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Book SynopsisWhat does the future hold for oil and gas, what can we learn from the past and what role does law have to play in this? Using a unique temporal lens, this Research Handbook examines core themes in oil and gas regulation from historical, contemporary and forward-looking perspectives.
Structured in three distinct parts, this Research Handbook begins by detailing the past dominance of oil, charting the role and influence of legal instruments and regulatory regimes governing petroleum. Using a diverse range of case study perspectives over several jurisdictions, the Research Handbook then turns to oil and gas in the modern world, with critical discussion of current petroleum legal regimes. It concludes with a series of forward-looking chapters that consider the future challenges and opportunities for oil and gas, and how petroleum-dependent states can both regulate and facilitate the age of energy transition.
Surveying the technological shifts of the oil and gas sector through time, this comprehensive Research Handbook will prove an invigorating read for scholars and students of energy and natural resource law disciplines. Its discussion of emerging technologies and community impact will prove particularly useful to regulators, policymakers, corporations and legal practitioners concerned with the future of energy.
Trade Review‘Soliman Hunter and Taylor bring together a fine group of legal specialists and practitioners to explore the past, present and future of oil and gas. As the world transitions towards a low carbon future, this is a very timely and important research volume on energy markets, governance and regulatory regimes.’ -- Andreas Goldthau, University of Erfurt and Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany
‘An indispensable work for understanding national and international approaches to oil and gas regulations, and the relevant challenges in an era of energy transition.’ -- Carlos Bernal, Member of CENRIT and Commissioner at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission
Table of ContentsContents: PART I THE PAST – THE DOMINANCE OF OIL 1 Historical perspectives on the global petroleum economy 2 Tina Soliman Hunter 2 The role and influence of oil concessions on the oil and gas industry 33 Janan Gibbins 3 The ‘move’ offshore: The progressive development of international law in relation to the access to, and control of, offshore oil and gas resources 52 Nikolaos Koulouris and Tina Soliman Hunter 4 Development of regulatory regimes for offshore petroleum exploitation: The ‘North American’ and ‘North Sea’ perspectives 65 Tina Soliman Hunter PART II THE PRESENT: OIL AND GAS IN THE MODERN WORLD 5 The role of law in petroleum resource governance and predicting the natural resource paradox in Africa 90 Eddy Lenusira Wifa and Mostafa Elshazly 6 Asian liquified natural gas markets: The tomorrow will look very different from yesterday 115 Kim Talus 7 Hydrocarbon activities on indigenous land: Substantive and procedural rights 130 Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Emma Wilson 8 The Energy Charter Treaty as a legal instrument for oil and gas disputes 158 Moritz Wüstenberg and Tina Soliman Hunter 9 Oil and gas in Latin America: Recent development on the policy and regulation and future perspectives 175 Juan Felipe Neira, Carlos Bellorin, Ernesto Beltrán Nishizaki, Antero Alvarado and Laura Camila Ramos 10 The shale gas revolution—the United States’ perspective 195 Hannah J. Wiseman 11 An unconventional evolution: Addressing and regulating socio-legal issues associated with the development of shale gas and coal seam gas resources in selected jurisdictions 219 Madeline Taylor 12 Changing perspectives on production sharing contracts 246 Ahad Al Yahyai 13 International and supranational aspects of oil and gas law and its impact on national autonomy over petroleum development 290 Ernst Nordtveit and Tina Soliman Hunter 14 The regulatory aspects of managing contamination from oil and gas facilities during the offshore decommissioning process 320 Elizabeth J Brandon 15 Emerging technologies in oil and gas development: regulatory and policy perspectives 344 Tina Soliman Hunter, Madeline Taylor and Niloufer Selvadurai 16 Future security of Russia’s fuel and energy complex: The dominance of the Arctic 372 Dmitriy A. Medvedev and Tina Soliman Hunter 17 Maritime boundaries and cooperation over straddling seabed resources in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea 388 Constantinos Yiallourides 18 Conclusion: Energy transition in an oil and gas dependent world 409 Madeline Taylor and Tina Soliman Hunter Index
