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Vivek T.A. Warrier

Partner

Co-Lead National Energy Industry Team

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Warrier Vivek
 
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Calgary

  • Education
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  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
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  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Vivek Warrier practises primarily in the areas of infrastructure project development and private mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry. His practice encompasses the entire petroleum, natural gas and power value chain, from upstream exploration and production, to midstream transportation and processing solutions and the marketing of energy products. Recently, Vivek has been engaged as primary counsel on projects at the forefront of emerging trends in the Canadian energy industry, including the development of liquefied natural gas export facilities on both the west and east coasts of Canada, renewable energy projects across the country, joint ventures in emerging resource plays in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan and the development of crude oil rail transloading facilities throughout western Canada. He is consistently sought out by clients for the negotiation, conduct and completion of complex purchase and sale transactions and frequently advises clients in the structuring, ownership and operation of energy infrastructure projects. He also advises clients on all types of contractual issues arising from construction, procurement, participation, joint operating and service-related agreements.

Vivek is a frequent contributor to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation quarterly newsletter, the India Business Law Journal and is frequently sought out by the media for his insights on emerging legal developments in the oil and gas industry. He is co-author of the Canada chapter of the Oil and Gas Law Review and taught Oil and Gas Contracts Law at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. Vivek is extensively involved in the Calgary community, including as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation, Chair of the Board of the Calgary Center for Newcomers and as a United Way volunteer.

Education

University of Calgary, BA, 1996 University of Alberta, LLB, 2000 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 2001

Recent Experience

OPTrust, in connection with the formation and limited recourse financing of a partnership with six Alberta First Nations which in turn participated in the equity syndication and project financing of the $1.5-billion Cascade Power Project to be developed near Edson, Alberta and operated by Calgary based developer Kineticor. This equity investment marks the first transaction supported by the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), who provided a loan guarantee supporting the credit and financing arrangements between ATB, OPTrust, Kineticor and the First Nations consortium which ultimately facilitated the equity participation by Indigenous communities in the Cascade project.
Sproule Associates Limited, a leading global energy advisory firm in the oil and gas sector, in its acquisition of all of the membership interests in the capital of MHA Petroleum Consultants LLC in an all-equity transaction.
NEP Canada Corp. sells its Canadian Exploration and Production Operating Subsidiary to Aspenleaf Energy Limited.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., in Anterra Energy Inc. CCAA proceedings.
Schlumberger Production Management, on the purchase of the Palliser Block assets in Alberta from Cenovus Energy Inc. for cash consideration of $1.3 billion.
Devon Energy Corp., in the sale of its 50-percent ownership interest in Access Pipeline to Wolf Midstream Inc., a portfolio company of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, for C$1.4 billion.
Murphy Oil Company Ltd., in its $486-million light oil purchase from and joint venture with affiliates of Athabasca Oil Corporation.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in the $3.3-billion acquisition of Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership, a former subsidiary of Cenovus Energy Inc. holding a broad portfolio of oil and gas royalties in Western Canada.
Newalta Corporation, in the sale of its Industrial Division to Revolution Acquisition LP, a company formed by Birch Hill Equity Partners, for cash proceeds of $300 million. 
EOG Resources, Inc., one of the largest independent North American oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, in a divestment of all of its assets in Manitoba and certain assets in Alberta through two separate transactions for approximately US $410 million.
Canadian Non-Operated Resources I Ltd., in its $500 million Peace River High purchase from and joint venture with Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Repsol S.A., in the proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Talisman Energy Inc. 
Pine Cliff Energy Ltd., in its acquisition of shallow gas assets in Alberta and Saskatchewan from Nexen Energy for $100 million.  
MEG Energy Corp., in its acquisition of Leismer South oil sands assets from Bounty Oil Sands and Southern Pacific Resource Corporation. 
Gibson Energy Inc., in all aspects of its joint venture with U.S. Development Group LLC to develop a new unit train rail loading facility with an initial capacity of 140,000 bbls per day with pipeline connectivity from Gibson's Hardisty Terminal, including the negotiation of agreements with anchor customers.
MEG Energy Corp., in the pipeline interconnections and rail terminalling services arrangements with Canexus Corporation in connection with expansion of operations at MEG’s Stonefell Terminal.
BG International Limited, in a joint venture with Spectra Energy to develop an approximately $8 billion trans B.C. natural gas pipeline to a proposed LNG liquefaction facility at Prince Rupert on the coast of British Columbia.
Plains Midstream Canada ULC, in its $1.67 billion acquisition of the Canadian natural gas liquids and liquefied petroleum gas business of BP Canada.
EOG Resources Canada Inc. and Apache Canada Ltd., in their $50 million acquisition from Pacific Northern Gas Inc. of the Pacific Trail Pipelines Limited Partnership, owner of the Pacific Trail pipeline project which will connect natural gas producing areas of British Columbia to the proposed Kitimat natural gas liquefaction project.  
Molopo Energy Canada Ltd., a  subsidiary of Molopo Energy Limited of Australia, in the sale of its Manitoba oil and gas properties to Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. for aggregate consideration of $188 million, consisting of cash and common shares of Legacy.
Hyak Energy ULC, an affiliate of U.S. based Accelerated Oil Technologies, in its acquisition of producing Saskatchewan oil and gas properties from Connacher oil & Gas Limited for $57.5 million.
Goldman Sachs, in its acquisition, through its affiliate J. Aron & Co., of the natural gas marketing business of Nexen Inc.
EOG Resources Canada Inc., in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Galveston LNG Inc. (owner of the Kitimat LNG Liquefaction project) for an undisclosed amount.
EOG Resources Canada Inc., in its 2010 non-core asset disposition program, pursuant to which EOG sold non-core oil and gas properties to 3 separate buyers for aggregate proceeds of approximately $360 million.
Gibson Energy ULC, in its joint venture with Suncor Energy Inc. to construct, develop and operate a new, dedicated crude oil terminalling and storage facility near Hardisty, Alberta. 
Ivanhoe Energy Inc., in the purchase and sale of certain oil sands leases of Talisman Energy Inc. for aggregate consideration of $90 million.
Statoil ASA, in its $2.2 billion acquisition of North American Oil Sands Corporation by way of take-over bid.
Pengrowth Energy Trust and Pengrowth Corporation, in a series of dispositions of non-core and gas assets for approximately $400 million.
A large western Canadian midstream company, in the joint venture structuring, construction and development of a $100 million expansion to their existing crude oil terminalling and marketing facility.
Shell Canada, in construction contracts for the expansion of it $6 billion Athabasca Oil Sands Project.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Esprit Energy Trust.
Red Willow Energy Trust and Southern Ute, in complex corporate and tax structuring matters relating to the $200 million sale of oil and gas assets to Trident Resources Corporation.
Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP, in its $270 million acquisition of Alberta Ethane Gathering System.
Teck Cominco Limited, in the $475 million acquisition of a 15 percent interest in the Fort Hill Oil Sands Project from UTS Energy Inc. and Petro-Canada.
Williams Energy (Canada) Inc., in its sale of three natural gas liquids extraction plants to Inter Pipelines Fund for $715 million.
BG Group plc, in its US$345.6 million acquisition of El Paso Oil & Gas Canada Inc.
Shore Gold Inc., in the acquisition by Kensington Resources Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shore Gold, of an aggregate 60 percent participating interest in the Fort á la Corne Joint Venture (FALC JV) from De Beers Canada Inc., Cameco Corporation and UEM Inc. for $180 million and the subsequent sale of a 40 percent participating interest in the FALC JV to Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited.
Pengrowth Corporation and Pengrowth Energy Trust, in the $550 million acquisition of certain Alberta and Saskatchewan oil and natural gas properties by way of the purchase of a subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation. 
Stellarton Technologies Inc., in the purchase and sale of the compression assets and business of Stellarton Technologies Inc. to Vaportech Holdings Ltd and Vaportech Energy Services for approximately $7.5 million.
Pacific Energy Partners, LP, in its acquisition of BP Canada Energy Co.'s Rangeland Business unit, including the Rangeland Pipeline System, the Aurora Pipeline and Rangeland Marketing Company for approximately $157 million.  

