Daniel R Rogers (Dan)

Representative Matters

• Representation of Asia Pacific LNG Pty Limited in connection with the long-term marketing of LNG from its coalbed methane-to-LNG project in Queensland, Australia;
  
  
• Representation of Petronet LNG Limited in connection with a long-term LNG purchase agreement with a Russian LNG seller;
  
  
• Representation of Pacific LNG Operations in connection with the structuring, funding and development of a multi-billion dollar LNG and condensate production and export project in Papua New Guinea;
  
  
• Representation of Macquarie Energy in connection with the long-term marketing of LNG to various buyers in Asia and South America;
  
  
• Representation of Valero  in connection with the sourcing of LNG supplies for an LNG import terminal project to service its refinery facility in Aruba;
  
  
• Representation of Energy Market Authority of Singapore and Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the development of a multi-user LNG import terminal project in the Republic of Singapore;
  
  
• Representation of ConocoPhillips in connection with the long-term sale of LNG from its Asia Pacific LNG project with Origin Energy;
  
  
• Representation of BHP Billiton in connection with a potential bid to construct and operate an LNG import terminal to be located at Manzanillo, Mexico;
  
  
• Representation of Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE)  in connection with the structuring and development of an LNG import terminal project in Uruguay;
  
  
• Representation of Gate terminal BV in connection with the commissioning, testing and start-up of its LNG import terminal project in Rotterdam;
  
  
• Representation of Gulf LNG Energy in connection with the development of a US$1.1 billion LNG import terminal and natural gas send-out pipeline project in Pascagoula, Mississippi, including representation of the borrower and guarantor in connection with the US$870 million project financing;
  
  
• Representation of EOG Resources in connection with the structuring and development of an LNG production and export project in Canada;
  
  
• Representation of Rabaska L.P. in connection with the key terminal use tolling agreement in connection with an  LNG import terminal and natural gas send-out pipeline project in Levis, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
• Representation of a joint venture between SUEZ North America and FPL Resources Group in connection with the joint development of an LNG receiving terminal, storage and regasification facility located in the Bahamas and an associated subsea natural gas export pipeline to Southern Florida, including the negotiation of LNG supply and transportation agreements with a Qatari LNG supplier;
  
  
• Representation of SUEZ Energy Andino, S.A. and Oxiquim, S.A. as joint bidders in connection with a bid for the construction, financing, ownership and operation of an LNG import terminal to be located at Quintero Bay, Chile;
  
  
• Representation of Northern Star Natural Gas in connection with the development of the Clearwater Port offshore LNG receiving and regasification terminal and associated natural gas send-out facilities located approximately 13 miles off the Ventura County coastline in Southern California;
  
  
• Representation of Water Standard Ltd. in connection with the development of several floating seawater desalination projects;
  
  
• Representation of Sempra LNG regarding the time charter of several LNG vessels from various shipowners;  
  
  
• Represented Cheniere Energy Marketing in connection with the successful early termination of two LNG vessels under long-term time charter from separate owners;
  
  
• Representation of Northern Star Natural Gas in connection with the development of the Bradwood Landing LNG receiving and regasification terminal located in Oregon and associated natural gas send-out facilities extending into Washington;
  
  
• Representation of Mitsubishi Corporation in connection with its proposed participation in a planned natural gas pipeline and LNG export project in Alaska;
  
  
• Representation of a joint venture between Sempra Energy and Sahara Energy Resource Limited in connection with a multiple vessel construction and chartering project involving LNG tankers;
  
  
• Representation of an affiliate of Tractebel LNG., a U.K.-based subsidiary of Suez, in connection with the chartering of a 138,000 CBM newbuild LNG vessel, which is owned by Exmar, N.V., for the Middle East to Europe trade;
  
  
• Representation of Citigroup Energy, Inc. in connection with a structured crude oil inventory financing transaction involving a Canadian refinery operator;
  
  
• Representation of Macquarie Energy LLC in connection with oil and LNG commodities trading contracts, risk analysis and other issues;
  
  
• Representation of Merrill Lynch as the lead arranger and lender in connection with a US$130 million refinery expansion financing involving a crude oil refinery in Papua New Guinea;
  
  
• Representation of the joint venture project company in connection with the development of a US$1.5 billion offshore crude oil port and terminalling project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and related onshore tank storage and crude oil send-out pipeline facilities;
  
  
• Representation of Empresa Nacional de Petroleos (ENAP), the Chilean State-owned oil company, in connection with long-term crude oil supply agreements and long-term gasoline sales agreements with various counterparties;
  
  
• Representation of Citigroup Global Markets Limited in connection with crude oil and LNG transportation contracting and maritime law issues;
  
