Acorn
/When a new oil or gas field is discovered, one of the issues for the owners to decide is the name of the field. They can choose any name they like, although the approval of the host government is usually required . . .
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Clarence House
/In the spring of 1979 I attended an advocacy weekend in Windsor Great Park. This was an informal event put on for its students by the Middle Temple, the Inn of Court to which I belong . . .
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/The oil industry has always had its share of flamboyant and buccaneering characters . . .
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/After an arduous business trip, it is always a relief to board the plane home. It is an added pleasure to encounter a friendly and outgoing oilman . . .
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Chris Thorpe is a respected independent lawyer in the upstream oil and gas industry, and an established lecturer and author. Chris has a LLB in law from Magdalene College, Cambridge and trained as a barrister in London. He worked for eight years' as an in-house lawyer for BP and Marathon. Since 1991, Chris has run his own upstream legal practice, CPTL, which has acted for many upstream clients. He has extensive experience of international upstream transactions, principally in the North Sea, the FSU, Africa and the Middle East. Chris has spoken at many UK and International Conferences and Seminars, both public and in-house. His most popular current lecture is Fundamental of Upstream Petroleum Agreements, a two-day course with accompanying book.
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A selection Of articles on the Upstream.
Drilling an exploration well is always a tense time for those involved in it, even the lawyers and contracts specialists whose contribution is usually finished before the well is begun. . .