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Peter Roberts

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Peter has over 30 years of international oil and gas experience and acts for companies, governments and NOCs on upstream amd midstream matters.  He is a former general counsel of Centrica Energy, director of British Gas Trading Limited, and general counsel of Kosmos Energy LNG Marketing.  

Peter is the emeritus editor of the Journal of World Energy Law and Business, the official journal of the AIEN, a former editor of the International Energy Law Review, and a former chairman of the IBA’s oil and gas law committee. Peter lectures at several universities on oil and gas matters, is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law at Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires, and has written over a dozen energy sector textbooks, including leading texts on upstream petroleum concessions, joint operating agreements, and gas and LNG sales and transportation arrangements.

Relevant experience

  • Kosmos Energy on development of the GTA LNG export project in Mauritania/Senegal.*
  • Delfin Midstream on development of the Louisiana LNG export project.*
  • Staatsolie on various upstream matters in Suriname.*
  • Rakgas on various upstream matters in Ras Al Khaimah.*
  • BW Offshore on various upstream and midstream matters.*
  • Centrica Energy on multiple upstream, LNG and gas storage matters.*
  • Angola LNG on developing its MSPA programme.*
  • Tullow Oil on multiple Ghana gas sales arrangements.*

*Prior to joining CMS.
 

Publications

  • 2026 - Author of Gas and LNG Sales and Transportation Agreements (Sweet & Maxwell, 8th edition).
  • 2026 - General editor and author of Oil and Gas Contracts (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th edition).
  • 2026 - Author of Upstream Petroleum Concessions – Evolution for the Energy Transition (Oxford University Press, 1st edition).
  • 2023 - Joint author of Joint Operating Agreements (Globe, 4th edition).
  • 2023 - Author of A Dictionary of Oil & Gas Industry Terms (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition).
  • 2023 - Joint author of Joint Venture Disputes in the Energy and Natural Resources Sectors (Oxford University Press, 1st edition).

Memberships & Roles

  • Association of International Energy Negotiators.

Education

  • 1988 – LLB, Aberystwyth University, Wales.
  • Admitted in England and Wales.
  • Admitted in Hong Kong.

Insights by Peter

Effective gas and LNG portfolio management in troubled times

23 Mar 2026 4 min read
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