Energy Update - 30 September 2013

Welcome to this edition of Field Fisher Waterhouse's Energy Update.

This month we look at the recent UK government decision on gas storage, Rhys Griffiths discusses the level of recent health & safety fines and David Haverbeke comments on Belgium's new gas-fired power tender. We look at a new study that finds that shale oil reserves could be much higher in some areas outside North America and Simon Moore discusses fracking litigation claims. The government in the UK finalises the decommissioning tax relief that was recently announced. Finally, we look at a recent case that illustrates the need to spend the necessary time documenting precisely what has been agreed in any negotiation.