Anna R. Irion

• Represented refined oil products pipeline company in the development of a refined products marine supply project, including the negotiation and drafting of interconnection agreements, a terminaling agreement, pipeline modification agreements, pipeline lease agreements, a pipeline operating agreement, pipeline bypass agreements, and applicable tariffs.
• Represented tribal-owned natural gas gathering and treating company in the negotiation and execution of various gas gathering and treating agreements and in the renegotiating of numerous, long-term minimum volume commitment gathering agreements in order to assist producers in avoiding breaches of commitment obligations.
• Drafted and negotiated minimum volume commitment transportation services agreement and assisted with open season publication on behalf of crude oil, refined products, liquefied petroleum gases, natural gas liquids, and chemical feedstocks pipeline.
• Represented exploration and production company in dedication dispute following acquisition of large acreage package and associated dedicated interests.
• Represented natural gas and natural gas liquids midstream company in negotiating and executing 311 Transportation Services Agreements and related interconnection agreements.
• Reviewed and summarized dozens of gas purchase and sale agreements and NAESB Contracts on behalf of energy suppliers in connection with litigation following Winter Storm Uri.
• Negotiated and drafted ethylene pipeline construction and transportation services agreement and applicable local tariffs on behalf of pipeline and plastics manufacturing facilities owner and operator.
• Represented liquids terminaling company in the negotiation and drafting of terminaling services agreements and related interconnection agreements and rail offloading agreements.
• Negotiated and drafted railcar storage and services agreement on behalf of transloading terminal owner and operator.
• Represented pipeline owner in negotiating and drafting long-term pipeline lease agreement providing for operatorship of pipeline and purchase right of first refusal.
• Drafted and negotiated ten-year transportation agreement and the necessary regulatory filings for the interstate transportation of crude oil in North Dakota.
• Represented client in all pre and post-closing stages in the acquisition of 18,000 net acres in Houston and Madison Counties, Texas for $720 million which included 30 square miles of 3-D seismic data, a salt water disposal system, 36 net producing wellbores, and 136 proved undeveloped drilling locations.
• Counsel for client in all phases of the sale of its three subsidiary companies and Oklahoma assets (which included treating and compression facilities, three cryogenic processing plants, and 66 miles of gathering pipelines) for $600 million. Prior to the sale, drafted and negotiated related gathering and processing agreements.
• Represented client in all phases of the sale of substantially all of its natural gas gathering assets (which included both rich and lean systems) in South Texas for approximately $215 million.

• Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2013-2018

• State Bar of Texas Houston Bar Association
• Houston Gas Processors Association
• American Petroleum Institute – Houston Chapter
• American Association of Professional Landmen
• The Women’s Energy Network
• Association of Women Attorneys
• Board of Directors for SIRE and SIRE’s Governance Committee, past Board Member

All stages of the acquisition, development, and operation of upstream and midstream facilities and with the drafting and negotiation of the following:

• Asset and membership interest purchase and sale agreements
• Natural gas gathering, treating, processing, and marketing agreements
• Crude oil transportation and storage agreements
• Crude oil and natural gas throughput and deficiency agreements
• NGL sales and exchange agreements
• Easements and rights-of-way
• Operating agreements
• Construction and interconnect agreements

She also has experience with the following:

• Federal and state regulations relating to gathering and transmission facilities.
• Formation of joint venture relationships for midstream and upstream activities.
• Acquisition and leasing of mineral interests
• Regulations applicable to cross-border pipeline facilities