An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Oil & Gas Field Unitisation and Equity Redetermination
Mastering Risk Mitigation and Negotiation Strategy
Course Overview
Hydrocarbon tend to tread two or more license concessions areas or even international boundaries. Unitisation is a mechanism whereby reservoirs for petroleum and or gas are developed as a unit by a single operator (the Unit Operator) and use common production facilities under an agreement called a Unitisation Agreement. The objective is to obtain the maximum recovery of hydrocarbon by the parties.
Unitisation requires rather complete and real knowledge of the field which justifies there being a Unitisation Agreement which is among interested parties. The Unitization Agreement seeks to provide for that the participating interests in an equitable manner and avoid transit impact on the participating interests and helps to avoid some legal traps.
Unitization should be implemented early in the life of a field, prior to development as the owners seek to establish leverage in negotiating a larger share of the field or drain the field.
This GLOMACS training course on Unitisation in the Oil and Gas Industry will highlight:
- The international law determining the rights and responsibilities of states in the development of shared petroleum deposits
- How to Unitise a field and the ways to compile a Unitisation and Unit Operating Agreement
- Determining the and which stage this should take place
- Negotiation the agreement with partners
Training Outline
DAY 1:
What is Unitisation?
- The Development of the Concept of Unitisation
- Different Approaches to Unitization
- Terminology in Unitisation Agreements
- Pooling and Unitization, Voluntary & Mandatory
- Order of Unit Operation of Pool
- Multiple Leases
Documenting Unitization
- Where the Unitisation Agreement Fits within the Upstream Contractual Regime
- The Need for a Pre-unitisation Agreement
- Important Provisions of a Pre-unitisation Agreement
- The Essential Elements of an Unitisation Agreement
- The Structure of an Unitisation Agreement
DAY 2:
Key Concept Affecting Unitization Agreements
- Determination of the Initial Tract Participation / Unit Interest
- Change in the Unit Area
- Units and Unit Operating Agreements
- Redetermination
- How does the redetermination process work in practice?
- The Re-determination Process – The Role of the Expert
DAY 3:
UUOA - Unit Operating Agreements & Unitisation
- Connecting-up the Dots between Unitization and UOA
- Unitisation in Practice
- Government Approval
- Important Pits Falls to Avoid in UOAs
DAY 4:
Key Issues in UUOAs
- A One-Size Fits All UUOA
- Tract Participation
- Determination and Re-determination Provisions
- Role of the Expert
- Unit Operating Committee Voting Thresholds
- Default of Parties
- Specific Unitization Issues for LNG Export Projects
DAY 5:
Transboundary Unitization and Boundary Disputes
- Examples, including Netherlands, UK and Norway, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
- Transboundary Developments
- Resolving Transboundary Disputes
- Case Studies on Transboundary Disputes
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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About Saudi Glomacs
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