BCDR International Arbitration ReviewJune 2020 - Volume 7 - Issue 1 Oil and Gas Arbitration in the Middle East Note from the General Editor 1 Articles Aramco: The Story of the World's Most Valuable Oil Concession and Its Landmark Arbitration Creation of standards for mediation A.Timothy Martin 3 Oil and Gas Disputes in the Middle East: A COVID-19 Era Perspective Essam Al Tamimi 53 Petroleum Concessions in Egypt: A Recipe for Disputes? Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab 73 Stabilization Clauses: Do They Have a Future? Peter D. Cameron 109 Arbitration of LNG Price Review Disputes Jonathan Sutcliffe & Jonathan Blaney 133 Oil and Gas Arbitration: A Perspective from Qatar Thomas Williams & Ahmed Durrani 143 COVID-19 and the Exceptions to Contractual Liability in Arab Contract Law Michael Polkinghorne & Yasmine El Achkar 149 Caught Between a Rock and COVID-19: Sharing the Pain of Onerous Oil and Gas Contracts in the Middle East Graham Coop & Roberto Lupini 171 Changed Circumstances and Oil and Gas Contracts Roland Ziadé & Andrew Plump 193 ICSID and Investor-State Petroleum Disputes in the MENA Region Antonio R. Parra 225