Downstream oil and gas—refining, marketing and sale and purchase of petroleum products

Introduction

This is an overview of the key content to be found in our Downstream oil and gas—refining, marketing and sale and purchase of petroleum products subtopic. It briefly explains the nature of this content and provides links to it.

For more information on the Upstream and Midstream oil and gas sectors, see our subtopics:

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   Upstream oil and gas—exploration and production

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   Midstream oil and gas—transportation, terminals and storage facilities

For further practical guidance on the financing of energy, power and resources projects across a number of sectors, including those discussed in this Practice Note, see also textbook: Energy and Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook.

Standard forms

This subtopic includes links to the following standard forms in the ‘Precedents’ section:

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   AIEN Model Contracts. The Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) (formerly known as the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)) provides model contracts, that are widely used in the industry, across a number of areas of the sector. These model contracts assist parties by allowing them to focus their efforts on key commercial and contractual