Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Biography

Patrick is a partner in the Global Energy Practice based in Houston. He represents energy industry companies, private equity investors, alternative lenders and financial institutions in transactions that include acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint venture arrangements, structured finance, project development and project finance. He has extensive experience in the upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG and energy transition sectors.

From 2015 to 2017, Patrick worked as in-house counsel to ExxonMobil. In that role, he worked on upstream, midstream, and infrastructure projects under development in jurisdictions across the globe, with such projects including ExxonMobil's deepwater oil production project offshore Guyana and deepwater natural gas project in the Black Sea offshore Romania.

Experience

Vitol on its equity investment into US$5 billion Delfin FLNG in Louisiana—the first floating LNG facility in the US.

Expand Energy, the largest natural gas producer in North America, on its US$1.25 billion definitive agreement to acquire Twin Eagle, a leading private asset-backed natural gas marketing and optimization business.

Serra Verde Group on development and US$565 million US DFC financing for the optimization and expansion of the Pela Ema rare earth mine in Brazil, including a 15-Year 100 percent offtake agreement with a US Government-backed SPV.

Serra Verde on its US$2.8 billion combination with USA Rare Earth to create a global leader spanning rare earths, oxides, metals and magnets.

Private credit fund on a US$5 billion+ and US$4 billion+ capital solution to support the acquisition and lease of GPUs to a leading US AI company for use in hyperscale datacenters in the US.

Co-investors to Blackstone on a US$7 billion equity investment for the development of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 in Texas.

Standard Lithium (in joint venture with Equinor) in ongoing development, commercial and financing arrangements for a first-of-a-kind, large-scale lithium production facility in Arkansas.

Net Power on an acquisition rights agreement for 123 MW of new power generation equipment for its Project Permian powered land project in Texas and a separate agreement reimbursing Net Power for certain costs related to the equipment procurement.

Storegga on offtake agreements for the Harvest Bend CCS project in Louisiana.

Major US integrated energy company in the ongoing development of carbon capture, transportation and storage system at its operating 994 MW combined-cycle power plant in Louisiana.*

Enbridge on its 45 percent equity investment in OnStream to support the development of the GeoDura CO2 Storage Hub in Louisiana, including agreeing to act as  preferred, long-term CO2 transportation provider.

Large midstream company in development of a clean fuels gathering and production project to produce RNG from fugitive coal mine methane gas.*

Navigator CO2 Ventures on the development of a1,200-mile, 5mtpa, industrial-scale carbon capture  pipeline system across five midwestern states in the US.*

Phillips 66 in the sale of the Belle Chasse Terminal (fka Alliance Refinery) to Harvest Midstream.*

Phillips 66 in the formation of a joint venture with Trafigura to develop the Bluewater offshore deepwater port project in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas.*

Phillips 66 on joint venture construction and operating agreements with Marathon and an equity option with Enbridge for the development of the 850-mile Gray Oak crude oil pipeline system in Texas.*

Phillips 66 in a joint venture with Buckeye Partners to develop the South Texas Gateway Terminal at the mouth of Corpus Christi Bay.*

Equinor on its US$1.1 billion sale of a 50 percent interest to BP for the development of the combined 4.4 GW Empire Wind and Beacon Wind offshore wind projects in New York and Massachusetts.

Global Infrastructure Partners on a 50 / 50 joint venture with Ocean Winds for the development of the 2.4 GW Bluepoint Wind offshore wind project awarded one of the six leases under the New York Bight program.*

TC Energy on the US aspects of a provincial government US$1.1 billion equity investment and US$4.2 billion loan guarantee to support construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline in Alberta.*

Par Pacific on the US$358 million acquisition of U.S. Oil & Refining Co. and certain affiliated entities, including a 42,000 bpd refinery, a marine terminal and associated logistical system in Washington state.*

* Matters prior to joining White & Case.

Texas
JD
The University of Texas

School of Law

BA
The University of Texas at Austin
English

Recognized by IFLR1000 for Project Development: Energy and Infrastructure (2024)

Recognized by Oil and Gas Investor as a "Forty under 40" honoree (2023)

Recognized by Law360 as a "Rising Star" in the category of Project Finance (2022)

Recognized by The Legal 500 for Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2023)

Recognized by Thompson Reuters as a "Super Lawyers, Texas Rising Star" (2023-2025)

"RNG's Role in Gas Infrastructure and Interconnections," RNG & SAF Capital Markets Conference, June 20, 2024

"Structuring Transportation and Sequestration Arrangements for CCS Projects," IEL Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, October 2023

"Critical Considerations for the Development and Operation of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Projects," 68th Annual Natural Resources and Energy Law Institute, July 2022

"Beyond Contract Negotiation: Assessing Risk and Asking the Right Questions," The University of Texas School of Law's 44th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, April 2022

"Updates on CCUS from the Commercial and Governmental Angles," Institute for Energy Law 12th Law of Shale Plays Conference, September 2021

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