REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Steven C. Sparling
Strategy
Developing renewable fuel and LNG strategy options for oil and gas companies, project developers, and financial institutions.
Analyzing and advising major concerns on the viability of renewable fuel and LNG projects in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Advising state and national government officers on LNG project development.
Project Development
Advising a shipping company and a project developer on the renewable fuel projects in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Advising oil and gas companies, financial institutions, utilities, shipping companies, and project developers on large and small scale LNG liquefaction projects in Africa, Australia, Europe, and North America.
Counseling project developers, oil and gas companies, shipping companies, trading companies, and utilities on the development of onshore and offshore regasification terminal projects in the Americas and Europe, including site assessments, waterway suitability, environmental issues, regulatory processes, and commercial agreements.
Counseling project developers on renewable fuel and LNG delivery systems and operations.
Advising shipping companies, a cruise ship company, and a bunker fuel company on small-scale LNG and LNG bunkering projects, including regulatory requirements.
Counseling major companies on LNG liquefaction and regasification terminal safety, security, and operations.
Developing LNG stakeholder engagement strategies for major concerns.
Advising project developers and terminal users on LNG liquefaction and regasification terminal services agreements.
Advising project developers on US offshore wind projects.
Terminal Access
Negotiating and drafting terminal use, refining and throughput agreements for European and North American LNG, LPG and oil terminals for IOCs, NOCs, shipping companies, trading companies, financial institutions, utilities, and project developers.
Advising major concerns on interruptible and third-party access to LNG terminals in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Counseling major concerns on rights and obligations under governing regulations, contracts, settlements, and terminal procedures.
Advising major concerns on LPG, crude oil, and oil product terminal agreements.
Supply and Services Agreements
Negotiating and drafting over 250 master, long-term and short-term green methanol, green ammonia, blue ammonia, CNG, LNG, LPG, oil and products sales, and purchase agreements for buyers and sellers.
Acting as internal counsel for LNG trading groups at an integrated energy company and two trading companies.
Leading workshops to train commercial teams at IOCs, NOCs, financial institutions, trading companies, utilities, and end-users on sale and purchase agreements.
Negotiating and drafting onshore and offshore oil field, LNG, LPG, and wind services contracts for major concerns.
Advising major concerns on LNG price review clauses and arbitrations.
Multiple Shipper
Analyzing and modeling multiple-user terminal operations for major concerns.
Negotiating and implementing complex intershipper agreements that address LNG vessel schedules, inventory management, as well as storage and send-out coordination.
Developing multiple shipper vessel scheduling procedures.
Marine
Drafting and negotiating bareboat, time and voyage charterparties for turbine installation vessels as well as LNG, LPG, crude oil, and product tankers.
Advising master limited partnership on the acquisition of an inland marine business.
Counseling major concerns about LNG, oil and products, lightering, and barging.
Negotiating and drafting tug services and cost-sharing agreements at numerous LNG terminals.
Drafting marine operations manuals at 5 LNG terminals for import and export operations.
Advising major concerns on the coordination of shipping schedules and operations at Asian, European, and North American LNG terminals.
Emergency Response
Acted as the lead counsel for the internal investigation team at an offshore drilling contractor regarding a 2010 oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Advising a shipping company on a terminal oil spill and a marine spill, and serving as part of its emergency response team.
Advising a global commodities trading company and serving as part of its emergency response team for several marine oil spills.
Drafting emergency response plans for a national oil company, commodities traders, and a New England state for oil, oil products, LPG and LNG, stored and transported, both onshore and offshore.
Preparing and executing tabletop exercises and day-long incident drills for oil companies, commodities traders, and ship operators.
Safety and Security
Advising a New England governor and state agencies concerning LNG issues, including state emergency response plans, consequence assessments, FERC proceedings, and US Coast Guard evaluation of safety and security.
Representing LNG terminal stakeholders in US Coast Guard procedures to develop safety and security plans for numerous US LNG terminals.
