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MANAGING EDITOR
Brit Brown
Managing Partner
Beirne, Maynard,
& Parsons L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
INTERNATIONAL EDITOR
Aaron Ball
Squire, Sanders
& Dempsey LLP
Houston, Texas
OIL AND GAS EDITOR
Rick Kuebel
Locke Lord Bissell
& Liddell LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
OILFIELD SERVICES EDITOR
Aaron Ball
Squire, Sanders
& Dempsey LLP
Houston, Texas
POWER / ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY EDITOR
Mark R. Robeck
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
YOUNG ENERGY
PROFESSIONALS EDITOR
Forrest Wynn
Beirne, Maynard
& Parsons, L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
INSTITUTE FOR
ENERGY LAW
The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Dr.
Plano, Texas 75024
Tel: 972.244.3400
Fax: 972.244.3401
Stephen F. Gates
Chair, IEL Advisory Board
Special Counsel
Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, Texas
David B. Winn
IEL Director and
CAIL Vice President
Plano, Texas
J. Alan B. Dunlop
IEL Associate Director
Plano, Texas |
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Volume 5, No.4 -- July 2011 |
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Dear IEL Advisory Board Members:
It is with great pride that we introduce another edition of The Energy Law Advisor dedicated to oilfield service companies and related topics. Similar to Volume 5, No. 3 published in June, the articles were been prepared by dedicated and knowledgeable in-house counsel from our Advisory Board and Oilfield Services Committee ("OFS") members. We invite all Advisory Board members to prepare and submit oilfield services related articles for upcoming issues. We also note that while we continue to grow quickly, we always welcome more participation on any level, including joining the OFS.
Also, please remember the OFS is hosting its first comprehensive CLE seminar on October 10 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak. A link to the program details and how to register is below. Please help us make the 1st Oilfield Law Service Conference a success, and do not hesitate to contact Billy Jacobson or myself with any ideas, thoughts, or general comments you might have to improve the OFS or any of its future activities.
Regards,
Jay G. Martin and William Jacobson |
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Just the Facts: A Practical Guide for Oil Field Service Company Counsel When Evaluating the Application of New Economic Sanctions to Ongoing Business Operations
Submitted by: Natalia Shehadeh (Director of Trade Compliance, Weatherford International Ltd.) and Tisha Jones (Trade Compliance Counsel, Weatherford International Ltd.)
This article outlines the critical fact-gathering steps an in-house counsel should consider in advance of any evaluation of the legal application of economic sanctions. In short, this article provides examples of information that should be made immediately available to the company's in-house counsel to best position counsel to undertake a thorough legal review of the applicability of the new economic sanctions to the company and its operations in or relating to Country X.
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"Black Swan: Practical Aspects of Force Majeure"
Submitted by: Sudan I. Maccio (Corporate Counsel - International, Valerus Compression Services LP)
Force majeure is literally “a greater force” that prevents a party from honoring a contract. Such greater force is normally an unforeseeable event that is out of the control of the affected party. The object of this article is to discuss the practical aspects of a force majeure provisions in contracts where the catastrophic events may affect the obligations of the parties.
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The Three-Legged Stool: A Practical Approach to Negotiating Choice of Law Provisions by Reference to Anti-Injunction Statutes in Texas and Louisiana
Choice of law elections in commercial contract negotiations are often a negotiated but largely unexplored point. This article looks at the impact of two states’ anti-indemnity statutes to illustrate the three essential issues that should always be considered by negotiators. These three issues are: (i) whether a particular choice of law election is beneficial on its face, (ii) whether the contractual election will be enforced, and (iii) what standard of review will be utilized by a court or arbitrator in deciding whether and how to balance local law and the contractual choice of law.
