Overview

The global energy industry continues to bring new challenges and opportunities to all of its participants. While markets are still recovering from the downturn of 2008 and 2009, and the rate of growth in global energy consumption temporarily may have slowed, the long-term demands on the energy industry remain high and only likely to grow.

New frontiers in energy, such as new geographic areas of oil and gas production and new sectors of renewable and clean-tech energy, make this a dynamic industry full of opportunity and risk, in which Chinese companies and investors take an active role.

Vinson & Elkins describes critical developments in energy hubs around the world and focuses on China’s role in the global energy industry through outbound activity in 2010.

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