Oil & Gas
Overview
Freehills has had a long association with the oil and gas industry and is widely recognised as having the leading oil and gas practice in Australia.
While the oil and gas industry in Australia is relatively mature, comprising strategic interests in the five major producing areas (the Carnarvon Basin, Perth Basin and Timor Sea regions offshore Western Australia and the Northern Territory; the Cooper, Eromanga and neighbouring basins in Central Australia; and the Gippsland and Otway basins (Bass Strait) off the coast of Victoria and Tasmania), much of it remains untested and, with Australia's stable sovereign environment, is an attractive location for exploration and the establishment of infrastructure to support activities here and in Asia.
The industry is a risky one and participants expend vast amounts of money in managing these risks and in acquiring, finding, developing and marketing hydrocarbons. The skills and experience of our practitioners allows us to get to the essence of the many difficult issues that this industry raises and provide participants with accurate, effective and commercial solutions. These skills and experience are also regularly accessed by the junior participants seeking funds on the capital markets and other participants in the sector, such as banks, service companies and government. Our lawyers play a significant role in advising the upstream industry in Asia and Africa, for both Australian based and international companies.
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Freehills has had a long association with the oil and gas industry and is widely recognised as having the leading oil and gas practice in Australia.
While the oil and gas industry in Australia is relatively mature, comprising strategic interests in the five major producing areas (the Carnarvon Basin, Perth Basin and Timor Sea regions offshore Western Australia and the Northern Territory; the Cooper, Eromanga and neighbouring basins in Central Australia; and the Gippsland and Otway basins (Bass Strait) off the coast of Victoria and Tasmania), much of it remains untested and, with Australia's stable sovereign environment, is an attractive location for exploration and the establishment of infrastructure to support activities here and in Asia.
The industry is a risky one and participants expend vast amounts of money in managing these risks and in acquiring, finding, developing and marketing hydrocarbons. The skills and experience of our practitioners allows us to get to the essence of the many difficult issues that this industry raises and provide participants with accurate, effective and commercial solutions. These skills and experience are also regularly accessed by the junior participants seeking funds on the capital markets and other participants in the sector, such as banks, service companies and government. Our lawyers play a significant role in advising the upstream industry in Asia and Africa, for both Australian based and international companies.
To view our experience, click here.