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OverviewIn response to the primacy of English law as the lingua franca governing petroleum transactions, and the increased global demand for new sources of oil and gas, this fully updated new edition analyses the application of English law to contracts for project investment, financing, and development. The book provides practitioners and other parties with essential operational detail, as well as advising on the implications of English law on the interpretation of relevant provisions. The scope extends, unusually, beyond petroleum contracts made in the UK to cover all petroleum contracts worldwide, delivering exceptionally extensive coverage of this ever-growing sector for an international market.This work is a stand-alone practical guide on the application of English law to petroleum contracts, and provides a detailed and scholarly level of analysis, with reference to all relevant contracts and case law. Beginning with an introduction to the English legal system and the law of general contract, the author goes on to distinguish those characteristics that set petroleum contracts apart from others, including distinction between upstream, midstream, and downstream agreements. The contracts considered include those for the financing, management, sale, purchase and exchange of petroleum assets and interests (collectively called interest contracts), and contracts for the management, sale, purchase and exchange of petroleum quantities and petroleum storage, transportation and capacities (collectively called commodity contracts). Subsequent chapters introduce preliminary petroleum contracts and the obligation to negotiate, conditions precedent and subsequent, joint ventures, and the involvement third parties and the implications for privity in this context. Breaches and doctrines triggered by the impossibility of performance are set out in detail, alongside legal advice on damages, termination, liability allocation and equitable remedies. All relevant provisions are analysed in a final chapter of miscellaneous analysis, ensuring a truly comprehensive treatment of the sector.This new edition has been updated with new chapters on contract architecture and related issues and new sections on the Limitation Act and tolling, further assurances, quantum meruit and estoppel. Chapters have been updated in light of key cases on good faith and relational contracts, fiduciary duties and consequential loss recognitions, amongst others. As English law continues to grow in international importance, this is a key text for practitioners in a number of jurisdictions who are looking to draft contracts or handle international transactions under the umbrella of English law. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Roberts (Partner, Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.70cm Weight: 1.022kg ISBN: 9780198723998ISBN 10: 0198723997 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 28 July 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1: English Law and Practice 2: Contract Architecture and Interpretation 3: Petroleum Contracts 4: Preliminary Contracts 5: Conditional Contracts 6: Parties, Third Parties, Joint Ventures and Partnerships 7: Equitable Rights and Remedies 8: Commodity Sales Contracts 9: Collateral Support and Security Interests 10: Impossibility and Impracticability of Performance 11: Damages for Breach of Contract 12: Termination 13: Liability Allocation 14: Transfers of Interests 15: Law and Disputes 16: The BoilerplateReviewsIn this heavyweight compendium, Peter Roberts has sought to bring petroleum industry legislation, contracts and practice, as applied by English law, under one roof and does so with great success ... Roberts has brought together some of the most frequently discussed and contested legal principles and issues in the petroleum industry. And in explaining how they are applied and interpreted from an English law perspective, he has created a worthy resource for non-English qualified lawyers and industry practitioners and valuable contribution to Lex Petrolea. * Kimberly Wood, The Law Society Gazette. * In this heavyweight compendium, Peter Roberts has sought to bring petroleum industry legislation, contracts and practice, as applied by English law, under one roof and does so with great success ... Roberts has brought together some of the most frequently discussed and contested legal principles and issues in the petroleum industry. And in explaining how they are applied and interpreted from an English law perspective, he has created a worthy resource for non-English qualified lawyers and industry practitioners and valuable contribution to Lex Petrolea. * Kimberly Wood, The Law Society Gazette. * ...his proficiency in breaking down and summarising often complex doctrines of English and Welsh contract law, and uniquely doing so within the context of the petroleum industry, continues to ensure that this highly specialised book is accessible not only to those who are experts in the field, but also to lawyers who are unfamiliar with English law and non-law practitioners alike. * Tabetha Kurtz-Shefford (International Energy Law Review, 2017) * Author InformationPeter Roberts, Managing Partner, Andrews Kurth Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |