Preface 5 Renad Younes Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP New York University Abu Dhabi Petroleum contracts: licences, concessions, production-sharing agreements and service contracts 7 Jubilee Easo Eversheds Sutherland Shale gas 23 James M Costan Justin J Mirabal Jennifer A Morrissey Dena Sholk Dentons US LLP Navigating change: key trends shaping the US oil and gas industry 59 Rahul D Vashi Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Upstream joint operating agreements 85 Priya Shah Mayer Brown Boundary delimitation and hydrocarbon resources 111 Mhairi Main Garcia Fajr Capital Navigating the complexities of upstream engineering, procurement, construction and oilfield services contracts 143 Mark Osa Igiehon Aberdeen Commercial-Legal Consulting Group; Energy & Extractives for Good Development Centre; University of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Law Financing upstream developments 167 Adrian Lawrence Ashurst LLP Nicholas Ross-McCall CMS End of concession: practical considerations for a smooth transition 201 Trinh Chubbock Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Decommissioning of upstream oil and gas facilities 217 Mark Osa Igiehon Aberdeen Commercial-Legal Consulting Group; Energy & Extractives for Good Development Centre; University of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Law Gas sales agreements 239 Daniel O’Neill Jadestone Energy plc Crude oil sale and purchase agreements 269 Alistair Feeney HFW Shipping arrangements 283 Denys Hickey 39 Essex Chambers LNG: overview, project structuring and sale and purchase agreements 295 Daniel Reinbott Baker Botts LLP LNG to power 337 Anna Howell Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Introduction to downstream projects 353 Anne Wicks Mayer Brown LLP Blue hydrogen – a low-carbon extension of the oil and gas value chain 371 Samuel Ogunlaja Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Farm-outs 397 Andrea Calla Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Oil and gas disputes 409 Mark Clarke Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP James Hart White & Case LLP About the authors 423 About Globe Law and Business 431