Oil & Gas newsletter – Issue 1
Welcome to the first edition of Watson Farley & Williams’ global oil & gas newsletter – a publication in which our Energy Sector team reflects on what we are seeing in the Oil & Gas market.
Article Archive
Are flexible working requests about to become more difficult for employers?
On the 23 September 2021, the UK government published an open consultation which considers five ways in which the current legal framework for making flexible working requests could change. We look at what the consultation’s proposals could mean for employers.
Temporary windfall profit reduction mechanism on remuneration from electricity production activity in Spain
On 15 September 2021, Royal Decree-Law 17/2021 of 14 September 2021, providing for urgent measures to mitigate the impact of soaring natural gas prices in the retail gas and electricity markets was published in the Spanish Official Gazette and came into force the following day.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 21
Read the twenty first edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Is the UK Government an ‘old fossil’ in protecting the downstream oil market?
This article gives an introduction to The Downstream Oil Resilience Draft Bill 2021, which was presented to the UK Parliament in June 2021, and looks at its implications.
End of life care: Decommissioning offshore installations
With the high numbers of mature oil fields in the North Sea, ownership increasingly in the hands of “late life specialists” and many offshore assets reaching the end of their useful life, decommissioning issues are no doubt a sign of things to come.
Decree No. 34 of 2021 enhances the status of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre
The Ruler of Dubai has issued Decree No. 34 of 2021, significantly reforming and enhancing the status of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 20
Read the twentieth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Luxembourg Rail Protocol: Practical aspects for operators and financers
This Spanish newsletter discusses some practical aspects of the Cape Town Convention’s Luxembourg Rail Protocol following the announcement by the Spanish Government of their intention to sign it.
Off-spec cargo: breach of condition? Agile traders just can’t make a loss – Galtrade Limited v BP Oil International Limited
This article looks at a recent English Commercial Court decision which will be of interest to oil and commodities traders.
