Bennett Jones Oil & Gas Symposium : 
Industry Customs Audits and EPC Contract Structuring

Darrel Pearson, co-head of the International Trade Group at Bennett Jones and Marian Ladner, Managing Partner of Houston-based Ladner & Associates, present a half day symposium on customs considerations for oil and gas projects in Canada and the U.S.

Issues covered include:

• Preparing for the audit
• Classification issues (equipment-parts, other);
• Rulings unique to the oil and gas sector;
• New evidentiary proof in addition to certificates of origin;
• Pipeline issues; Cost savings through EPC contract structuring; Lightering and barge movement issues;
• HMF (U.S. inter vs. intra port movements of crude);
• Origin (tariff preferences) issues with SPIs and NAFTA claims;
• Valuation and transfer pricing;
• First sale and Canadian equivalent, returned equipment and controlled equipment and licensing.