In This Issue:

- Mexico's New E&P Contracts

- Electricity Reform in Mexico: New Opportunities and Roles

- New Licence Terms Promoting Unconventional Exploration and Production are Introduced for the UK's 14th Onshore Licensing Round

- Studies Identify Flawed Well Construction (not Fracturing) as Source of Gas Contamination

- In BP Gulf Oil Spill Litigation, the District Court Decided Important Legal Questions that will Likely be Appealed, including the Standard for "Gross Negligence" and "Willful Misconduct" under the Clean Water Act and the Standard for Vicarious Liability for Punitive Damages under Maritime Law

- Doak Bishop Delivers Keynote Address at Energy Disputes Conference in Copenhagen, Sept. 1-2, 2014

- Excerpt from Mexico's New E&P Contracts:

State and privately-owned domestic and foreign companies may now compete in a free market for and directly engage in the exploration and production of liquid, solid and gaseous hydrocarbons, conventional or unconventional, pursuant to any type of host government instrument the Mexico creates and implements, except for concessions.