Practices

Porter Hedges provides a broad spectrum of legal services to drilling companies and oilfield service companies and producers that hire them. We provide these legal services in mergers and acquisitions, finance and banking, drafting of IADC Drilling Contracts and Master Service Agreements, litigation and dispute resolution.

Representative Matters:

• Representing numerous producers in negotiating and drafting IADC Drilling Contracts and Master Service Agreements.
• Representing drilling contractors and oilfield service companies in drafting agreements to exchange for working interest.
• Representing oilfield services company in $25,700,000 private placement.
• Representing major offshore drilling contractor in $2,300,000,000 merger transaction.
• Representing major drilling contractor in various workouts with debtors.
• Representing major oilfield equipment manufacturer in $780,000,000 merger transaction.
• Representing major land-based drilling contractor in a $1,200,000,000 merger transaction.
• Representing oilfield equipment manufacturer in a $2,000,000,000 merger transaction.
• Representing major oilfield service company in a $16,000,000 sale.
• Representing major oilfield service company in a $400,000,000 credit facility.
• Representing major oilfield service company in a $425,000,000 144A Regulations S offering.