Reasonably Prudent Operator or Good and Workmanlike Manner: Does Your Contract Have the Right Standard of Care?

Parker Lee, Ming Lei and Dominique Torsiello author this article in the Energy Law Report explaining the difference between the energy industry’s two different standards of care—the “reasonably prudent operator” standard and the “good and workmanlike” standard—and why they should not be viewed as interchangeable or redundant across all energy and infrastructure industries commercial contracts.