Legal News
| United Kingdom >> 1/4/2021 - Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), an independent upstream oil and gas company, ?focused on the UK Continental Shelf ("UKCS") region of the North Sea, is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement with... |
| Bahamas >> 12/28/2020 - - An Application to the Supreme Court of the Bahamas (“Court”) for leave to apply for a Judicial Review, brought against the Government of The Bahamas in respect of the issue to BPC (in February 2020)... |
| Bahamas >> 12/24/2020 - BPC advises that the Supreme Court of The Bahamas has issued a ruling refusing leave in relation to an application for an extension of time to apply for Judicial Review of the decision by the Governme... |
| Poland >> 12/23/2020 - The Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm rejected Gazprom’s complaint to set aside the partial award of the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the dispute over the pricing terms under the Yamal contract. The r... |
| United States >> 12/22/2020 - Pacific Drilling S.A. (OTC: PACDQ) announced today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas confirmed the First AmendedJoint Plan of Reorganization of Pacific Drillin... |
| Norway >> 10/5/2020 - The trade union Lederne has stepped up its strike on the Norwegian continental shelf from Sunday midnight. As a result of the escalation, Equinor has conducted a controlled closure of the fields Gudru... |
| Iran >> 8/24/2020 - BIS Acting Under Secretary Cordell Hull issued a final order imposing a $31,425,760.00 penalty on Singapore based Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd. (“Nordic”) and its Chairman, Morten Innhaug (Innhaug). The ... |
| East Timor >> 8/7/2020 - Oilex Ltd (“Oilex”), in its capacity as Operator, on behalf of the Joint Venture Participants in Joint Petroleum Development Area (“JPDA”) 06-103 Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) in East Timor is p... |
| Argentina >> 7/31/2020 - Argentina’s highest court unanimously rejected the plaintiffs’ final bid to enforce a fraudulent $9.5 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron Corporation. This is the latest in a string of legal v... |
| Poland >> 7/30/2020 - Polish Oil and Gas Company S.A. and its German subsidiary PGNiG Supply & Trading sent a letter to the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court expressing willingness to participate in the court proceedings re... |
| Australia >> 5/15/2020 - Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt says an important step has been taken to lay the foundations of a new hydrogen industry in Australia after key legislation passed throug... |
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Egypt >> 5/13/2020 - The Cabinet approved during its meeting on Wednesday 13/5/2020 a proposal submitted by the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) on amending article 34 of investment law no. 72/2017. ... |
| Algeria >> 10/13/2019 - Hundreds of Algerians protested in front of parliament on Sunday against proposed changes to the energy law that they say the caretaker government has no right to pass. ... |
| Brazil >> 10/9/2019 - SBM Offshore received notification that the Federal Court has formally closed the Improbity Lawsuit filed by the Brazilian Federal Prosecutors Office (Ministerio Publico Federal, MPF) in 2017. This ap... |
| Brazil >> 7/16/2019 - The President of Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, and the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez, met, with the objective of seeking a definitive solution on the disputes arising from the concessions... |
| Egypt >> 2/12/2019 - Petroceltic, the UK incorporated international energy company, announces its intention to commence arbitration proceedings in the World Bank managed International Centre for Settlement of Investment D... |
| Venezuela >> 1/8/2019 - Venezuela’s opposition-run congress issued a resolution calling deals between state-run oil company PDVSA and U.S. and French companies announced this week illegal, since they had not been sent to law... |
| Brazil >> 12/18/2018 - The Leniency Agreement with the Brazilian Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Ministerio Publico Federal – “MPF”) of September 1, 2018 has been approved by the Brazilian Fifth Chamber for Coordination and Re... |
| Algeria >> 10/16/2018 - Algeria wants to have a new energy law ready by the first half of 2019 and might use Mexico’s legislation as inspiration, the CEO of state energy firm Sonatrach said. ... |
| Brazil >> 9/1/2018 - Following the announcement by the Company of July 26, 2018 of a Leniency Agreement with Brazilian Authorities CGU (Ministerio da Transparencia e Controladoria-Geral da Uniao– “CGU”) and AGU (Advocacia... |
