, Turkey Zeynep Buharali, Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli, Turkey Hasan Özgür, Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli, Turkey

Recent Energy Developments in the Republic of South Africa

South African power utility Eskom is moving ahead with its plans for the conversion of their open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) to duel fuel facilities (with the contracts for this already in place

26/01/2016 Brigette Baillie, Herbert Smith Freehills, South Africa

Private Equity Participation in the Asian Oil & Gas Industry

Private equity participation in the oil and gas industry is well established in North America with over 500 private equity-backed deals since 2006 with an aggregate value of $102 billion according to data provided by Preqin

26/01/2016 Brad Roach, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Singapore

What to Expect in Regulation of Foreign Investment in Russia in 2016: Outlook for the Oil and Gas Sector

The Russian legal framework for the national security control over foreign direct investment in business entities which have strategic importance for the defense of the country and the security of the state emerged in 2008, shortly before the crises

26/01/2016 Natalya Morozova, Vinson & Elkins, Russia

Focus on the Angolan power sector – Investment in capacity building, efficiency and steps towards liberalisation

2015 brought a revision of the Angolan power sector law (PSL), which followed a 2014 reorganization of the attributions of its major stakeholders (all state owned enterprises (SOE)), most of which had ambitiously been forecasted in the 2011 National Energy Policy and Security of Supply Strategy...

26/01/2016 Manuel Santos Vítor, PLMJ, Portugal Ana Oliveira Rocha, PLMJ, Portugal

Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Leveraging the Petroleum Industry

It is a given that putting all of one’s eggs in a basket is risky

26/01/2016 Israel Aye, Sterling Partnership, Nigeria

An Overview of Kenya’s Energy Sector: Good Winds Ahead

Kenya’s long-term development programme dubbed Vision 2030 aims to transform Kenya into a middle income country by the year 2030

26/01/2016 Amyn Mussa, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Kenya

US Based Small Scale LNG Projects

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has allowed small scale LNG terminals to be developed without the lengthy approval process applied to large projects, despite the apparent lack of a statutory exclusion.

22/01/2016 Lawrence G Acker, Van Ness Feldman, US

Spain: A year focused on hydrocarbons and renewables

2015 has been another breathless year for the energy sector in Spain from a regulatory point of view (the beginning of 2016 has continued the same path).

22/01/2016 Covadonga Del Pozo, Del Pozo & De la Cuadra, Spain

The Paris Agreement: Russia's perspective

The Paris Agreement, adopted by 195 country delegations at the 21st annual meeting (“COP21”) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“Paris Agreement”), promises to open a new era in the world's joint efforts to fight the global warming.

22/01/2016 Jennifer A Josefson, King & Spalding, Russia Alexandra Rotar, King & Spalding, Russia

Political risk: Beyond the numbers

Emerging markets (EMs) and frontier markets (FMs) offer important opportunities to investors seeking growth around the world. Over the past two decades, EMs -- defined as the BRICs plus most other developing countries -- have grown twice as fast as advanced markets (AMs). The challenge we confront...

24/04/2015 Jonathan D Cahn, Dentons, US

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