Recent Recognition

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
The Legal 500 Canada
Next Generation Lawyers, Energy - Oil and Gas
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Most Frequently Recommended, Energy (Oil & Gas)
Consistently Recommended, Corporate Commercial Law
Repeatedly Recommended, Mergers & Acquisitions and Infrastructure Law
Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
Ranked, Oil & Gas
Lexpert/Report on Business Special Edition - Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers
Recognized as a leading energy lawyer in Canada
Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
Recognized as a leading Finance and M&A lawyer
Who's Who Legal: Canada
Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of energy
Who's Who Legal: Energy
Recognized as one of the world's leading energy lawyers

Insights, News & Events

Announcements

36 Bennett Jones Lawyers in Lexpert's Special Edition on Finance and M&A

April 16, 2021
       

In the News

ESG-Indigenous Case Study: Cascade Power Plant Project

March 17, 2021
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Financial Post on U.S. Bill Targeting Canadian Oilsands

March 12, 2021
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2021

February 22, 2021
       

Blog

British Columbia Introduces CleanBC Industrial Electrification Rates and the Facilities Electrification Fund

February 05, 2021
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on ESG in the Energy Industry in Daily Oil Bulletin

February 01, 2021
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acts for Canadian Power Deal of the Year in Cascade Power Project

January 11, 2021
       

Blog

Canada's Hydrogen Strategy

December 17, 2020
       

Announcements

Twenty-Five Bennett Jones Lawyers in Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory

December 17, 2020
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Daily Oil Bulletin on Canada's Innovative Energy Industry

