Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and Gas Industry

• How to know if your compliance infrastructure is agile and ready to evolve amid rapid changes
• As trade relations between the United States and China intensify, how will the oil and gas industry evolve its supply chains to comply with rapidly evolving global trade controls, including tariffs? What are the emerging risks and mitigation strategies?
• How will the U.S.’s strengthened export controls on equipment, technology, and data impact oil & gas project profitability?
• How will the oil and gas industry weather retaliatory trade controls from China and around the globe? What about reciprocal tariffs?
• Will we see a thawing regarding Russia? What will be the operating assumptions of the oil and gas trade? Will the administration strengthen its hold on Russia to boost domestic production?
• How will E.U. and U.K. regulators react and how will it shape your strategies for trade compliance?
• What is the outlook on how the Trump Administration will handle sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and other similar jurisdictions?

• The evolving trade compliance and supply chain risks posed by tariffs, export controls on dual-use items, retaliatory trade measures, and the stringent requirements of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
• The potential impact of tariffs on supply chains crossing the northern border
• How will Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs on Mexico and China impact oil & gas supply chains? How will these countries react or retaliate?
• Applying Military end-use controls for China and Mexico
• Upgrading your screening capabilities for vendors, partners, and customers in Mexico
• Adapting to reciprocal tariffs and the impact to supply chains and profitability

• How are financial institutions strengthening their due diligence processes to detect and mitigate risks associated with sanctioned entities and high-risk jurisdictions?
• What are the hurdles to securing financing? A closer look at the banks’ risk appetites
• What’s happening on the “other end of the deal?”
• How oil and gas companies should prepare for due diligence requirements from bank— Financial industry due diligence practices and best methods to address concerns
• Ensuring compliance across your international footprint

• The real-life compliance and business impact of the latest sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector, including measures against major oil producers and the “shadow fleet” of tankers facilitating oil exports over the price cap
• Comparing and contrasting the sanctions regimes of the U.S., EU, and the U.K.: Identifying differences and overlaps impacting compliance strategies for oil & gas
• Building effective screening processes to mitigate risks: Effective screening processes for multi-jurisdictional compliance
• The path forward should sanctions against Russia be eased

• The latest sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector and PDVSA, and strategies for aligning compliance programs with international requirements
• Approaches to structuring transactions, reducing risk of sanctions violations, and adapting operations
• Strategies for resilience and flexibility amid regulatory and operational uncertainties in Venezuela’s oil & gas sector

• How oil & gas supply chains are impacted by evolving controls on semiconductors, advanced computing and dual-use technologies, AI, and technology transfers
• Criteria for classifying advanced oil & gas technologies under ITAR and EAR
• Best practices for data classification, storage, and end-use monitoring
• Ensuring compliance with ITAR and EAR in the context of AI and machine learning oil & gas applications
• Designing compliance programs to the heightened risks associated with advanced technology exports

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• The latest U.S. sanctions on Iran and Syria, their impact on the oil and gas industry, and how to stay in compliance
• A review of red flags to watch for like unusual shipping routes, ship-to-ship transfers, involvement with unregulated “shadow fleet” tankers
• Best practices for strengthening third party and supply chain due diligence and monitoring as the geopolitical landscape continues to change
• How to mitigate the impact of regional instability on your operations

• Where the U.S., EU, U.K., and other sanctions and trade controls regimes overlap and where they differ
• Harmonizing due diligence, risk assessment, and screening practices to ensure multi-jurisdictional compliance
• Global trends in enforcement and new, heightened risks affecting oil & gas
• Ensuring that your compliance program is agile and ready to adapt in a rapidly evolving regulatory and enforcement environment

• Avoiding high-risk vessels in oil & gas exports – the latest on the shadow fleet transporting oil above the price cap
• How to identify and counter deceptive shipping practices such as ship-to-ship transfers, falsified documentation, and unusual shipping routes
• Leveraging advanced technologies like AIS tracking, AI-powered automated screening and risk analytics to keep in step with sanctions and export control regimes worldwide

• Keeping up with frequently updated restricted party lists and ensuring that your systems are quickly updated
• Using AI and other advanced technologies to ensure continuous screening and monitoring based on BIS, OFAC, and global restricted lists
• The lengths and limits of AI: To what extent can you rely on AI generated results?
• Actionable takeaways for upgrading screening processes: Identification, classification, validation and verification
• Dealing with potentially false positives: How to ensure that you make the right call

• Concrete examples of dynamic training programs that enhance employee awareness of trade and sanctions compliance risks in oil & gas
• Online vs. In-Person: Determining the most effective and efficient delivery format
• Successful internal communications programs using multi-channel strategies to reach globally distributed teams (some in extremely remote locations)
• Fostering and sustaining a culture of compliance amid business, sales and other pressures
• Oil & gas industry specific KPIs to measure the effectiveness of training (and re-training) programs