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Alton Hall
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Alton Hall has joined Cozen O'Connor. He represents both public and private sector entities in complex commercial cases, environmental and toxic tort litigation, personal injury cases, professional and products liability cases, and in regulatory matters. |
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| Daniel Zwart has joined Godwin Ronquillo. He provides legal advice to clients involved in civil and commercial litigation and business disputes. |
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New Sustaining Members are Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (Sean Moran and Ryan Purpura, Pittsburgh) and Noble Energy, Inc. (Aaron G. Carlson, Arnold J. Johnson, Kirk A. Moore, David A. Shelfer, Don Wendland and Ann Elizabeth White (Houston) are the designated advisory board representatives. Meghan Eilers and Zulana Ward(Houston) are the designated Young Energy Professional advisory board representatives.) |
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New Associate Members are Richard B. Adams (RB Adams, LLC, Englewood), Carter S. Ames (Exxon Mobil Corporation, Anchorage), Lukas Andrud (Ohnstad Twichell, West Fargo), Bob Bailey (Office Director and Senior Managing Engineer, Exponent, Houston), John W. Barton, Jr. (Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge), Gary G. Benoit (Hood, Benoit & Pyle, Metairie), Sue A. Benson (Wolverine Gas & Oil, Grand Rapids), Barbara J. Bordelon (Houston), Joe Callaway (Talon Oil & Gas LLC, Dallas), Joe Christina (Porter, Rogers, Dahlman & Gordon, PC, Corpus Christi), Jim Connor(Senior Counsel, El Paso Corporation, The Woodlands), Chisum L. Cooke (RPS Group Plc, Corpus Christi), Jacqulyn Coston (Cudd Energy Services, Houston), Acacia Croy (Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City), Robert W. Dace (McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City), Tana Daughtrey (Chevron Corporation, Houston), Jordan Davis (Landman, XTO Energy, Inc.), Errol John Dietze (Dietze & Reese, Cuero), Carl Dore, Jr. (Dore & Associates, Houston), Donald T. Dulac, Jr. (Barnes Dulac Watkins, Pittsburgh), Barrett Dye (Associate Title Landman, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City), Dave Elder (Murex Petroleum Corporation, Houston), Clifford L. Elliott (Elliott, Enabnit, Schovanec & Kelly, Enid), Rachel Kirk Evans (McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City), Lee Fitzjerrells (SBM Atlanta, Inc., Houston), Justin Furnace (President, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), Austin), Anthony J. Giuliani (Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Columbus), Robert C. Grable (Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP), Brandon Guidry (Jones Energy, Austin), Alicia A. Handy (WilmerHale, Washington, D.C.), Aimee Hess (Aimee Hess PC, Streetman), Trace Holmes (Holland Services, Ft. Worth), Wiliam A. Hood (Hood Benoit & Pyle, Vicksburg), Garry Howe (International Contract Manager, Noble Energy, Inc., Houston), Eddie D. Hughes (Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P., Baton Rouge), Jenny Jackson (Noble Energy, Inc., Ardmore), Kelly Jameson (Crestwood Midstream Partners, Houston), Pam Johnson (Camterra Resources, Inc.), Jeffrey S. Johnston (Vinson & Elkins, Houston), Michael R. Jordan (Red Sky Land, LLC, Burleson), Karen Keller (Statoil, Houston), Reagan Kott (ConocoPhillips, Houston), Brandon Lakatta (Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving), Brian A. Lehrmann (Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving), David McCall (The McCall Firm, Austin), Robert C. McKay (Cole, Cole & Easley, P.C., Victoria), Curt Magee (Magee Law PLLC, Southlake), Martha L. Marshall (Tulsa), Jack M. Merritts (Lathrop & Gage LLP, Denver), Takahiro Misumi (JGC Energy Development (USA), Inc., Houston), Shiela L. Moore (Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving), Kelly Muldoon (XTO Energy Inc., Ft. Worth), Brian R. Murray (Claims Analyst, Chartis Claims, Inc., Jersey City), John J. Nixon (Marathon Oil Corporation, San Antonio), Joseph Nwobike (Joseph Nwobike & Co., Lagos), Nnamdi B. Obi (BN & S Solicitors, Lagos), C. Barry Osborne (Vantage Fort Worth Energy, LLC, Ft. Worth), Charles David Pearson (Landman, XTO Energy, Inc.), William C. Petit (Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, Houston), Christopher