Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB has divested its Norwegian subsidiary Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS to Det norske oljeselskap ASA, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, for a cash consideration of USD 75 million (on a cash and debt free basis).

Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS is an oil and gas company holding 13 licenses in the North Sea and four exploration licenses in the Norwegian Sea. The company has 15 employees.

Noerr has advised Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total on establishing the joint venture H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG.

By forming this joint venture, the parties have set the course for gradually expanding the nation-wide hydrogen (H2) station network to a total of ca. 400 stations by 2023. The action plan of H2 MOBILITY provides for a comprehensive network of H2 stations throughout Germany by the year 2023. To this end, investments totalling ca. €400 million are planned.

Trowers & Hamlins, in conjunction with Navigant, Tractebel and Mapstone, is pleased to have advised Jordan's National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) on the procurement of a further tranche of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Jordan's LNG import terminal.

The contract was awarded recently to Royal Dutch Shell and will have a term of two years.  The cargoes are likely to have a value of around US$1 billion and deliveries will commence in early 2016.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Golden Square Energy (GSE), a joint venture between Ingenious Clean Energy and AGR Renewables, on the long term refinancing of a portfolio of 18 single turbine onshore wind projects.

BLP advised GSE on the full suite of debt and security documents as well as providing certificates of title on key project sites.

It was announced on 14 October 2015 that E.ON has signed an agreement with DEA Norge AS regarding the sale of all issued and outstanding shares in E.ON E&P Norge AS. The transaction is the largest one on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2015.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised EWE AG (“EWE“) on all legal and tax matters for the joint venture development of the German offshore wind farm Borkum West II – 2nd phase. The joint venture partners of EWE are Trianel GmbH, as well as 22 public utility companies of the Trianel group. WFW has advised on all joint venture and company agreements, as well as the project development agreements, due diligence and structuring of the project.

White & Case LLP has advised Eren Renewable Energy on its fundraising of approximatively €200 million.

The transaction will enable the group to finance its development projects in a sustainable manner, in particular by accelerating the expansion of its international assets portfolio. A capital increase of €100 million, the first part of this fundraising, has been subscribed by BPI France, Next World, Salvepar (Tikehau Group) and FFP.

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés (Jean-Christophe Amy and Nicolas Chazarain) advises Direct Energie in the context of the acquisition of a gas combined-cycle thermal power plant with a 408 MW production capacity located in the Allier region (center of France) from the Swiss energeticist, Alpiq AG. With this acquisition and subject to the fulfilment of the condition precedents, Direct Energie equips itself with a first power generation park.

White & Case LLP has advised Chiyoda Corporation on the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture with Ezra's Subsea Services business, EMAS AMC, a leading engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor, to create EMAS CHIYODA Subsea.

The transaction, initially announced on August 27, 2015, is subject to the approval of Ezra shareholders and other conditions. It is expected to close by year-end.

Arntzen de Besche has assisted Shell in the sale of their downstream business in Norawy. The transaction was completed 1th October 2015.