Hardship clause

This is a clause in a gas sales contract that allows either buyer or seller to require the other party to re-negotiate the price of the oil or the gas, if they can demonstrate that they are suffering hardship as a result of the existing price level.

Oil Hedging; Hedging agreement for oil and gas; Oil and gas hedges; Oil is hedged at an average NYMEX price of

Companies may reach agreements with financial institutions to hedge a portion of their oil and gas production in order to provide them with downside protection should the price of oil and/or gas go below their credit facility comfort. Some companies manage the risk of price fluctuations by hedging. When an oil producer hedges the price …

Hoarding of capacity in an LNG terminal; Anti-hoarding clause for LNG terminal capacity

Hoarding of capacity in LNG terminals by speculators is a known phenomena as well as the tendency by major energy companies to book for themselves capacity in a large number of regasification terminals in order to be able to direct their LNG shipments towards markets where spot prices are higher at any particular time. This …

Holding company

A company that confines its activities to owning stock in and supervising management of other companies. Holding companies are relatively common in newly deregulated markets of all types. New regulations in the energy industry, designed in part to stimulate competition for energy services, have forced many vertically integrated utilities to restructure themselves or sell off …