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Ray Witt is based in King & Spalding’s Dubai office and is a member of its Corporate, Finance and Investments Practice Group.  His work focuses on energy project development, international mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions within the energy and petrochemical industries. 

Credentials

J.D., The University of Texas at Austin

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin

Texas

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators

Matters

Petrochemical

Representing Sadara Chemical Company (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company) on various rail transportation, tank storage, feedstock, offtake, supply, sale and swap and pipeline construction and use agreements with regard to its US$20 billion petrochemical complex in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Negotiating numerous commodity purchase and sale agreements and terminal storage and services agreements for domestic energy and petrochemical companies.

Upstream Energy

Representing Gulf Bank in its proposed project financing of Kharafi National’s Jurassic early production facilities in Kuwait

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Petrochemical

Representing Sadara Chemical Company (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company) on various rail transportation, tank storage, feedstock, offtake, supply, sale and swap and pipeline construction and use agreements with regard to its US$20 billion petrochemical complex in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Negotiating numerous commodity purchase and sale agreements and terminal storage and services agreements for domestic energy and petrochemical companies.

Upstream Energy

Representing Gulf Bank in its proposed project financing of Kharafi National’s Jurassic early production facilities in Kuwait

Representing a large European oil and gas company in connection with its proposed $1.2 billion cash acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico

Representing P.T. Medco Energi Internasional Tbk, the largest Indonesian oil and gas exploration and development company, in its proposed disposition of all of its oil and gas assets in Louisiana and Texas

Representing the acquirers of an interest in an Indonesian Production Sharing Contract

Representing Hunton Energy in relation to its proposed development of a synthetic natural gas facility in Freeport, Texas and related gas sales and steam sales agreements

LNG

Representing the developers of LNG regasification terminals in Mexico, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico with regard to terminal use agreements, gas sales contracts and various other agreements

Assisting Cameron LNG (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sempra LNG) in the development of a Marine Terminal Manual for its LNG regasification facility in southwest Louisiana

Negotiating LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements on behalf of various domestic and international clients

Representing a Japanese company in its proposed project to develop LNG regasification facilities in Sri Lanka

Pipeline

Representing a U.S. company in procuring firm shipping rights on crude oil pipelines in the U.S. and Canada

Advising Crystal Energy on pipeline permitting issues in US federal and state waters

Negotiating a purchase agreement for a natural gas pipeline distribution system pursuant to a bankruptcy §363 sale order

Natural Gas Storage

Representing Arcapita, a global investment group headquartered in Bahrain, in its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc.

Representing the developer of a proposed 12 bcf natural gas storage facility in the Gulf Coast area

Power

Representing a buyers consortium in the acquisition of a project company that owns and operates a 300-MW power plant in the Dominican Republic

Representing the owner in the restructuring of a 700-MW power plant in Texas

Maritime

Representing the owner and operator of a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) off the coast of Brazil

Advising C&C Technologies, Inc. on permitting issues relating to operating on the Outer Continental Shelf

Negotiating time charters and bareboat charters on behalf of C&C Technologies, Inc

Matters

Petrochemical

Representing Sadara Chemical Company (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company) on various rail transportation, tank storage, feedstock, offtake, supply, sale and swap and pipeline construction and use agreements with regard to its US$20 billion petrochemical complex in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Negotiating numerous commodity purchase and sale agreements and terminal storage and services agreements for domestic energy and petrochemical companies.

Upstream Energy

Representing Gulf Bank in its proposed project financing of Kharafi National’s Jurassic early production facilities in Kuwait

See more

Close

Matters

Petrochemical

Representing Sadara Chemical Company (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Company) on various rail transportation, tank storage, feedstock, offtake, supply, sale and swap and pipeline construction and use agreements with regard to its US$20 billion petrochemical complex in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Negotiating numerous commodity purchase and sale agreements and terminal storage and services agreements for domestic energy and petrochemical companies.

Upstream Energy

Representing Gulf Bank in its proposed project financing of Kharafi National’s Jurassic early production facilities in Kuwait

Representing a large European oil and gas company in connection with its proposed $1.2 billion cash acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico

Representing P.T. Medco Energi Internasional Tbk, the largest Indonesian oil and gas exploration and development company, in its proposed disposition of all of its oil and gas assets in Louisiana and Texas

Representing the acquirers of an interest in an Indonesian Production Sharing Contract

Representing Hunton Energy in relation to its proposed development of a synthetic natural gas facility in Freeport, Texas and related gas sales and steam sales agreements

LNG

Representing the developers of LNG regasification terminals in Mexico, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico with regard to terminal use agreements, gas sales contracts and various other agreements

Assisting Cameron LNG (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sempra LNG) in the development of a Marine Terminal Manual for its LNG regasification facility in southwest Louisiana

Negotiating LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements on behalf of various domestic and international clients

Representing a Japanese company in its proposed project to develop LNG regasification facilities in Sri Lanka

Pipeline

Representing a U.S. company in procuring firm shipping rights on crude oil pipelines in the U.S. and Canada

Advising Crystal Energy on pipeline permitting issues in US federal and state waters

Negotiating a purchase agreement for a natural gas pipeline distribution system pursuant to a bankruptcy §363 sale order

Natural Gas Storage

Representing Arcapita, a global investment group headquartered in Bahrain, in its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc.

Representing the developer of a proposed 12 bcf natural gas storage facility in the Gulf Coast area

Power

Representing a buyers consortium in the acquisition of a project company that owns and operates a 300-MW power plant in the Dominican Republic

Representing the owner in the restructuring of a 700-MW power plant in Texas

Maritime

Representing the owner and operator of a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) off the coast of Brazil

Advising C&C Technologies, Inc. on permitting issues relating to operating on the Outer Continental Shelf

Negotiating time charters and bareboat charters on behalf of C&C Technologies, Inc

Credentials

J.D., The University of Texas at Austin

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin

Texas

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators