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Practical Insights on the Principle of Energy Justice

Energy justice is among the main concepts that are usually referred to, directly or indirectly, in most energy regulations and statutes. The term “Energy Justice” refers principally to providing all individuals, across all areas in the country, with safe, affordable and sustainable energy regardless of the source of such Energy. It addresses fairness and equity concerns within the current energy system and incorporates aspects of deep democracy and cooperation between all stakeholders.

Legal Demarcation of Maritime Borders and Egyptian National Security

The concept of national security is one of the most difficult and complicated concepts that are widely used, not only in Arab political discourses, but also in the political discourses around the world.

Regulating Petroleum Industry: Purpose, Key Forms and International Law

Petroleum sector projects are complicated and high-risk investments, which need further care when it comes to drafting a regulatory framework that combines sustainable economic development for the host countries as owners of the resources with warranties and incentives to investors who are willing to invest their capital in this kind of projects.

POST COVID-19 ERA- The Age of New Opportunity in the Egyptian Petroleum Sector

Egypt’s integration history in the oil and gas sector dates back to late of the eighteenth century when the Egyptian Government was able to dig oil from Ras Gemsah in 1886, which marked the beginning of the country’s oil industry. Since then, a long journey of attainments and failures shaped today’s history of the Egyptian petroleum sector.

Links & Gains Hosts A Legal Webinar: The Energy Hub Experts Talk

A very tremendous discussion was held over a webinar on July 21 that brought on board diverse experts from the oil and gas industry, which we call the Energy Hub.
The discussion was moderated by the Managing Partner of Links & Gains Law Firm, Mohamed Agamy, who shot several questions that covered most of the challenges, opportunities and the transformation activities in the energy sector.

The Value of Big Data in Oil, Gas Industry

Have you ever imagined the volume of data that had been acquired in the Egyptian oil and gas fields over the last century? The growing technologies in upstream, midstream and downstream are accumulating massive datasets in the oil and gas industry every day. This poses a great challenge of the high technology and security required to manage and store these data.

Flared and Associated Gas Economic Utilization

It is well known that the petroleum industry at first was somewhat indifferent about the environmental impact of the exploration and production processes. As a result of this neglect, there have recently been some incidents related to petroleum activities that have led to great damage in the surrounding environment. Thus, petroleum industry leaders have begun to pay great attention to the environmental impact of petroleum activities.

Legal Insights for Petroleum Companies: Taking the Right Precautions

Our monthly legal article by our legal advisor, Links & Gains, a prominent specialized law firm situated in Egypt, leading in providing legal solutions and beyond.

Legal Essentials for LNG, SPAS

As one of the leading countries in the Mediterranean as well as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Egypt is becoming a hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure. Egypt is renowned for having world-class importing facilities as it is on its way to gain its position as an LNG exporting hub. Egypt has two LNG plants that include three trains; with a combined capacity of around 610 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year.

Brownfields Under Concession Agreements from A Legal View

There is no doubt that Egypt has successfully become the most attractive country for oil and gas investments, where the petroleum sector initiated many recent concessions and joint ventures with big international oil and gas companies.

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