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What does Plans mean? Describes the set of design and technical documents for a project. In practice, parties use Plans to mean the drawings and related information that describe the works and are relied upon for design, planning, procurement and construction. The term is not generally defined by statute or case law; its scope is fixed by the contract or licence. Plans means all plans, drawings, models, specifications, reports, design documents and any other materials provided by the Licensor for the purposes of the Project, in hard copy or electronic form, including (without limitation) CAD/BIM models, federated models, schedules, surveys, calculations, method statements, datasheets and...

UK and EU competition law in NSTA Strategy Area Plans: compliant exchanges of sensitive oil and gas information, applicable exemptions and defences, and managing the future production by object risk

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Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the potential hazards arising from sharing commercially sensitive data within the UK oil and gas (O&G) industry, within the framework and objectives of the NSTA Strategy (whose most recent iteration appeared under the title ‘OGA Strategy’ in 2021, as outlined below). The Practice Note has particular regard to information on proposed future investments and future production, where appropriate, with a view to the preparation of an Area Plan, and it further explains how such exchanges can be undertaken in a manner consistent with UK and EU competition rules in both jurisdictions.

Why is Competition law relevant to Area Plans under the NSTA Strategy?

Sharing commercially Confidential information among competitors is a type of arrangement that competition authorities have identified as falling within the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 (and Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)) (see Practice Notes: Information exchange under UK competition law and Information exchange under EU competition law and Article 101(1) TFEU—the prohibition on restrictive agreements—overview)...

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Judith Aldersey Williams

Judith Aldersey-Williams has 25 years' experience as a commercial lawyer in London and Aberdeen. She advises energy industry clients in the UK and internationally on commercial contracts, including joint operating agreements, major infrastructure projects, gas sales agreements, supply and service contracts and has worked on projects from Angola to Trinidad (she's still hoping for a project in Zambia). She also advises on regulatory issues and competition/antitrust matters. She has worked closely with Oil & Gas UK on a variety of industry initiatives including the industry standard Decommissioning Security Agreement (DSA) and Joint Operating Agreement. Her career highpoints have been advising Oil & Gas UK in its negotiations with the UK Government over the introduction of ground-breaking contracts to guarantee tax relief for decommissioning and advising the Subsea Well Response Project, a group of nine multinational oil companies, on contracts for the...

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