Oil and Gas; Exploration and Production; Oil Field Services

The upstream portion of our practice focuses on representations including:

Purchase, sale and financing of producing oil and gas properties and related production facilities, platforms, terminals and gathering systems for domestic and international E&P companies and investors
Operating agreements, master service agreements, joint ventures, participation agreements, exploration agreements, farm outs and related operational issues
Debt and equity financing arrangements for E&P companies, investors and lenders including secured borrowing base credit facilities, land bank agreements, partnerships and joint ventures, contribution agreements and offerings
Procurement of governmental permits, orders and authorizations
Contracts for drilling, production facility, platform and terminal, facility acquisition, and construction involving platforms, terminals, drilling rigs, caissons, pipelines, and plants, and the financing of such transactions and facilities
Construction and operation of offshore facilities, platforms, terminals, gathering systems and mobile drilling units
Mezzanine and asset-backed financings
Volumetric production payment (VPP) and net profits interest (NPI) financings
Structuring and documentation involving seismic data on a license and on a proprietary basis
Complex multi-well drilling and participation agreements
Negotiations for chartering of support vessels overseas
Arrests and foreclosures of offshore drilling rigs

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