V. Popov (Vinson & Elkins, Houston), Jaclyn Popeil (ConocoPhillips, Houston), Meredith Presley Turpin (Noble Energy, Inc., Ardmore), Leslie Reizes (Reizes Law Firm, Chartered, Boynton Beach), Richard R. Ring (Richard R. Ring, P.C., Tyler), Troy Robertson (Exco Resources (PA) LLC, Warrendale), Christopher Rosas (Rosas Parrino PLLC, Boerne), Thomas F. RuBane (Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., Denver), Robert Sandilos (Chevron Corporation, Houston), Sarah Seilheimer (Valerus Compression Service LP, Houston), William E. Shaddock (Stockwell Sievert Viccellio Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles), Glenna Sharafeldin (Ernst & Young, Houston), John B. Shortess (Phelps Dunbar LLP, Baton Rouge), Kade Simmons (Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, The Woodlands), Brittany Smith (Claire Sergent Walls Legal Group, PLLC, Morgantown), Stephen J. Smith (Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving), Sara K. Sorenson (Ohnstad Twichell, West Fargo), Ronald T. Sponberg (Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston), Michel W. Stefonowicz (Ohnstad Twichell, West Fargo), Marshall Steves (Crest Equity Management, LLC, San Antonio), Jay Stiffler (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Houston), Nathan Vaughan (Krugliak Wilkins Griffiths & Dougherty Co., Canton), Claire S. Walls (Claire Sergent Walls Legal Group PLLC, Morgantown), Bill Williams (Krugliak Wilkins Griffiths & Dougherty Co., Canton), Mark Wolfe (Pate & Wolfe, Oklahoma City), Amanda Yohn (Cudd Energy Services, Houston) and Soniya Ziegler (Chevron Corporation, San Ramon).
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Lukas Andrud |
John W. Barton, Jr. |
Joe Christina |
Robert Dace |
Rachel Kirk Evans |
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Anthony Giuliani |
Robert Grable |
Eddie Hughes
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Christopher Popov |
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James Thompson
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New Young Energy Professional Member are Robin Clarkson (Mayer Brown LLP, Houston), Caleb L. Stone (Associate Landman, XTO Energy, Inc., Ft. Worth), James T. Thompson (Watt Beckworth Thompson & Henneman, L.L.P., Houston) and Guillermo Zuniga (Senior Partner, ZUMA Energy and Environmental Law, Mexico City). |
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Participate in the IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn Group
Share your thoughts on current issues and developments in the field with other members of the Advisory Board in our new members-only IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn group. If you are not already a member of LinkedIn, click here for directions on how to join. |
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Visit the Advisory Board Members website
To visit the members website, click here and enter the password that was sent to you recently by email (If you need the email sent to you again, please email iel@cailaw.org. Here you will find current information about the Institute, the Advisory Board and the members themselves, including member photo rosters, committee descriptions and rosters, and a calendar of upcoming events. Here you can also access our new members-only online forum on LinkedIn, our bimonthly newsletter The Energy Law Advisor, our Online Articles Index, our other publications, and a description of Sponsorship Opportunities at upcoming programs. |
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International Oil and Gas Law, Contracts, and Negotiations:
Upstream Issues and Agreements
September 19-23, 2011 |
Houston, Texas
International Oil and Gas Law, Contracts, and Negotiations:
Midstream Issues and Agreements
September 26-30, 2011 |
Houston, Texas
Oilfield Services Law Conference
October 10, 2011 |
Houston, Texas
Oil and Gas Law Short Course
October 17-21, 2011 |
Westminster, Colorado
10th Annual Energy Litigation Conference
November 3, 2011 | Houston, Texas
2nd International Offshore Oil & Gas Law Conference
December 7-8, 2011 |
New Orleans, Louisiana
63rd Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference
February 16-17, 2012 | Houston, Texas
2nd IEL-ANADE Conference: Renewable Energy
March 16-17, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico |
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