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    A doubling of world energy demand and China on its way to becoming the world’s largest energy importer. Australia’s gas and LNG sector is seeing extraordinary growth, with King & Wood Mallesons "whole of chain" capability being called on for a number of industry firsts and colossal-sized projects.

 

 Our recent experience:

 
  • Arc Energy on the financing of the acquisition of Dongara field.
  • Mitsui E&P on the acquisition of a 40% interest in the Enfield Project and associated acreage.
  • Coogee Resources on its US$270,000,000 secured debt facilities - this deal won the Euromoney Project Finance Deal of the Year 2007.
  • Woodside on its sale of its Mauritian petroleum interests.
  • DBP on its entire gas transport portfolio for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline and access regime.
  • Wesfarmers, Chevron, BHP Petroleum and Epic Energy on the negotiation of domestic gas sales arrangements.
  • Woodside on its acquisition of Shell’s North West Shelf oil interests (including FSPO interest).
  • ARC Energy on the long term exploration and prospective gas offtake agreement with Alcoa.
  • PTTEP on the consequences of the Montara oil spill.
  • GDF SUEZ on the formation and operation of an unincorporated joint venture to develop and operate a proposed floating LNG plant.
  • BG Group/QGC on the QCLNG Project in Queensland (a $15bn world first coal seam gas to LNG project), including structuring/documenting the entire CSG to LNG supply chain and acting on the equity/LNG sales to CNOOC (representing the largest gas sales to China) and Tokyo Gas.
  • Chevron in relation to the pre-FID phase of the Wheatstone LNG Project.
  • Chevron on the structuring and development of the $40+bn Gorgon LNG Project. Our work has involved Government negotiations, land tenure, environmental issues, geosequestration infrastructure sharing, sale of equity to LNG buyers and other operational issues.
  • Total on negotiations with the NT Government in relation to the development of an LNG processing facility for the A$20bn Ichthys LNG Project at Middle Arm Peninsula in Darwin.

  • Louis Chiam
    Oil & Gas Sub-Sector Leader
    Partner
    Melbourne
    T: +61 3 9643 4086
    M: +61 417 266 545