Decommissioning is an integral part of the energy transition. The move by oil & gas companies to decarbonise their operations often leads to a transfer of their ageing assets to new, and often under-resourced, players. This can create opportunities but is also fraught with complexities and challenges for both outgoing and incoming operators. In this […]

Developments in trade, energy transition, and geopolitics Driven by the energy transition, national security concerns, and commitments to support domestic production, countries are increasingly taking measures to develop green economies and energy systems at home.  New legislation in the US, especially the Inflation Reduction Act and responses by the EU, including the proposed Green Deal […]

As businesses seek new ways to work together to improve environmental sustainability, navigating diverging approaches to competition law in different jurisdictions is becoming increasingly complex. Many businesses are aiming to improve the sustainability of their operations, as individual companies, through multi-company collaborations and at an industry-wide level. However, these initiatives need to be conducted in a […]

With last year’s public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, generative AI went from niche to nova. Generative AI has reached an astonishing level of capability, from producing near-human text responses and photorealistic images of non-existent events, to suggesting software code and creating websites. In turn, political and regulatory focus has sharpened regarding how to ensure responsible AI […]

Energy security and affordability have become major issues for many countries. Rising inflation, increasingly frequent and significant climate events, and an uncertain geopolitical and economic outlook provide a challenging backdrop for governments committed to net zero targets and keen to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy. The trends that we highlight here focus on some […]