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Will COVID-19 Increase Oil Demand? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 86]

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On May 8, 2020
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In 2003, China saw a preview of COVID-19 in the form of another coronavirus called SARS. SARS struck Hong Kong and sent a wave of change across China. Yet most Americans were oblivious to its existence. At the time, though, I was traveling weekly in Asia. I remember people talking about how they were going […]

Posted by scottgaille
On January 22, 2019
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Energy companies often do business in places that are not part of the Instagram travel circuit. Visas can be difficult to obtain, and tourism is virtually non-existent. These nations also tend to be home to extraordinary characters with unusual stories. Whenever I travel to a new country, I enjoy visiting with its locals. I always […]

Career Advice for Young Energy Lawyers [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 73]

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On September 3, 2018
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Energy Law Career Advice

Lawyers in the energy industry bear a particularly steep learning curve. It is not enough to just be an expert in legal disciplines such as transactions or litigation. Industry expertise is required, as well. Energy law is a many-layered cake of politics, regulations, joint ventures, and industry practice—iced and sprinkled with technical complexity. Practitioners must […]

Posted by scottgaille
On July 13, 2018
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posner productivity

Last September, 78-year-old Richard A. Posner retired from the United States Court of Appeals to focus on writing. Even while serving as a full-time judge on the Seventh Circuit and part-time law professor at The University of Chicago, there is no question that Posner has been among the most productive writers ever. Posner has authored […]

Posted by scottgaille
On December 11, 2017
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"ray irani"

I was a young lawyer at Vinson & Elkins when one of its partners recommended me for a job in Oxy’s new Dubai office. My first interview was with Oxy’s General Counsel, Donald de Brier. When I was escorted into his cavernous office, Donald had his back to me and was gazing toward the distant […]

Posted by scottgaille
On June 18, 2017
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Vinson Elkins Baker Botts

The rivalry between V&E and BB started in the 1870s—in the small East Texas town of Huntsville. A young couple moved next door to the forty-something Bakers. The Bakers’ new neighbors were Walker County Sheriff Elkins and his young wife, Sallie. The couple would eventually become the parents of James Anderson Elkins—the founder of Vinson […]

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On March 8, 2016
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McClendon

“I’ve always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way.” – Aubrey McClendon As the Wall Street Journal reported, “there is no denying the significance of Aubrey McClendon: He didn’t just see the energy boom coming. He helped to create it.” Yet Mr. McClendon didn’t invent hydraulic fracturing or horizontal […]

Will COVID-19 Increase Oil Demand? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 86]

Strange Tales of Energy Travel: Togo’s Crucifixion Beach [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 76]

Career Advice for Young Energy Lawyers [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 73]

The Secret to Judge Posner’s Amazing Productivity [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 70]

Dr. Ray Irani & the Emperor CEOs: Where Are They Now? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 58]

Vinson & Elkins at 100: The Rivalry with Baker Botts [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 48]

Who Killed Aubrey McClendon? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 20]