Offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Outer Continental Shelf generally are subject to contractual arrangements that present significant legal issues for the practitioner negotiating or litigating the contracts. This Article presents a discussion of the relevant choice-of-law analysis for these contracts and the substantive law under alternate regimes for indemnification provisions, insurance and “additional insured” provisions, release agreements, consequential damage caps, liquidated damage provisions, and other clauses limiting remedies otherwise available at law.