Oil and gas service contracts

Speaker: Paul Deemer (Vinson & Elkins)
Chair: Dr Danae Azaria (University College London)
Series: Energy Law Seminar Series

About the seminar

This seminar would deal with the key types of oil and gas service contracts involved in upstream exploration and development, including seismic contracts, drilling contracts and similar arrangments.  Liability issues in service contracts would be discussed, including the reaction of oil and gas companies and service companies to recent events.  There would also be a discussion of the extent to which the allocation of liability under these types of contracts has been affected by the recent decline in oil and gas prices.  Specific issues with certain types of services, including shale-related services, would also be considered.

About the speaker

Paul Deemer is a partner of Vinson & Elkins RLLP, an international law firm, and is based in the firm’s London office.  Paul’s practice is focused on international mergers and acquisitions and on the development and financing of international energy projects.  He has worked extensively on international oil and gas projects, including the acquisition and disposal of oil and gas assets and companies owning those assets, cross-border oil and gas pipeline projects, and LNG and electric power projects in Europe, Asia, the FSU, and the Middle East. He has represented developers as well as multilateral lenders on international energy project financings.  Paul has been based in the firm’s London, Moscow and Beijing offices since 1979, and has served as managing partner of each of those offices.  He was resident in the Beijing Office from 1997-1999 and from 2002 to 2013.