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ENERGY PROJECTS March 2008 See the Description of C&T Law Practice for a general summary of this firm’s experience. E&P Projects C&T has acted for oil companies in the submission and processing of applications for petroleum concessions, implementation of exploration programs, and drafting and negotiation of joint venture and financing agreements for petroleum development and production projects. Clients have included Adani Energy, Alberta Energy, Anschutz, Chevron, FINA, GFI Oil & Gas, Harrods Energy, Northern Gulf Oil, Pearl Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Resourceful Petroleum, Tatex and others. C&T acted for PTT in connection with its JDA gas purchase, pipeline and separation plant project in a joint venture with Petronas, and currently for the project company, TTM (Thailand) on the Trans Thai-Malaysian Pipeline Project. C&T acted as special counsel to PTT Exploration & Production in its joint development project with Petronas Carigali in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (Blocks B-17 and C-19), in negotiation of JOA’s with TOTAL and ESSO, and in financing its participation in development of the Bongkot Field and in other projects. C&T publishes papers on Thai petroleum legislation and is a member of the Petroleum Institute of Thailand. C&T was a member of Chulalongkorn Law Faculty's team advising the Ministry of Energy re 2003/4 energy law reform program, together with Boston Consulting Group. C&T was a member of Chulalongkorn Law Faculty's team advising the Department of Mineral Fuels re petroleum legislation reform, and team advising Ministry of Energy re proposed legislation on energy conservation and alternative fuel. C&T has participated in special energy sector studies in Thailand, and has performed mineral law and policy services for international agencies in Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam. Since 1981, C&T has acted for the government of Nepal’s Petroleum Exploration Promotion Project. C&T organized AIPN’s first function in Bangkok on 15 May 2007, and is a member of the organizing committee for the 2009 AIPN International Conference in Bangkok. Power Projects C&T has represented project owners, sponsors and lenders in EGAT’s IPP and SPP programs in Thailand, and lenders in hydro-power projects in Lao PDR. Our experience in the power sector includes the following (ongoing work marked in bold): Thai IPPs
Other Thai power projects
C&T has experience with the regulatory permits, licenses and approvals applicable to power projects in Thailand, and related project documents and security, land ownership, rights-of-way, corporate, securities, environmental, public hearing and other Thai law issues. C&T monitors the progress of privatization of the power sector, including plans of EGAT, PTT and EPPO, and developments under the Capital of State Enterprises Act (“Corporatization Act”), B.E. 2542, under which PTT was converted to a public limited company on 1 October 2001, and EGAT was converted to a public limited company on 24 June 2005 (and reverted to a statutory corporation in March 2006). |
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Projects C&T represented Thai LNG Power Corp. Ltd. from 1995 to 2001. This company had been registered by PTT to undertake an LNG terminal project in Map Ta Phud Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Thailand. The project was suspended due to the financial crisis. C&T and Ashurst currently represent PTT in its LNG Procurement Project. Petrochemical and Refinery Projects C&T has represented project owners, sponsors and lenders in downstream projects in Thailand. C&T acted for PTT advising on the merger of listed affiliates Rayong Refinery and Aromatics Thailand. C&T acts for Solvay on its major hydrogen peroxide expansion project. C&T has acted for project owners and sponsors in the following projects:
C&T has acted for lenders in the following projects:
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