Some of our recent projects have included:
ConocoPhillips coal seam gas acquisition
Advised ConocoPhillips on its A$9 billion acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in
Origin Energy's coal seam gas business, to form Australia Pacific LNG. The joint
venture will develop Australia's largest CSG reserves into a 14 million tonne
per annum CSG to LNG project.
Queensland Government wind and gas asset sales
Acted for the Queensland Government on the sale of its wind farm assets and
gas businesses. This was Australia's largest ever wind farm sale comprising five
operating wind farms and 14 development sites.
Tamar Valley power station acquisition
Acted for the Tasmanian Government on its purchase of the partly completed,
gas-fired Tamar Valley Power Station from Babcock and Brown Power. Allens
undertook a comprehensive legal due diligence review and negotiated the sale and
purchase agreement, as well as advising on related issues such as competition
and industrial relations.
Philippines energy market reform
Advised the Philippines Energy Regulatory Commission on the development of
competition rules, transmission and distribution revenue and price regulation
rules, and business separation guidelines.
Shell coal seam gas acquisition
Advising Shell on its US$612 million acquisition of 30 per cent of Arrow
Energy's Australian upstream tenements and US$125 million investment in 10 per
cent of Arrow's international operations. This transaction represents Shell's
first significant investment in the Australian coal seam gas sector.
Australian energy market reform
Advised the Standing Committee of Officials (a committee formed under the
Australian Ministerial Council on Energy) on the development and implementation
of significant reforms to the regulation of Australia's energy markets.
Chuandongbei gas project stake
Acted for Chevron Corporation on the acquisition of a 49 per cent interest in
Chuandongbei gas project from PetroChina. The US$6 billion Chuandongbei project
is currently China's largest inland natural gas and oil project under
cooperation with foreign companies.
Sale of Queensland energy businesses
Advised the Queensland Government on the restructuring and subsequent A$3
billion sale of its electricity and gas retail, and gas distribution businesses.
Bluewaters power stations
Advised the Griffin Group in relation to the construction of the Bluewaters I
and II power stations, the first privately funded, owned and operated coal-fired
power stations in Western Australia.
Macarthur Wind Farm project
Advising Meridian Energy on the development of the Macarthur Wind Farm in joint
venture with AGL Energy. Once completed, the development will be one of
Australasia's largest wind farms, with enough capacity to power approximately
250,000 average Australian households.
Victorian Renewable Energy Target Scheme
Advising the Victorian Essential Services Commission on the interpretation and
application of its regulatory functions and powers including on the development
and implementation of the Victorian Renewable Energy Target Scheme.
Monash Energy Project
Advising the Monash Energy Project participants (Shell and Anglo American) on
the establishment and development of a proposed coal-to-gas-to-liquids project
in the Latrobe Valley region
of Victoria.
Victorian gas and electricity industry reform
Advised the Victorian Government on the reform of its electricity and gas
industries including on the drafting and implementation of the legislative and
regulatory aspects of the reforms, as well as the changes needed to enable the
disaggregation and privatisation of the government-owned businesses in those
industries.