  
• Representation of RBF Port Neches LLC in connection with biofuels feedstock and fuel product marketing, trading and transportation contracts;
  
  
• Representation of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy as buyer in the negotiation of master LNG SPAs for spot sales from various LNG suppliers, including Petrobras;
  
  
• Representation of EnerSea Transport LLC in connection with the development and financing of a compressed natural gas (CNG) terminalling and marine transportation project in Colombia;
  
  
• Represented the feedstock supplier and marketer in connection with an MTBE production and export project in the United Arab Emirates;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Capital Markets in connection with structuring the potential project financing of a new captive marine terminalling and logistics facility serving a BASF petrochemicals facility in Louisiana;
  
  
• Representation of Alliance Bank as the lead arranger and lender in connection with two tanker fleet financings involving newbuild and existing crude oil tankers in the trans-Caspian Sea trade;
  
  
• Representation of RBF Holdings in connection with the development and operation of a 160 million gallons per year biodiesel production facility co-located at the site of a major petrochemicals company in Port Neches, Texas;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Capital Markets as the lead arranger and lender in connection with the US$120 million project financing of a 54 million gallons per year ethanol production facility in Lima, Ohio;
  
  
• Representation of Organic Fuels Ltd. in connection with the development, equity financing, construction and operation of a 30 million gallon per year biodiesel refinery and export facility located at Galena Park, Texas;
  
  
• Representation of a U.S private equity fund in connection with the evaluation of an investment in an offroad diesel fuel additives producer; 
  
  
• Representation of Tampa Ethanol Company in connection with the development of an ethanol dehydration and transshipment terminal facility in the Caribbean;
  
  
• Representation of Green Earth Fuels in connection with biodiesel feedstock and fuel product sales and transportation contracts;
  
  
• Representation of a private equity fund  in connection with its investment in, and the development and financing of, a new biodiesel production facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast;
  
  
• Representation of a biofuels project developer  in connection with the acquisition and development of a palm plantation and palm nut crushing and palm oil production and export facility in Guatemala;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Bank in connection with its proposed participation in a senior secured, non-recourse construction and term financing for the construction of two fuel-grade ethanol plants with a combined nameplate production capacity of a 60 million gallons per year;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Capital Markets in connection with structuring the potential equity and lease financing of a fleet of four newbuild U.S. flag liquid products tankers;
  
  
• Represented an international shipbrokerage joint venture in connection with a brokerage transaction involving a fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) tankers;
  
  
• Representation of Certified Fuels, L.P. in connection with a waste oil to renewable diesel project, including equity funding and project structuring and commodity and logistics contract issues;
  
  
• Representation of a biodiesel trader  in connection with the purchase and import of biodiesel into the U.S.;
  
  
• Representation of an ethanol facility owner in connection with the drafting and negotiation of various feedstock origination, supply and transportation contracts and product off-take contracts;
  
  
• Representation of a Middle East Government-affiliated sponsor in connection with the development of a US$9 billion container terminal project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;
  
  
• Representation of a multinational energy company sponsor in connection with the development of a proposed LNG production project and marine terminal facilities in Venezuela;
  
  
• Representation of a major international cement producer on various aspects in connection with the establishment and development of a slackwater harbor and marine terminal facility, including operations and maintenance agreements, transportation logistics (including barge fleeting and switching services, barge cleaning and repair service contracts) and related maritime regulatory and liability matters for a greenfield multibillion dollar cement production facility located on the Mississippi River;
  
  
• Representation of Merrill Lynch Commodities (Europe) Limited in connection with the development of an LNG and NGL production and export project in Papua New Guinea;
  
  
• Representation of Constellation Energy as buyer in the negotiation of master LNG sale and purchase agreements for spot sales from numerous LNG suppliers and traders;
  
  
• Represented a subsidiary of Enron Middle East in connection with the development and project financing of a 140 MW combined cycle power generation facility in Gaza, Palestine;
  
  
• Represented VICO Enterprises in connection with the development of a proposed gas-fired power generation facility in East Kalimantan, Indonesia;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Capital Markets as the lead arranger and lender in connection with the US$320 million project financing of the Pine Prairie Energy Center underground natural gas storage facility in Louisiana;
  
  
• Representation of BHP Billiton in connection with the structuring of upstream oil and gas contract arrangements to facilitate gas marketing plans in Colombia and Namibia;
  
  
• Representation of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in connection with the restructuring and joint project financing with Conoco Philips of the US$896 million Phase I of an LNG receiving and regasification terminal, storage facilities, pipeline and associated facilities to be built on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.  The developer of the project is Freeport LNG Development, L.P.;
  
