Gas and LNG Sales and Transportation Agreements: A Practical Guide for Today’s Energy Markets

Across the gas and LNG value chain, contracts are the backbone of every project. Sales agreements, transportation contracts and shipping arrangements allocate volumes, price risk, delivery obligations and liabilities between parties. When these documents are unclear or unbalanced, the result can be disputes, delays and costly renegotiations.

Gas and LNG Sales and Transportation Agreements: Principles and Practice (8th edition) by Peter Roberts offers a detailed, practice-oriented guide to drafting, negotiating and interpreting these contracts. Built on extensive international experience, the book explains how project structures, pricing mechanics, transportation arrangements and common contract clauses work together in real-world transactions.

Why gas and LNG contracts are under pressure

The global energy landscape is changing fast. Security of supply, price volatility, decarbonisation policies and the growth of LNG trading platforms are reshaping how gas is bought, sold and transported. Long-term take-or-pay contracts now coexist with flexible LNG trading and hub-based pricing. Contracting parties must balance bankability and flexibility while managing regulatory and competition-law constraints.

International organisations such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Gas Union (IGU) regularly highlight the role of gas in the energy transition, as well as the need for transparent and resilient contractual frameworks. At the same time, the UNFCCC process and national climate policies push market participants to reconsider long-term demand and investment decisions.

What this book helps you do

The book walks the reader through the full contract lifecycle, from project structures and storage issues to sales, transportation and LNG shipping. It offers clause-by-clause commentary on key topics such as delivery and quality specifications, quantities and reserves, take-or-pay and ship-or-pay obligations, pricing and price review mechanisms, collateral support, force majeure, liability and dispute resolution.

New chapters in the 8th edition address LNG trading platforms, master sale and purchase agreement (MSA) terms and sales contracts for unconventional gas. These additions reflect how markets are evolving and how lawyers and commercial teams need to adapt existing templates to new trading patterns.

Who should read it?

This work is particularly valuable for:

• Energy and natural resources lawyers involved in upstream, midstream and downstream gas projects.
• In-house counsel and commercial managers at utilities, trading houses and LNG portfolio players.
• Project finance and infrastructure specialists who need to understand contractual risk allocation.
• Regulators, policy makers and arbitrators dealing with gas pricing and contract disputes.
• University and professional libraries building collections in energy law and international commercial practice.

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