Oil and Gas

Lawyers acting at every stage of the oil and gas lifecycle

Our team of lawyers have expertise that spans the entire oil and gas lifecycle where we support oil majors, independents and service companies at every stage of the process, including upstream advice on exploration and production sharing contracts, joint operations, service contracts, farm-ins, processing and agreements; midstream FPSOs, pipelines and LNG operations, including tenders for supply; and downstream advice on petroleum refining, marketing and distribution.

Our deep sector expertise, combined with global capability and experience working at every stage of the oil and gas lifecycle, means our advice is tightly-honed to the commercial realities of any situation. Whatever your business’s strategy and requirements, HFW can help you protect your existing and future positions, secure advantage in a fast-changing environment, whilst at the same time minimising risks.

In this market, the right advice can make the difference between failure and success.

Across the full spectrum of the oil and gas lifecycle we advise on the following areas:

• New Ventures
• Exploration
• Drilling
• Construction
• Production
• Liquefaction
• Transportation
• Regasification
• Refining
• Supply
• Services
• Decomissioning