November 27, 2020
       

Blog

Alberta's Industrial Heartland as Canada's Potential First Hydrogen Node

November 23, 2020
       

Blog

Alberta's APIP Aiming the Province to Petrochemical Facility Leadership

November 04, 2020
       

Updates

Alberta Introduces APIP in a Bid to Become a World-Class Leader on Petrochemical Facility Development

November 04, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Leads Canada in Energy Law

October 27, 2020
       

Blog

Alberta's Natural Gas Vision and Strategy

October 21, 2020
       

Blog

Hydrogen 101: Basics of Hydrogen Supply Chains

October 07, 2020
       

Blog

Hydrogen Around the World: European Cooperation a Focal Point in Upcoming Hydrogen Energy Push

September 29, 2020
       

Blog

Hydrogen Around the World: Enhancing Japanese and South Korean Energy Security

September 10, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones is Recognized in Chambers Canada 2021

September 10, 2020
       

Announcements

39 Bennett Jones Lawyers Ranked as Infrastructure Leaders

September 03, 2020
       

Blog

Hydrogen Around the World: Australia Seeks to Become World Leader in "Shipping Sunshine"

August 25, 2020
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on M&A in Energy Sector as Economy Improves

August 07, 2020
       

Blog

Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program

July 16, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Business Law Talks Podcast on Spotify and iTunes

July 09, 2020
       

Podcast

A Way Forward: Energy Industry Ready to Fuel Canada's Recovery

July 08, 2020
       

Blog

A Step Towards Diversification: Alberta Introduces Royalty Rate Specific to Helium

May 25, 2020
       

Blog

Saskatchewan Program to Incentivize Pipeline Development

March 31, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2020

February 13, 2020
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Bloomberg on Trans Mountain Expansion

February 04, 2020
       

Announcements

Twenty-three Bennett Jones Lawyers in Leading 500 in Canada

December 13, 2019
       

Blog

Displacing Coal in Asia with North American LNG

November 28, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones is Top-Tier in The Legal 500

November 18, 2019
       

Blog

Trans Mountain: Did the Crown Adequately Discharge Its Duty to Consult?

September 23, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' Leading Lawyers in Chambers Canada 2020

September 19, 2019
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on Federal Court of Appeal Decision on Trans Mountain

September 04, 2019
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on Risk-Sharing Agreements in Oil & Gas in Lexpert

September 04, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Leads Canada in Energy Law

September 03, 2019
       

Blog

Can an Insolvency Court Extinguish Interests in Land Through Vesting Orders?

July 09, 2019
       

Announcements

Vivek Warrier on BNN Bloomberg on Trans Mountain Decision

June 17, 2019
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Canadian Lawyer: B.C. Can't Regulate Bitumen

June 05, 2019
       

Blog

B.C.’s Highest Court Rules Province’s Attempt to Regulate Bitumen Unconstitutional

May 27, 2019
       

Updates

A New Government in Alberta: What it means for businesses and investors

May 06, 2019
       

Updates

ABQB Clarifies Test for Lifting the Stay to Replace an Insolvent Operator

February 20, 2019
       

Blog

The Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Orphan Well Case

January 31, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018

November 01, 2018
       

Blog

Energy in the Pacific Rim—What’s New and What’s Next

September 20, 2018
       

Articles

Vivek Warrier’s Expert Insights With Oil & Gas Council

September 07, 2018
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Lexpert on Alberta’s CCIR

August 31, 2018
       

Blog

A Producing Royalty as an Interest in Land: The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Follows Dianor

July 25, 2018
       

Blog

Bill 12: Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act

April 18, 2018
       

Blog

Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies and Reaffirms Dynex: Gross Overriding Royalties and Interests in Land

April 18, 2018
       

Updates

Updates to Energy Diversification Act Investment Programs

March 15, 2018
       

Blog

The Energy Industry in Canada in 2018

March 06, 2018
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in Lexpert on Oil & Gas in Canada

October 31, 2017
       

Announcements

Schlumberger/Torxen Purchase Cenovus Assets

October 18, 2017
       

Blog

Key Takeaways from CELF's Annual Jasper Research Seminar

July 18, 2017
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on International Majors in the Oil Sands

March 08, 2017
       

In the News

Lexpert DealsWire on Murphy Oil Canada Sale of Peace River Assets

March 07, 2017
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier on CHQR on U.S. Resource Extraction Rule

February 05, 2017
       

Speaking Engagements

2017: The Year Ahead for the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry

January 11, 2017
       

In the News

Vivek Warrier in InHouse Cover Story on Cross-Border Deals

November 02, 2016
       

Updates

Government of Canada Approves Pacific NorthWest LNG Project

September 28, 2016
       

Articles

Further Clarity on the Crown's Duty to Consult First Nations

August 01, 2016
       

Articles

Interjurisdictional Overlap in Canadian Infrastructure Projects

August 01, 2016
       

Blog

Bulletin 2016-16: Alberta Energy Regulator Releases New Requirements in Wake of Redwater Decision

June 21, 2016
       

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