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Wednesday 21 June (1900 - 2100)

Welcome reception

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (0000 - 0000)

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Pablo Alliani , Jennifer Smith

Thursday 22 June (0900 - 0910)

Welcome, Overview and Introductions

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (0910 - 0910)

Hot Topics in the Oil and Gas Industry Module

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (0910 - 0940)

Global LNG – The new supply wave and the evolving dynamics of the Global LNG trade

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (0940 - 1025)

Is Floating LNG changing the Landscape Forever?

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1025 - 1110)

What is the Role for Gas in the Global Energy Mix up to 2035?

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1130 - 1215)

What Does BREXIT Mean for UK Energy Policy and the Single European Energy Market?

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1215 - 1345)

Luncheon and Presentation: The State of the Oil and Gas Industry

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1345 - 1415)

What Trump’s First Five Months Means for Energy

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1415 - 1415)

Corporate Counsel Commentators for All Dispute Resolution Modules

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1415 - 1415)

Dispute Resolution Module

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Audley Sheppard QC

Thursday 22 June (1415 - 1455)

Climate Change and Dispute Resolution

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Programme details

This session will address the types of disputes that might arise as a result of climate change and other environmental phenomena.

Thursday 22 June (1455 - 1535)

Tax Disputes and Investor Protection

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Programme details

This session will address in what circumstances tax claims by a host state might amount to breach of investment treaty standards of protection.

Thursday 22 June (1555 - 1635)

Liability of Corporations for Breaches of Human Rights

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Thursday 22 June (1635 - 1715)

Dispute Resolution in Africa – An Update

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Programme details

This session will provide a brief update on some notable recent developments in dispute resolution in Africa.

Thursday 22 June (1930 - 2300)

Conference Dinner

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Friday 23 June (0910 - 0910)

Corporate Module

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Session/Workshop Chair(s)

Professor Paul John Griffin

Friday 23 June (0910 - 1040)

The Developing Role of Funds and Private Equity in Upstream Oil and Gas

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Programme details

This session will consider that ways in which the established order of the upstream oil and gas community is changing to accommodate the arrival of those with different outlooks and models for their businesses. Of particular significance are funds and private equity businesses which bring a different approach to investment and risk, as well as to their relations with governments, partners and lenders. A part of the upstream oil and gas sector in the US for some time now, these entities have more recently moved towards Europe, initially in relation to upstream facilities interests and now in relation to producing and even exploration interests.

Friday 23 June (1100 - 1230)

The Opportunity and Promise of Decommissioning Liabilities

Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) (Lead)
European Regional Forum

Programme details

The UK’s oil and gas decommissioning regime has long been seen to be in the front-line of petroleum operations around the world. But the established commercial and liability arrangements are now being tested by recent steps towards the government’s overall aim of maximising economic recoveries, the more innovative moves by the incumbents to passing on these late-life assets (with or without the liabilities) and the arrival of funds and private equity investors into the ownership of oil and gas facilities. For some, these changes in the operation and decommissioning of the UK’s oil and gas sector represent a bright new business opportunity alongside the necessary management of established liabilities. Although much of the current discussion relates to the UK and the North Sea, it is timely to consider how far these experiences might provide precedents for activities around the world.