Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas Law by Soliman Hunter, Tina; Dobb, Angela; Nordtveit, Ernst;

Long description:

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas Law provides a comprehensive overview of the engineering and geological aspects of oil and gas activities, placed within their legal context, as well as legal aspects of these activities. It focuses on exploration for and production of oil and gas, incorporating experience-based knowledge and the application of the law to technical issues.

Bringing together a diverse array of experienced academics, industry specialists, and legal practitioners, the Encyclopedia covers contemporary topics such as the challenges the oil and gas industry faces as a result of climate change. The historical development and central elements in oil and gas law are comprehensively examined in addition to the various models and legal instruments that have been applied in different regions and jurisdictions across the globe. Through rigorous legal analysis, the book highlights the dynamic and international character of this important area of law.

This Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for academics, researchers, and students interested in oil and gas law, energy law, environmental law, international economic law, and trade law. Policymakers, government officials, and legal practitioners will equally find this to be a fundamental reference work.

Key Features:

• 57 authors
• 108 entries
• Case studies from across the world
• Entries organised alphabetically for ease of reference
• Technical explanations of key aspects of oil and gas activities

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas Law provides a comprehensive overview of the engineering and geological aspects of oil and gas activities, placed within their legal context, as well as legal aspects of these activities. It focuses on exploration for and production of oil and gas, incorporating experience-based knowledge and the application of the law to technical issues.

‘The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas Law is an indispensable, user-friendly, and forward-looking resource for professionals navigating the complexities of the energy sector. Comprehensive and authoritative, it not only provides insights into current legal frameworks but also anticipates future trends and challenges, including contemporary issues such as carbon capture and storage, decommissioning and social licence to operate. A must-have for any practitioner in the field.’

Table of Contents:

