Oil and Gas Consultants

27/01/2026

Thanks to everyone who attended my seminar on Implementing Critical Steps to Improve Contracting!

I admire your commitment to improvement! 🥳

Thanks for all the questions and feedback ☺️

Here’s the best part for those who missed it!

See you again at 3pm Mexico City!

23/01/2026

Dear colleagues and friends!

I have received such a fantastic response from you around the invitation to the upcoming free seminar "Implementing Critical Steps for Improving Your Contracts".

Thank you all so much!

I want to let you all know that there's a new video on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/I8Waa-sAb6Y?si=a1yfllp7HIxTxqxI that you can see which addresses some of the points we will discuss at the seminar.

For the registration to the seminar - click this link: https://ogc.works/implementing-critical-steps-for-improving-your-contracts/

CHOOSE YOUR TIME - UAE or MECXICO CITY :)

And have a great weekend!

22/01/2026

Dear colleagues in oil and gas,

Join me for this seminar when I will ignite a discussion on the critical steps which any organization can implement to improve contracting.

“Bad” contracting - slow negotiations, using wrong templates, endless exceptions in tenders - bring our industry tangible losses.

That’s why certain associations in upstream oil and gas created some very good instruments of improving contracting in upstream oil and gas, which I also will talk about!

Register here https://ogc.works/implementing-critical-steps-for-improving-your-contracts/

Let’s make our industry contracts efficient together!

20/01/2026

Efficient oil and gas project management always means effective and smart contracting. Contracts in the sector are known to be extremely complex and establish numerous concurrent obligations of the parties. Very often, this, combined with the limitations stemming from the contractual arrangements with the host governments and the urgency in which projects get to be delivered create situations, in which companies tend to suffer from the similar “blind spots” in their contracting practices. Still, through decades of experience accumulated through running upstream projects, our industry came up with the clear, straightforward and sector-specific contractual tools and methods, known to successfully eliminate cost and project overruns. The video (newly published on this channel) and the seminar covers the most crucial of those – taken as steps in combination or one by one - they will dramatically improve company’s contracting practice and thus will ensure ease, clarity, efficiency in contractual relationships of any tier.

Join our free online class: https://ogc.works/implementing-critical-steps-for-improving-your-contracts/

04/01/2026

Happy New Year to all! 🥳

We are back with the new schedule - training offerings that will make you a better oil and gas contract negotiators in 2026, including:

- live online classes
- classroom courses
- pre-recorded lectures

Check our schedule to join our classes in January 2026!

12/06/2024

19/01/2022

I am happy to announce the schedule of the upcoming online seminars!

Both seminars are perfect for commercial, sales, and business development teams, contracting and procurement teams, supply chain management professionals, and even lawyers!

Battle of Forms: Be in a Position to Win
Date: 26th January
Start: 10:00 (UAE time)
Duration: 2.5 hours
Price: $70

In this webinar, you will learn how to:
• detect and eliminate the battle of the forms
• prepare to apply best practices in winning the battle
• get the upper hand in negotiations

Registration: https://bit.ly/3tKFOI9

Liquidated Damages: Practical Toolkit to Win Negotiations
Date: 26th January
Start: 14:00 (UAE time)
Duration: 2.75 hours
Price: $80

In this webinar, you will learn how to:
• minimize your risk
• negotiate a balanced and fair LD clause
• get clarity on all factors that must be taken into account in your negotiations
• be ready to resolve LD-related disputes

Registration: https://bit.ly/3FIaSun

Please register in advance as the number of participants is limited.

If you have any questions, please send me a message.

See you soon!

17/01/2022

What is going on with drilling contracts these days? Over the last century, contracts have become more complex. Risks faced by the parties have increased together with the complexities of the upstream oil and gas business in general. There are now regulatory, safety, compliance, operational, and even social requirements to fulfill.

But what are the factors that influence how we build our contractual relationships? What allowed our industry to grow, take risks, achieve goals?

I spoke about it at IADC Drilling Middle East 2021 Conference last month. And now the video is available for you to watch in my “Smart Contracts Blog” on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etvh9y-myhQ

Please watch, leave comments, subscribe, and feel free to share!