The book combines a thoroughly comprehensive study of current issues and it is very useful to have such an overview of oil and gas in one place; supplying also the audience, not just with the fundamental principles of the legal framework of transactions, but with cases, commentary, practical conclusions and recommendations. Review published in International Energy Law Review

Introduction 5 Denys Hickey 39 Essex Chambers Formation and conclusion of international oil and gas trading contracts 7 Denys Hickey 39 Essex Chambers Main features of contracts for the sale of crude oil and refined products including LPG 23 Paul Aston Holman Fenwick Willan, Singapore Delivery and nominations 49 Stuart Shepherd Ince & Co LLP Carriage 61 Ben Olbourne 39 Essex Street Quality and quantity determination 77 Jane Fitzgerald Ince & Co LLP Practical aspects of quantity and quality determination in relation to shortage and contamination claims 87 John Minton Mike Birchall Richard Minton Minton, Treharne & Davies Ltd Bills of lading 113 Paul Aston Holman Fenwick Willan, Singapore Trade finance 139 Simon Cook Anna Koshy Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP Oil cargo insurance 155 Cheryl Guan John Simpson Ince & Co LLP, Singapore Hedging and derivatives 179 Catherine Jago CJH Energy Limited Damages 197 Iain Sharp Rodyk & Davidson LLP Joint selling and competition law 211 Jasvinder Nakhwal Jonathan Tickner Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP Philip Woolfe Monckton Chambers Sanctions 235 Hannah Laming Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP Rebecca Wright 23 Essex Street Chambers About the authors 251