Preface 5Renad YounesAshurst LLPPetroleum contracts: licences, concessions, production-sharing agreements and service contracts 7Jubilee EasoEversheds SutherlandBoundary delimitation and hydrocarbon resources 23Mhairi Main GarciaDentonsJoint operating agreements 53Priya ShahAshurst LLPUnitisation and unitisation agreements 77Danielle BeggsDentons UK and Middle East LLPChristopher ThomsonDentonsFinancing upstream developments 91Nicholas Ross-McCallCMSHuw ThomasAshurst LLPTrans-boundary pipeline development and risk mitigation 121William E BrowningInfrastructure Development Partnership LLPThomas DimitroffInfrastructure Development Partnership LLP; Roland Berger GmbHLNG - overview and project essentials 145Daniel ReinbottAshurst LLPShale gas 183George AntonopoulosVivek BakshiDentons Canada LLPJennifer MorrisseyDentons US LLPGas sales agreements 203Daniel O'NeillTullow Oil plcCrude oil sale and purchase agreements 233Alistair FeeneyHolman Fenwick Willan LLPShipping arrangements 247Denys Hickey39 Essex ChambersFarm-outs 261Julia DerrickAshurst LLPGas processing 273Nina HowellKing & SpaldingDecommissioning of upstream oil and gas facilities 291Mark Osa IgiehonAberdeen Commercial/Oil & Minerals Group and University of Aberdeen Centre for Energy LawOil and gas projects and human rights 325Jennifer ZerkJennifer Zerk ConsultingOil and gas disputes 349Mark ClarkeJames HartWhite & Case LLPIntroduction to downstream projects 363Anne Marie WicksWhite & Case LLPLNG to power projects 381Philip ThomsonAshurst LLPAbout the authors 395.