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Angela Bible

Counsel

Angie is an international energy attorney with a reputation for delivering practical legal counsel to clients worldwide.

With 17 years of experience, Angie has a specialized focus on transactions and projects in the upstream, midstream (including LNG), and downstream oil and gas sectors. At the same time, Angie is at the forefront of advising clients on emerging trends in the energy sector, including the transition to new energies and the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. With a commitment to innovation and sustainability, Angie is dedicated to finding creative legal solutions that meet client needs.

Angie joined the firm following several years as in house counsel at a multinational energy company, where she handled upstream and midstream legal matters in the Permian Basin, the Rockies, and Alaska. Prior to that, she worked at a large international law firm.

Before law school, she was a newspaper crime reporter.

Experience

Representative matters

A major international energy company in developing a CCS pilot project in Central Asia. This project would be the first of its kind in that jurisdiction.

An Asian national oil company in negotiating gas processing and dry gas and NGL sales agreements in onshore Peru.

An Asian energy company in the negotiation of a services agreement for oil and gas ownership and operating rights of an oilfield in Oman, as well as the negotiation of a joint operating agreement for continued operations.

An Asian energy company in purchasing a share of an LNG liquefaction facility in Louisiana, as well as in the LNG offtake therefrom.

A major international energy company in developing CCS template agreements, including for transportation and sequestration services and joint operation in Australia.

An Asian investor in its investment in an LNG liquefaction facility in Texas.

A Middle Eastern national oil company in its CO2 offtake arrangements as part of a CCS project.

The renewables subsidiary of an Asian national oil company in the investment into a solar project in the United States.

A lithium-ion battery supplier on supply and services agreements for multiple battery supply projects in the United States.

An oil and gas supplier in establishing its downstream business in Sri Lanka.

A confidential consortium member on its investment in the Saudi Aramco US$15.5 billion 2021 pipeline transaction.

Oil Search Limited on United States aspects of its US$16 billion merger with Santos Limited.

A U.S. midstream company in implementing a CCS services agreement in Texas.

A major energy company with understanding CCS, geothermal, carbon market and hydrogen/ammonia regimes in myriad Asian countries.

A major energy company with a CCS data sharing agreement in China.

An upstream oil and gas company in drafting and negotiating operating, development, seawater supply, processing, and pipeline infrastructure joint venture agreements on Alaska’s North Slope.

The lenders in the financing of Mubadala’s purchase of an interest in Israel’s Tamar gas field.

An Asian energy company in asset restructuring of an upstream project in Iraq, including negotiation of crude offtake and lifting agreements.

A major energy company in the sale of midstream assets in the Permian Basin.

A leading African independent power producer in the purchase of a solar power plant in Mozambique.

An Asian national oil company in relation to Latin American crude oil supply contracts.

Chevron in the sale of all of its upstream and midstream assets in the Appalachian Mountain region of the United States.

An African national oil company on developing its long-term gas supply strategy (LNG and pipeline gas).

A European shipping and trading company in purchasing LPG from Texas.

A major energy company in drafting and negotiating power purchase and operations and maintenance agreements for power plants in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, U.A.E.

A major energy company on the initial purchase and exercise of an option for Alaska North Slope acreage, as well as the negotiation of a unit operating agreement for continued operations.

An infrastructure company on the leasing of an LNG terminal in the Southeast Asia.

A multinational energy company in relation to upstream interests in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

A Middle Eastern national oil company on the expiry of ’an offshore field concession and the transfer of operatorship and the integration of certain.

A Southeast Asian renewable energy company in purchasing wind farm business in Australia and New Zealand.

Two separate Asian energy companies in the acquisition of different oil fields in Iraq.

A public energy company in negotiating production processing and services agreements, as well as pipeline infrastructure development, for the North Slope of Alaska.

The subsidiary of a national oil company with an LNG sales dispute and mitigation efforts, including entering into new LNG sale and purchase agreements.

A public energy company in an equity investment in LNG plant in Mexico, as well as in the LNG offtake therefrom.

Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, CCUS in the APAC Energy Industry: Legal Risks Associated with Inadequate Regulatory Structures, Association of International Energy Negotiators’ (AIEN) Asia Chapter Conference, January 2024
  • Panelist, CCUS Panel Discussion: From Emissions to Solutions, the firm, November 2023

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, State Bar of Texas - Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
  • Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators

Awards

“Recommended Lawyer” for Energy: Foreign Firms in Singapore, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, Texas, 2006

Academic

J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2006

LL.M., International and Comparative Law, Duke University School of Law, 2006

B.A., Spanish, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1998

B.J., News Editorial, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1998

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.