Contents
List of contributors ix
Preface xi
Abandoned wells (incl. well plugging) 1
Angus McKay
Access arrangements and access
regime for infrastructure in Norway 6
Yngve Bustnesli
ALARP – as low as is
reasonably practicable 10
Keith Anderson
Alexander Kielland accident 12
Ernst Nordveit
Aquifier 14
Barry P. Setterfield
Arbitration in gas disputes 16
Kim Talus
Award of oil and gas licences 19
Tina Soliman Hunter
Baseline 23
Marianthi Pappa
British Petroleum (BP) 26
Angela Dobb
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) 32
Tina Soliman Hunter
Cessation of production 36
Ruth Thomas
Climate change and oil and gas
production 40
Daria Shapovalova
Coal bed methane (aka coal seam gas) 43
Stewart Henderson
Competition law 47
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
and Leigh Hancher
Continental shelf 52
Abdullah Al Arif
Conventional petroleum 55
Angela Dobb
Decommissioning of offshore
installations 56
Alexandra Wawryk
Deep water and ultra deep water drilling 60
Angus McKay
Deepwater Horizon 64
Andrew Hopkins
Drilling (incl. directional and
extended reach) 69
Angus McKay
Drilling best practice 73
Arthur Dacre
Drilling fluids 80
Keith Anderson
Drilling rigs 86
Keith Anderson
Ekofisk 89
Tina Soliman Hunter
Electrification of oil and gas operations 92
Siv Elén Årskog Vedvik and
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
Energy security 97
Vlado Vivoda
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) 100
Angela Dobb
Environmental protection in oil
and gas activities 101
Daria Shapovalova
Equinor 103
Knut Høivik
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 108
Ernst Nordtveit
Exploration, appraisal and development 110
Gillian M. Sykes
Field abandonment and
decommissioning 116
Ruth Thomas
Field Development Plan 124
Angela Dobb
Foreign investment and participation 128
Moritz Wüstenberg
Gulf of Mexico 131
Richard J. Fox
Hydraulic fracturing 137
Angela Dobb
Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive 141
Ernst Nordtveit
Impact benefit agreements in the
petroleum sector 143
Solomon Nwaulikpe Obulor
International oil companies 148
Tina Soliman Hunter
International treaties and conventions 150
Abdullah Al Arif
Joint development agreements 153
Constantinos Yiallourides
Joint Operating Agreement: Norway 157
Ernst Nordtveit
Joint ventures (commercial agreements) 159
Tina Soliman Hunter
Law of the Sea 163
Marianthi Pappa
Liability and insurance 167
Kristoffer Svendsen
Licensing and concession system 172
Tina Soliman Hunter
Logging (incl. mud, wireline and
while drilling) 175
Andrew M. Davies
Make good provisions 180
Madeline Taylor
Marker crudes and oil trading 183
Emre Üsenmez
Maximising economic recovery 188
Judith Aldersey-Williams and
Valerie Allan
National Data Repository (NDR) UK 192
Simon Churchfield
National interest 197
Ahad Al-Yahyai
National oil companies 201
Michael LaBelle and Felizberto
Antonio Mulhovo
Natural gas liquids (NGLs) 206
Angela Dobb
Norm price for oil and gas 207
Ernst Nordtveit
North American system 210
Tina Soliman Hunter
North Sea system 213
Tina Soliman Hunter
North Sea Transition Authority
(Oil and Gas Authority) 218
Angela Dobb
Norwegian petroleum model 223
Ole Gunnar Austvik
Offshore petroleum 228
Angela Dobb
Oil and gas in the European Union 230
Kim Talus
Oil pricing 1950–85 233
Emre Üsenmez
Oil sands 238
Michael Livingstone
Oil spills and oil pollution 242
Daria Shapovalova
OPEC 245
Alanoud Khalid Albargan
Operator 250
Stewart Cunningham
Orphan wells 254
Ruth Thomas
Ownership of oil and gas 258
Ernst Nordtveit
Petoro 260
Torbjørn Mæland
Petroleum 264
Graeme W. Will and Angela Dobb
Petroleum (hydrocarbon) accumulation 267
Gillian M. Sykes
Petroleum geology 271
Rachel E. Brackenridge
Petroleum value chain 275
Tina Soliman Hunter
Piper Alpha 278
John Paterson
Platforms, installations and
subsea infrastructure 281
Gillian M. Sykes
Porosity and permeability 286
Barry P. Setterfield
Production 290
Angela Dobb
Production sharing contracts 295
Ahad Al-Yahyai
Recovery 300
Graeme W. Will
Regulation and regulators 304
Jordie Pettit
Reserves and resources 308
Graeme W. Will
Reservoir 312
Gillian M. Sykes
Reservoir fluids 313
Graeme W. Will
Resource curse 316
Nnennaya J. Nwali and Eddy Wifa
Resource management 320
Henrik Jorem
Rule of capture 323
Owen L. Anderson
Russian petroleum system 327
Irina Fodchenko
Safety case regulation in the
offshore oil and gas industry 334
Andrew Hopkins
Saudi Aramco 338
Alanoud Khalid Albargan
Seismic surveying 342
Aaron Lockwood
Shale gas and oil 348
Angela Dobb
Shell and the Royal Dutch Group 349
Angela Dobb
Social licence to operate 354
Madeline Taylor
Sovereignty and sovereign rights 358
Marianthi Pappa
State Direct Financial Interest
(SDFI) Norway 362
Torbjørn Mæland
State participation and intervention 366
Tina Soliman Hunter
Stratigraphy 370
David A. Southwood
Taxation and royalties 375
Tina Soliman Hunter
Technology and innovation 377
Iain Lees and Emma Lees
Territorial sea 383
Abdullah Al Arif
Third party access to infrastructure 386
Mary Wallace
Tight gas and oil 390
Angela Dobb
Transportation of oil and gas 391
Tina Soliman Hunter
Ultra deep water drilling 395
Angus McKay
Unconventional oil and gas 396
Angela Dobb
Unitization of oil and gas fields 398
Ernst Nordtveit
Well integrity 401
Arthur Dacre
Worker participation and safety:
tripartite approach 408
Ole Andreas Engen and Preben
H. Lindøe