Strategic Oil & Gas Contract Negotiation To Avoid Disputes 2013

International Oil and Gas Transactions are the life blood of many international states and economies and have never had such an importance as they do today. In this course, participants will explore key terms in oil and gas contracts, items which can regularly give rise to disputes, how careful negotiation at the start of a project can minimize later disputes, in any event how to approach such disputes and how to deploy different resolution methods to particular types of dispute. The course will also cover and the participants will acquire knowledge and understanding of Concession Agreements, Production Sharing Agreements, Joint Operating Agreements, Production Sharing Agreements, EPC Contracts, EPCM and Turnkey Contracts.

In addition participants can obtain a closer examination of some of the types of clauses which are highly encountered in international oil and gas industry such as warranties and guarantees, risk identification and allocation, change and variation clauses, indemnity, cross indemnities and hold harmless clauses, stabilization and renegotiation clauses and force majeure clauses.