Oil and Gas

The Oil and Gas sector of the Firm has advised and represented clients on a wide range of important oil and gas work, and in particular on:

  • The extant laws on exploration for petroleum and natural gas.
  • Modes and requirements in the acquisition of oil rights in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
  • Laws and policies on the upstream, midstream and downstream sector.
  • Fiscal matters pertaining to the petroleum industry.
  • Advises on standard Production Sharing Contract, risk service, Joint Venture Agreements and other oil and gas and related contracts.
  • Contractual Stability and Stabilization Clause of oil and gas contracts.
  • Global Consensus on Resource Rights.
  • Host community arrangements and other corporate social responsibility schemes.
  • Local content regime across Multi-jurisdiction and sustaining local content development.
  • Dispute Management and Resolution in the Oil and Gas Industry.
  • The law Applicable to the merits of an oil investment dispute.
  • Decommissioning or abandonment of oil and gas installations.
  • onshore and offshore decommissioning.