R.J. Colwell

Energy Transactions and Projects

• Saudi Aramco, in its negotiation of certain natural gas gathering and processing agreements for a Saudi-based midstream project.
• Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC, in its negotiation of CO2 transportation and sequestration agreements with various emitter counterparties and with a major midstream company.
• 1PointFive LLC, in its negotiation of a CO2 removal purchase and prepayment agreement with an Amazon entity and a CO2 removal marketing agreement with a Swiss-based carbon finance consultancy.
• IKAV Energy, in its negotiation of a CO2 transportation and offtake agreement with Kinder Morgan.
• Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc., in its negotiation a net zero oil offtake agreement with an SK Trading International subsidiary.
• Avantus LLC, in its affiliate's negotiation of a renewable PPA involving its 175 MW solar facility and co-located battery energy storage facility in California.
• 1PointFive P1, LLC, in its negotiation of a zero-emission solar power purchase agreement, shared facilities agreement, and ground lease in support of developing its first large-scale direct air capture plant in Texas.
• Captis Energy, in its negotiation of a renewable natural gas offtake agreement with NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC.
• Devon Energy Corporation, in its negotiation of produced and recycled water midstream services agreements in connection with its formation of a midstream partnership in the Permian Basin with a major midstream water management company.

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

• Marathon Oil EF II LLC, in its $3 billion acquisition of Ensign Natural Resources' natural gas assets in the Eagle Ford Basin.
• ExxonMobil Corporation, in its $848 million transaction to sell its offshore oil and gas assets (including leases, real property, facilities, and ownership in affiliates owning associated assets and pipelines) in California to Sable Offshore Corporation.
• TC Energy Corporation, in its planned spin-off of its Liquids Pipelines business into two independent, investment-grade, publicly listed companies.
• Tokyo Gas, in its acquisition of a minority stake in ARM Energy Trading LLC, one of the largest private physical gas marketers in North America.
• JERA Americas, Inc., in its acquisition of a 1,633 megawatt thermal power portfolio in New England from Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.

Regulatory Compliance

• Sempra Energy, in connection with its affiliate's application for DOE authorization to export electricity to Mexico to provide station power to certain of its wind power projects.
• Mubadala Investment Group, in connection with ensuring compliance with DOE regulations governing its and other lenders' investment in the Rio Grande LNG project.
• Naturgy Servicios, S.A. de C.V., in its DOE applications for short- and long-term authorization to export natural gas to Mexico via pipeline.
• Captis Energy, in identifying ongoing compliance obligations applicable to natural gas fuel use at small power production QFs.
• Japan Petroleum Exploration, in connection with identifying regulatory requirements applicable to potential transactions involving upstream affiliates of Freeport LNG.

FERC and Bankruptcy Litigation; Arbitration

• FirstEnergy Corporation and its subsidiaries, in connection with PJM capacity market reform proceedings before FERC.
• FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company, in connection with its FERC application for market-based rate authority.
• Kinder Morgan, Inc., in connection with its stalking horse bid for Ruby Pipeline L.L.C.
• Antero Resources Corporation, in more than 400 proceedings before FERC involving rate and non-rate tariff filings by interstate pipeline companies.*
• Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc. and Nine Point Energy, LLC, in their successful defeat of claims by a former midstream services provider in federal bankruptcy proceeding that parties' contracts contained covenants running with the land that precluded rejection and entitled such provider to more than $150 million in senior secured liens on companies' oil and gas assets.*

Project Finance; Capital Markets

• Calpine Corporation, in the closing of more than $1 billion in credit facilities to finance the development of a 680 MW battery energy storage complex in California that will be one of the largest battery storage systems in the US when completed.
• TC Energy Corporation, in connection with a $2.3 billion senior term loan and revolving financing of its Mexican subsidiary, TC Energía Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V.
• Samchully Asset Management, in connection with amendments to existing financing documents in support of providing $50 million incremental credit facility to Salt Creek Midstream subsidiaries.
• Ormat Technologies, Inc., in its upsized $375 million green convertible senior note offering.
• J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with underwriting a hydrogen fuel cell company's initial public offering.

Government Service

• U.S. Department of Energy, in connection with Secretarial authorizations for emergency exchange transactions from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to Hurricane Harvey.*
• U.S. Department of Energy, in connection with authorization orders approving the export of LNG from various current and proposed LNG terminals to FTA and non-FTA countries.*
• U.S. Department of Energy, in connection with the close-out of cooperative agreement related to the Kemper integrated gasification-combined cycle demonstration project.*
• U.S. Department of Energy, in negotiations with Louisiana utility related to demand ratchet relief for electricity service to Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites.*
• U.S. Department of Energy, in negotiation of a use permit with a wholesale electric-energy cooperative for the siting, construction, operation, and decommissioning of first-of-kind small modular nuclear reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory.*
• U.S. Department of Energy, in litigation involving over 80 cases related to violations of energy efficiency standards.*

* Matters prior to joining White & Case