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EnerMech to Support Subsea7 on Trinidad's Ginger Offshore Development

8 October 2026

EnerMech has secured a contract by Subsea7 to provide pipeline and subsea pre-commissioning services for the Ginger offshore development project in Trinidad and Tobago… [...]

Rockhopper Commits $44M to Second Sea Lion FPSO

8 October 2026

Rockhopper Exploration has agreed to invest $44 million to acquire a 35% interest in the OSX-1 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is… [...]

Tropical Storm Isaias Forces Shell, Chevron to Curb Gulf Production

8 October 2026

Shell and Chevron said on Wednesday they were curtailing offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Isaias approached the region.Shell said it was… [...]

Petrobras, Equinor, QatarEnergy Among Winners in Brazil's Offshore Auction

8 October 2026

Brazil awarded 56 oil and gas exploration blocks in two licensing rounds held on October 7, with Petrobras, Equinor, QatarEnergy, Galp and Chinese energy companies among the successful bidders… [...]

Oil Stabilizes as IEA Moves to Speed Up Emergency Stock Releases

8 October 2026

Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday following a choppy session after the International Energy Agency agreed to speed up a release of oil stocks and prioritize… [...]

ExxonMobil Plans Guyana Gas Pipeline Repairs Ahead of Startup

8 October 2026

ExxonMobil said on Wednesday that it will conduct maintenance work on a near-shore section of an offshore pipeline near Crane on Guyana's West Coast Demerara, beginning Oct 14… [...]

US Set to Roll Back Methane Leak Controls on Oil and Gas Industry

8 October 2026

The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would soon propose scrapping a Biden-era rule aimed at curbing large leaks of methane from oil and gas operations… [...]

Equinor Finds More Gas at Gullfaks Field in North Sea

8 October 2026

Equinor and its partners have made a gas discovery at the Gullfaks South field in the Norwegian North Sea, with estimated recoverable resources of between 3.3 million and 10… [...]

Petrobras Picks TechnipFMC for Flexible Flowlines Delivery off Brazil

7 October 2026

TechnipFMC has been awarded a subsea contract worth between $75 million and $250 million by Petrobras to supply flexible pipe systems for multiple pre-salt developments offshore Brazil… [...]

Framo Signs Record Pump Service Deal for Petrobras FPSO Fleet

7 October 2026

Framo has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras to inspect and maintain pumping systems across the Brazilian energy company's fleet of about 30 floating production… [...]

Can Pakistan Build an International Commercial Court on an Arbitration Act From 1940?

8 October 2026

The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan proposed a constitutional modification on July 20, 2026, at its 49th meeting, adding a new Article 212-A to create the International Commercial Court of Pakistan as a separate federal superior court. [...]

Revisiting State Responsibility in CAS Arbitration: Lessons from Semenya v Switzerland

6 October 2026

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) is the final body for dispute resolution in international sports arbitration. However, CAS is a private body primarily governed by Swiss law (Article R45 of CAS Code). Its jurisdiction is based on arbitration clauses contained in contracts between parties. [...]

Why So Green? The Move Towards More Sustainable Arbitrations and How ACICA's Sustainability Protocol Will Get Us There

5 October 2026

Sustainability is a topic of considerable interest in present times. Governments and businesses alike have introduced various measures in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and reach net-zero targets by 2050, and significant investment is being made in the clean energy transition, exceeding US$2 trillion globally for the first time in 2024, according to a 2025 United Nations report. [...]

From Online Dispute Resolution to Small Claims Arbitration: What the SCCA’s 2026 Reform Reveals About the Future of Low-Value Arbitration

2 October 2026

On 1 August 2026, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (“SCCA”) announced the replacement of the Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) Procedure Rules (“Old Procedure Rules”) with an entirely new Small Claim Procedure Rules (“New Procedu [...]

Global Perspectives on Teaching International Investment Arbitration: Reflections on Three Plus Decades of Change and Continuity

1 October 2026

I started teaching a course I called “International Law on Foreign Investment” as an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School in the fall of 1992. The course was highly unusual at that time, with investment typically getting a little treatment in an international economics law course. Since then, I have taught the course regularly, generally covering the process of foreign investment, the substantive content of international investment law (“IIL”), and methods for resolving disputes between [...]

Of Course Arbitrators Are Using AI: The Case for a Standard AI Clause

30 September 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) has rapidly entered the daily practice of many professions and shows little sign of retreating. The legal profession is no exception. AI is already part of the workstream of many law firms and may soon become a standard professional tool, akin to a laptop or a legal research platform. [...]

Is International Commercial Arbitration Still Working? Arbitration Under Geopolitical Pressure

29 September 2026

Few questions in international commercial arbitration are as contested now as the simplest one: is the system still working? The Finland Arbitration Institute’s 115th anniversary conference in August, which brought together some 290 participants representing 40 jurisdictions, took that question as its starting point. Gary Born opened with an unambiguous answer. [...]

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