IN-PERSON CLASSROOM SEMINARS

• The oil industry created and continues to use an extensive, unique, and colorful language that can confuse and impede those outside of the oil-patch. The most successful lawyers in this industry understand the business and its language and are able to identify legal issues that arise from the well-site to the gas pump. Clients gravitate toward lawyers that can speak their language and help them solve problems.
• Lawyers deal regularly with the major stakeholders in the oil and gas business. In addition to the industry itself, interested parties include landowners; developers; royalty owners; realtors; banks; local, state, and federal governments; foreign governments; regulatory agencies; non-governmental organizations; and shipping companies. Business men, accountants, economists, geologists, engineers, environmental scientists, public officials, and of course lawyers, make full time careers in the oil business. Others find themselves in positions to regularly and professionally interact with, and represent, people who do so.
• This short-course teaches oil industry business basics and terminology. It teaches concepts of exploration, production, and pipeline operations that are known by the majority of operating and business people in the oil industry. Knowing these basics will equip the lawyer to better negotiate and advocate for his or her client and more easily identify legal issues, opportunities, causes of action, and remedies. Areas of common legal disputes and "opportunities" are highlighted throughout the presentation.
• Oil companies often take varying and conflicting positions with respect to environmental protection, employment law, health and safety, use of independent contractors, risk taking, regulatory interpretation and legislative advocacy. Knowing how and why these positions are taken, and the legal risks associated with each position, help lawyers best serve their clients…whether those clients are part of the business or are in opposition to the industry. While knowing these business and legal rationales are crucial for lawyers representing the industry, lawyers fighting, regulating, or negotiating with the industry have to understand these rationales in order to optimally serve their clients.
• This course is taught by Lynn Bortka; a long-time engineer-turned-lawyer from Amoco and BP who has made a second career teaching a wildly popular version of this course to law students, practicing lawyers, and foreign lawyers at the University of Houston. The course will focus on attendee interaction to include pre-course attendee surveys in order to focus presentation materials. There will also be significant use of up-to-date web-based material in the course and participants will be able to revisit these sites for review, refreshment, and backup as a resource in their legal endeavors.

• This course teaches oil industry business basics and terminology. It teaches basic concepts of exploration, production, pipeline operation and refining. The participants will acquire an appreciation of how the entire industry "works", be able to identify legal issues that typically arise in numerous business disputes and opportunities, and be better prepared to assist his or her client with optimal legal solutions to those matters. Knowing this material will help you get clients…and keep them.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

7:30 - 8:00 am:  Registration and Continental Breakfast   

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

This two-day seminar will be held at the hotel. The seminar will start promptly at 8:00 AM and will finish at 5:30 PM on the first day. On the second day, the seminar will resume at 8:00 AM and will finish at 5:30 PM. The program includes continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks. Dress is casual for all seminars.

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The price for this comprehensive two-day seminar is $1,549 (USD).

Payment is due prior to the start of the seminar by Visa, Master Card, American Express, or corporate check. Seminar fees will be charged to your credit card at the time of registration unless other arrangements have been made. Please make checks payable to "PGS Energy Training" 26 Teal Lane • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. Cancellations will result in a credit that is good for 2 years which can be transferred to a colleague. Substitutions may be made at any time. For more information on PGS policies regarding administrative matters and complaint resolution, please contact our offices at (843) 212-4038.