Oil and Gas Law in the UK

Preface\nTable of Statutes\nTable of Statutory Instruments\nTable of Cases\n1. OVERVIEW OF THE UKCS\n	A Background of oil and gas law\n		Key oil and gas terminology\n		Key abbreviations\n		Main production areas\n		Contracting structure: UK\n	B Relationships of different players in the oil and gas industry\n		Phases of the oil and gas industry\n		International petroleum industry\n		Oil companies\n		Service companies\n		Contractors\n		Ownership over oil and gas resources\n		Permanent sovereignty over natural resources\n		Regulation of oil and gas activities\n		Oil and gas legislative framework\n		Petroleum exploration and production operations\n		Oil and gas/petroleum agreements\n		Concession\n		Production sharing agreement/contract\n		Service contract\n		Joint ventures\n		Licences\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	C The UK oil and gas industry\n		The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)\n		Development of the UK oil and gas industry\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n2. OPERATIONS IN THE UKCS\n	A Oil and Gas Contract Fundamentals and Legal Principles\n		The Contractual Process\n		Drafts and Drafting\n		Enforcement\n		Fundamental Legal Principles\n	B Continental Shelf and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea\n		Definition of Territorial Water\n		What is the Continental Shelf?\n		UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)\n	C Contracting in the Upstream Sector\n		Characteristics of Upstream Oil and Gas Contracts\n		Commercial Realities of the Oil and Gas Business\n	D Agreement with the Resource Holder\n		The Ownership of Petroleum Rights\n		Grant of Rights by Resource Holder\n		Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)\n		What is a PSA?\n		Key Issues Under PSA\n		Licensing Regimes\n		Service Agreements\n	E Conclusion\n		Further Reading\n3. CONTRACTING IN THE UKCS\n	A Standard agreements\n		CRINE/LOGIC contracts\n		Section I: Form of agreement\n		Appendix to Section I\n		Review of Section I and Appendix\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	B Industry agreements\n		The upstream preference for joint ventures\n		Unincorporated joint venture\n		Area of Mutual Interest (AMI) and bidding agreements\n		Key provisions\n		What is a Joint Operating Agreement?\n		Nature, aim and functions of a joint venture\n		Background of the UKCS JOA\n		Government approval\n		Key areas of the JOA\n	C Unitisation\n		What is unitisation?\n		Unitisation on the UKCS\n		Unitisation in practice: Unitisation and Unit Operating Agreement (UUOA)\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	D Contractual aspects of acquisition\n		Types of acquisition deals\n		Acquisition process\n	E Transportation agreements\n		Transporting oil and gas: getting it to market\n		Oil and gas (pipeline or ship)\n		Contractual matrix for the transportation of petroleum\n		Pipelines and transportation agreements\n		Common terms of a TPA\n		Allocation, attribution and measurement\n		Transportation tariffs and send or pay or minimum bill/quantity\n		Liabilities and indemnities\n		Transhipment: transportation by ship\n		Ex-ship or FOB\n	F Petroleum sales arrangements\n		Main areas of law which may be applicable to petroleum sale and purchase agreements (SPAs)\n		Crude oil sales\n		Gas sales agreements and LNG SPAs generally\n		Contents of a typical GSA or LNG SPA\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	G Contractual arrangements for the decommissioning of offshore installations\n		Overview of decommissioning agreements\n		International requirements\n		UK: national requirements and obligations\n		Relevant provisions of the Petroleum Act 1998\n		Industry: decommissioning contractual arrangement\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	H Risk management in the oil and gas industry\n		Contractual risk management\n		The contractual indemnification provision\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	I Administering and managing the contract\n		Administering the contract\n		What are the key objectives of contract administration?\n		The role of the contract administrator\n		Activities\n		Further reading\n	J Dispute resolution in the oil and gas industry\n		Adjudication of Oil and Gas Disputes\n		Litigation\n		International Arbitration of Oil and Gas Disputes\n		Statutory adjudication\n		Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)\n	K ADR in the UK\n		Expert determination\n	L What is manifest error?\n		Mediation\n		Negotiation\n	M Disadvantages of competitive or positional negotiation\n	N Principles of principled negotiation\n		Separate the people from the problem\n		Disregard positions rather focus on interests\n		Deduce options for mutual gains\n		Decisions must be based on objective criteria\n	O Executive Negotiation\n		Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses\n		Enforcement of Resolution in the Oil and Gas Industry\n4. THE FUTURE OF UKCS\n	A Overview of the UKCS\n		Maximising Economic Recovery (MER)\n		Brexit and Covid-19\n		Health and safety\n		UKCS Net Zero Potential-Political\n		UKCS Energy Integration Project\n		Fiscal regime\n		Vision 2035\n		Reliance upon ageing infrastructure\n		An increase in the number of planned and unplanned shutdowns\n	B Current outlook of the UK offshore oil and gas industry\n		Further reading\nAppendix 1 – OGA Strategy\nAppendix 2 – Code of Practice on Access to Upstream Oil and Gas Infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf\nAppendix 3 – Framework agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of the Kingdom of Norway concerning cross-boundary petroleum co-operation\nAppendix 4 Open Permission (Creation of Security Rights over Licences) 2012\nAppendix 5 Open Permission (Operating Agreement) 2012\nAppendix 6 UKCS 32nd Round Potential Offers of Awards – West of Shetland (WOS); Southern North Sea (SNS); Northern North Sea (NNS); and Central North Sea (CNS)\nAppendix 7 OGA Application form for exploration licence Petroleum Act 1998; Energy Act 2008\nAppendix 8 OGA Application for an offshore carbon storage licence\nIndex