  
• Representation of RBS Capital Markets in connection with the US$380 million supplemental project financing of Phase I of the Freeport Texas LNG Project;
  
  
• Representation of Sempra Energy in connection with certain port liability, tax and regulatory matters in connection with its development of LNG import terminals in Louisiana and Texas;
  
  
• Representation of Gulf Coast LNG in connection with the development of the Calhoun LNG receiving and regasification terminal and associated natural gas send-out and natural gas liquids (NGL) extraction facilities at Point Comfort, Port Lavaca, Texas;
  
  
• Representation of Mitsubishi Corporation in connection with securing long-term access to LNG receiving and regasification terminal facilities under development on the U.S. Gulf Coast;
  
  
• Representation of El Paso Corporation and its merchant energy subsidiary El Paso Merchant Energy in connection with the restructuring and sale of numerous independent power project facilities throughout the United States;
  
  
• Representation of AES Andres, B.V. in connection with the project financing of an LNG receiving terminal, regasification facility and 306MW natural gas fired combined cycle power plant in the Dominican Republic;
  
  
• Represented a sponsor in connection with project structuring and early development activities in connection with the Saudi Gas Initiative, a multi-billion dollar natural gas and infrastructure development project in Saudi Arabia;
  
  
• Represented a sponsor of Project Dolphin, a multi-billion dollar cross-border natural gas pipeline and marketing project in the Middle East;
  
  
• Represented several pipeline developers and operators in connection with pipeline activities and transactions in various countries in the Middle East;
  
  
• Representation of various affiliates of Enron Global LNG in connection with the disposition of Enron's LNG business and assets under U.S. Bankruptcy Court supervision;
  
  
• Represented Metropolis Gas Company in connection with the development of an LNG-to-gas pipeline project on the West Coast of in India utilizing access to and expansion of the Dabhol Power Company LNG terminal, including the negotiation of the LNG industry's first multi-tranche (with multiple volume, destination and price components) supply contract and related transportation arrangements with a Southeast Asian supplier, and the development of receiving terminal access and usage agreements and related natural gas pipeline and marketing contracts and activities, and various other project structuring and legal risk analysis activities;
  
  
• Represented Enron Global LNG involving project structuring and legal risk analysis and the negotiation of the project joint venture agreement, natural gas supply and LNG transportation arrangements, and the development of the LNG marketing structure, in connection with a proposed LNG production and export facility in Jose, Venezuela;
  
  
• Represented VICO, as a production sharing contractor, and PERTAMINA, the Indonesian State oil company, in connection with various aspects of LNG production, marketing and transportation involving the Bontang LNG production and export facilities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia;
  
  
• Represented Dabhol Power Company in connection with the development of Phase II of the Dabhol Power Project in India, including the negotiation of two long-term purchase and sale contracts with Middle Eastern suppliers providing for the purchase of 2.1 million tons of LNG fuel per year, and related transportation, terminalling and project financing documentation in connection with the expansion of the power facilities and the development and construction of the LNG facilities;
  
  
• Represented Atlantic Commercial Finance as a sponsor in connection with joint venture structuring and the construction, financing and long-term employment of a Japanese-built 135,000 cm LNG tanker to be used in the Middle East to India trade.  This transaction involved the first limited recourse project financing of an LNG tanker dedicated to the India LNG trade, and was named a Transportation Finance "deal of the year" in 1999;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Capital Markets in connection with its evaluation and structuring of the potential project financing of a biomass power generation project under development in Georgia that will utilize a wood/waste product gasification technology to produce the plant’s fuel supply needs;
  
  
• Representation of SunTrust Leasing Corporation in connection with the a $40 million leveraged lease financing of the Alamosa Energy Field Project, an approximately 8.5 MW greenfield solar field project under development by SunE Alamosa1, LLC (a subsidiary of SunEdison LLC) in Alamosa County, Colorado;
  
  
• Representation of a significant energy investor in connection with a proposed equity investment in a solar power component manufacturing facility;
  
  
• Represented the owner/operator of a steel processing facility in the U.S. in connection with steel processing arrangements and a divestiture transaction;
  
  
• Represented a multinational energy company in connection with the disposition of its interest in a European water company;
  
  
• Represented The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in connection with the acquisition and refinancing of a U.S. oil and gas loan portfolio from Shell Capital;
  
  
• Represented VICO Enterprises in connection with the early-stage development of a proposed NGL extraction and ethylene production and export project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia;
  
  
• Represented numerous vessel owner/operators and charterers in connection with the construction, financing and chartering of various types of vessels, including several newbuild and existing LNG tankers; and
  
  
• Represented an investor in the acquisition and financing of a corrugated box manufacturing conglomerate.