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In a major shift in the second Trump Administration's Russia policy, on 22 October 2025 the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed blocking sanctions on Rosneft...

On July 12, 2012, the United States added a substantial number of oil, banking, and shipping companies to the list of Specially Designated Nationals ("SDN list") subject to US economic sanctions.

Among the many risks of doing business in the oil and gas industry, perhaps the most precarious is wellsite liability, which has the potential for participants to spend more time litigating mishaps than finding and producing oil.

On February 22, 2017, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, announced the new proposal of the Federal Government for the local content policy related to the bidding rounds...

In a decision released on June 5, 2015, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench struck the portions of the claim that sought to invalidate Penn West's approvals, finding that they were a collateral attack.

If approved, the Keystone XL pipeline would carry oil extracted from Northern Alberta’s oil sands to refineries and markets in the United States.

The Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench held that a decision of the Minister to issue oil sands special exploratory permits did not trigger the duty to consult.

The Alberta government has announced that it will launch a single regulator for oil and gas development within the Province in an effort to improve its competitiveness.

The Council of the European Union has introduced amendments to its sanctions contained in Regulation 833/2014, which target "Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine".

The tender process is identified as CNH-R02-L01/2016 and additional information on this process is available at http://rondasmexico.gob.mx/r2-l01-bloques/.

On 7 August, 2023, the President issued policy directives to clarify responsibility for the management and control of crude oil export terminals.

Generally the FIRS would seek to use the higher of the OSP and the RP for tax assessments.

The dramatic fall in crude prices has led to speculation that some oil-producing countries may be forced to abandon their currencies' fixed exchange rate pegs, which are typically set to the US Dollar.

Proposals to publish league tables, ranking oil and gas companies according to their health and safety performance, are being considered by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Supporters claim the proposals could make the North Sea a safer place to work, but there are fears that the scheme could amount to mere ‘naming and shaming’.

In the run up to the referendum on Scottish Independence, Sir Ian Wood has raised concerns over the Scottish Government’s predictions for North Sea Oil recovery.

On 20 June 2025, in a landmark decision, the High Court ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria...

A Washington D.C. federal judge upheld the Bureau of Land Management's greenhouse gas and climate impact analysis, conducted in connection with six 2022 federal onshore oil and gas lease sales.

On March 8, the DOI announced its plans to hold a virtual forum on Thursday, March 25, to discuss the federal oil and gas leasing and permitting program.