Powering Energy & Resources with Smarter Contract Management

The energy and resources sector is one of the most contract-intensive industries in the world. From joint venture agreements and supply arrangements to environmental compliance obligations and project finance, businesses in this space face a constant flow of high-value, high-risk contracts. Managing these effectively is essential for ensuring profitability, compliance, and long-term sustainability.

Contract Cloud provides energy and resources companies with AI-powered tools to review, draft, and manage contracts at scale. By combining automation with legal precision, Contract Cloud helps organisations save time, reduce risk, and stay aligned with complex regulatory frameworks.

Bulk Review for Supply and Offtake Agreements

Energy and resources businesses often rely on long-term supply, transport, and offtake agreements. These contracts can contain intricate pricing mechanisms, force majeure provisions, and termination rights. With Contract Cloud’s bulk review capability, businesses can:

• Analyse multiple supplier or customer contracts in one go.

• Identify unusual risk allocations in pricing or delivery terms.

• Compare termination rights or exclusivity clauses across different counterparties.

This enables deal teams to gain visibility across large portfolios and negotiate from a position of strength.

Joint Venture and Partnership Arrangements

Joint ventures are common in exploration, development, and infrastructure projects. These agreements cover capital contributions, governance rights, profit-sharing, and exit mechanisms. Contract Cloud assists by:

• Highlighting governance clauses that may lead to disputes.

• Checking liability and indemnity frameworks against your playbook.

• Drafting amendments or side letters to align with your organisation’s risk appetite.

This reduces the time and cost of negotiating complex partnership documents while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.

Environmental and Compliance Obligations

The sector is heavily regulated, with increasing expectations around ESG, modern slavery, and environmental performance. Contract Cloud helps businesses stay ahead of these obligations by:

• Flagging missing compliance provisions in supplier and project contracts.

• Checking that sustainability commitments are consistently reflected across agreements.

• Generating automated reports for regulators, auditors, or internal ESG teams.

This improves transparency and reduces the risk of non-compliance penalties or reputational harm.

Dispute Management: Contracts and Emails Together

Disputes are common in the sector, whether relating to project delays, performance issues, or supply interruptions. The evidence often lies not just in contracts but in the emails exchanged during the project. Contract Cloud enables you to:

• Query both contracts and emails in real time to build a complete picture.

• Draft breach notices or responses using AI, based on your preferred templates.

• Maintain clear audit trails for negotiations and dispute resolution.

This ensures disputes are managed quickly and with full context, reducing disruption to projects.

Building Resilience in a Complex Sector

Energy and resources businesses operate in challenging environments, with global supply chains, strict regulations, and high stakeholder expectations. By using Contract Cloud, these organisations can:

• Accelerate contract reviews and due diligence.

• Reduce risk exposure through consistent playbook-driven reviews.

• Improve governance and compliance reporting.

• Resolve disputes faster with AI-powered insights across contracts and communications.

Contract Cloud empowers the energy and resources sector to focus on delivering projects and driving growth, while staying in control of risk and compliance.