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Special Institute on

Oil & Gas Commercial Contracts: Goods, Services, and People


October 9-10, 2025

Houston, TX


Register Today and Book Your Hotel Room!

Join us for an in-depth legal course on oilfield contracting, insurance,

and risk allocation. All registrants will receive comprehensive course materials.

A diverse committee of experts has designed this special institute to examine the critical issues presented by oil and gas industry contracts for goods, services, and people, and provide practical tips for those involved in all stages of the contracting process. In-house lawyers, outside counsel, supply chain buyers, contract specialists, and others are called upon daily to negotiate, draft, and obtain signatures for commercial contracts based on all manner of forms, with varying degrees of modification or consideration of overt and hidden issues that can bite and lead to expensive disputes when problems arise, or the parties are not properly aligned.


Day one focuses on risk allocation and indemnification provisions, negotiating master service and purchase order agreements, EPC and construction contracts, managing oilfield claims, and insurance issues—from working with brokers to addressing pollution coverage. On day two, you’ll explore technology agreements, the IADC, safety commitments and on-site safety management, FLSA issues with contractors, the “battle of the forms,” produced water disposal contracts, and ethical considerations involving insurer bad faith.


Earn up to 15 CLE Credits, including 1 Ethics Credit!

Scheduled presentations to include:

  • Risk Allocation Fundamentals and Emerging Issues in Oilfield Indemnity
  • Drafting and Negotiating Master Service Agreements
  • Drafting and Negotiating Master Purchase Order Agreements
  • Oil and Gas EPC and Construction Contracts
  • Managing Oilfield Claims under Contracts for Goods, Services, and People - The In-House Counsel Perspective
  • The Use and Abuse of Insurance Brokers
  • Contractual Insurance Requirement and Insurance Pollution Coverage
  • Oilfield Technology Agreements
  • Primer on IADC Form Drilling Contracts
  • Contractual Allocation of Safety Commitments and Managing Safety Onsite
  • FLSA Issues When Contracting for Consultants
  • The Battle of the Forms
  • Contracting for Produced Water Disposal
  • The Ethics of Litigating Insurer Bad Faith in the Oilfield


Registration includes an electronic course manual of scholarly papers and a hosted reception.


Early Bird Registration ends September 11, 2025!

Hotel Information


The Hyatt Regency Galleria, 2626 Sage Rd., Houston, TX, 77056, is offering discounted guest rooms for this program until September 24, or until our block sells out, at the rate of $179 per night. Refundable rooms outside of our block are at least $285 per night.

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