C P Thorpe Limited

International Oil and Gas Specialists

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24 May 2013

‘Such is the unity of all history that any one who endeavours to tell a piece of it must feel that his first sentence tears a seamless web.’

                                 F.W. Maitland















Welcome.………………..

A warm welcome to our web site.


CP Thorpe is a legal consultancy established in 1991 and now based on the Isle of Man.

We specialise in the drafting and negotiation of international petroleum agreements. Our clients include governments, oil companies both large and small, and contractors.


We are proud to be involved in some of the world's largest and most important petroleum transactions.


There is a lot of content on our web site, and we aim to refresh it regularly. The legal and business content is only likely to be of interest to petroleum industry professionals, energy lawyers and perhaps students.


This is a serious business but we like to have as much fun as possible.

Casual visitors may like our daily business quote, or our three series Tails of a Manx Cat, Tales from the Arena and the forthcoming Letters from a Legal Heretic.   Older Tales and Tails can be found in our Archive

For professional visitors there is some more serious business and legal content, under Articles which we aim to keep refreshed.


You will also find details of our lectures and books, not all of which are to do with oil and gas!


We hope that you will find something of interest and visit us again.


Chris Thorpe

Managing Director




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