Full Description
Welcome to the 2024 edition of ICLG - Oil & Gas Regulation. Ashurst LLP is delighted to serve as the Guide's Contributing Editors and authors of two chapters.
Even as the world embraces the energy transition, oil and gas resources continue to make a significant contribution to the economy of individual countries across the world, as well as global energy security. The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, which has reshaped the energy policies of many countries, continues to be felt, with 2024 seeing new pressures on energy security and oil and gas prices from recent conflict in the Middle East. At the same time, the oil and gas industry formally committed to decarbonisation at COP28, a step which is set to galvanise the many decarbonisation initiatives already being taken forward by the oil and gas industry. For this reason, the management and regulation of oil and gas is a complex area, balancing such diverse and sometimes conflicting issues as generating national wealth, energy security, environmental protection and, increasingly in recent years, the need to address climate change. It is a vastly important, fascinating and ever-changing area. It is also very much an international area, with governments, regulators, oil and gas companies and their advisors alike looking beyond the confines of national boundaries to consider the oil and gas regulation landscape across different jurisdictions.
As well as considering oil and gas regulation, we also continue to track developments in the key decarbonisation technologies relevant to the oil and gas sector, such as clean hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, in the jurisdictions covered by this Guide.
This Guide follows a practical Q&A format, which allows for easy navigation of the many different facets of oil and gas regulation, and facilitates comparing and contrasting specific areas in different jurisdictions.
Contents
1 Key Investment and Market Signals from COP28 Eleanor Reeves & Harvey Weaver, Ashurst LLP
5 Angola Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados: Claudia Santos Cruz & Bruno Xavier de Pina
15 Argentina Martelli Abogados: Bernardo Bertelloni
24 Austria Schima Mayer Starlinger Attorneys at Law: Thomas Starlinger & Laurenz Götzinger
37 Brazil Pinheiro Neto Advogados: Raphael Paciello & Mauricio Andre Alves
48 Canada Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: Evan Herbert & Max Ettinger
63 Gabon Project Lawyers: Jean-Pierre Bozec
73 Ghana Blay & Associates: Lucie Ekeleba Blay & Davidina Nana Aba Dadson
84 Greece Bernitsas Law: Yannis Seiradakis & Eleni Stazilova
97 Iran Asgari Law Firm: Anahita Asgari Fard & Hosna Hadavinia
109 Ivory Coast Carius and Partners: Myriam Carius
121 Japan Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo): Adrian Joyce, Hiroyasu Konno, Alexander Woody & Scott S. K. Alper
128 Kazakhstan Integrites Kazakhstan: Kurmangazy Talzhanov, Svetlana Shtopol, Chingis Yessupov & Tolkynay Shynazarova
144 Malaysia James Monteiro: James P. Monteiro & Vishal V. Kumar
154 Mozambique Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados: Claudia Santos Cruz & Paula Duarte Rocha
167 Namibia Koep & Partners: Irvin Titus & Lara Herselman
178 Nigeria Babalakin & Co.: Bayo Adaralegbe, Philip Ayanfe & Omobola Bakare
189 Oman CMS: Charles Dolphin, Sarah Al Hinai & John Geddes
200 Puerto Rico Ferraiuoli LLC: Eidalia González-Tosado & Eugene Scott-Amy
210 Romania Ijdelea & Associates: Oana-Alexandra Ijdelea & Lorena Vasvari
220 Singapore Allen & Gledhill LLP: Kelvin Wong & Yeo Boon Kiat
227 South Africa Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.: Megan Rodgers & Amore Carstens
239 Togo AQUEREBURU & Partners: Edouard-Robert Aquereburu
246 United Kingdom Ashurst LLP: Michael Burns & Justyna Bremen
266 USA SB Law, PLLC: Regina Speed-Bost & Simret Kebede
278 Venezuela Rodner, Martínez & Asociados: Jaime Martínez Estévez & Rubén Darío Valdivieso
