PRICE CAP ON RUSSIAN OIL AGREED: WHAT IS THE BEST PATH TO COMPLIANCE?
On December 2, 2022, the Price Cap Coalition (the EU, G7 and Australia) mutually agreed upon a cap on the price of Russian seaborne crude oil at USD 60 per barrel as of December 5, 2022. A separate price cap for Russian oil products will be introduced on 5 February 2023. Below we would like […]
Physical Oil Trading & Formation of Sales Contracts
Today international oil trading industry has been characterized by the dominant position of Multinationals, major traders and NOCs. In return, they all received a stream of income through oil trading under enforceable contracts. Our focus is not only on the mechanism of oil trading market but has to be the words and the parties’ conception […]
FM and Frustration
An Update on force majeure and doctrine of frustration in English Law Contractual parties create duties and obligations enforceable on themselves by bounding with a contract.[1] The former rationale was given to define the rule that any failure in performing the contractual duty undertaken result in a breach of contract.[2] Blackburn J. in Taylor v […]