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1st ed.

Tulsa, OK : PennWell Books, LLC, 2016

1 online resource (671 pages)

ISBN 9781593706616 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781593703615

Print version: Hughes, William Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Law Tulsa, OK : PennWell Books, LLC,c2016 ISBN 9781593703615

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 National Laws -- Introduction -- National Laws -- Families of National Legal Systems -- The Common Law System -- The Civil Law (Code) System -- Islamic Law -- Do Contracts Make Law? -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 2 International Law -- What Is International Law, of What Does It Consist, and What Are Its Practical Limitations for International Oil and Gas? -- Limitations of International Law in Its Present Form -- Is International Law Really Law? -- International Law and National Law in the Hierarchy of Law -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 3 Treaties Promoting International Trade and Producer-, Consumer-, and Investor-State Interests -- International Trade Agreements -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Free Trade Area Agreements -- The European Union (EU) -- NAFTA and the Latin American Regional Trade Agreements -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) -- The International Energy Agency (IEA) -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 4 National Export Controls, Foreign Investment Restrictions, Sanctions, Embargoes, and Boycotts -- General Considerations -- Export Controls -- Foreign Investment Restrictions -- US Law Restrictions on Foreign Investments -- Sanctions, Embargoes, and Boycotts -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 5 Dispute Resolution and Its Varieties -- Varieties of Dispute Resolution Methods -- Government Court Litigation as an Important Alternative -- Comparing Common Law System Litigation with Civil Law (Code) System Litigation -- Noncriminal Litigation in a Common Law System -- Contrasted with Litigation in a Civil Law (Code) System -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Litigation System -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes.

23 Expropriation and Privatization Issues -- General Considerations -- Expropriation under Customary International Law -- Expropriation Compensation and Expropriation Insurance -- Privatization -- The Energy Charter Treaty and Other Treaties Dealing with Expropriation -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 24 The Basic Financing Framework -- Introduction -- Major Sources of Financing -- Project Finance as an Example of Financing -- Spending and Savings: What Do Countries and Companies Do with Their Money? Expenses, Reserve Replacement, and Sovereign Wealth Funds -- Comparisons and Contrasts: Financial Analysis of Individual Companies -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 25 Operation and Regulation of Energy Markets -- The Basic Derivatives: Forward Contracts, Futures Contracts, and Options -- More Complex Derivatives -- Regulation of Derivatives and of Their Markets -- Carbon Emissions: Trading and Derivatives -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- Y -- W -- Z.

Conflicting Interests Shaping Environmental Laws -- General Shape of National and International Environmental Law -- The Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Conference, and Paris Agreement -- EU Environmental Law -- US National Environmental Law and the NEPA -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 18 Decommissioning and Liability for Spills and Transboundary and Maritime Pollution -- The Exxon Valdez Spill and Its Aftermath -- Other Major Ocean Spills prior to 2010 -- History and Magnitude of the Decommissioning Problem -- Summary of Major Treaties Relating to Maritime Pollution and Decommissioning Liability -- Spill and Pollution Liability and Decommissioning Responsibility under National Law -- Contract Allocation of Spill Liability and Decommissioning Responsibility -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 19 Indemnity and Insurance Issues -- Distinctions Between Indemnity, Release, and Insurance -- Indemnity Agreements -- Insurance Coverage -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 20 Bribery of Foreign Officials -- The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- Treaties and Other National Laws Criminalizing Foreign Bribery -- Warning Signs and Prevention of Foreign Bribery -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 21 Land Transportation of Oil and Gas and Natural Gas Regulation -- Natural Gas Economics -- Regulatory Issues -- and Transportation, Delivery, and Market Structures -- US Regulation of Natural Gas and Natural Gas Pipelines -- EU Regulation of the European Gas Market -- Gas Regulation in the UK -- Planning for Cross-Border Pipeline Projects -- The Energy Charter Treaty’s Transit Provisions -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 22 Seaborne Transportation of Oil and Gas -- Regulation of Tanker Transportation of Oil and Gas -- LNG Transportation and LNG Fixed Facilities -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes.

6 Dispute Resolution Continued: Arbitration -- General Characteristics of Arbitration -- Laws and Treaties Favoring Arbitration -- Established Arbitration Institutions -- Drafting the Arbitration Provision -- The Institutional Procedures -- Summary of Advantages and Disadvantages of Arbitration -- When Arbitration May Be a Bad Choice -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 7 State Jurisdiction to Regulate, Enforce, and Adjudicate -- The Meanings and Categories of State Jurisdiction -- Regulatory Jurisdiction -- Enforcement Jurisdiction -- Adjudicatory Jurisdiction and Related Issues -- Four Important Treaties that Set Standards for Adjudicatory Jurisdiction -- Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 8 Special Defenses for States and State-Owned Oil and Gas Companies -- Sovereign Immunity -- The Act of State Doctrine -- Contract and Treaty Waivers of Special Defenses -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 9 Sovereignty Over and Ownership of Onshore Oil and Gas-Sovereignty Disputes between States -- General Patterns of Sovereignty and Onshore Oil and Gas Ownership -- Factors Complicating the US Pattern of Private Ownership -- Factors Complicating the Pattern of State Ownership -- Sovereignty Disputes between States -- Effects of a Land Dispute Continued into the Offshore Waters and Seabed -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 10 Sovereignty Over and Ownership of Offshore Oil and Gas-The Law of the Sea and Joint Development Zones -- Introduction -- Pre-UNCLOS History -- The UNCLOS Water and Seabed Zones -- States’ Rights and Obligations within the Zones -- The Deep Seabed Regime, Developed States’ Objections, and Present Status -- Joint Development Zones -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 11 Negotiation and Bidding -- Introduction.

The EU Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive -- Licensing in the United Kingdom -- US Government Offshore Leasing Procedures -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 12 Host Country Development Arrangements and Their Varieties -- Introduction to the Four Basic Models of Host Country and Multinational Oil Company Development Arrangements -- Historical Background -- The Concession (License) Model -- The Government Participation Model -- The Production Sharing Model -- The Service Contract Model -- Practical Consequences of Categorizations -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 13 Modern Development Arrangements: Contract Provisions -- Size of the Grant -- Duration of the Grant -- Host Country Control over Development -- Management Rights Reserved to the Host Country -- Compensation, Cost, and Cost Recovery Issues -- Local Employment, Subcontracting, and Content Requirements -- Sales of Production to State-Owned Oil Companies -- Local Delivery of Production -- Other Important Provisions: Dispute Resolution, Stabilization, Force Majeure, Unitization, and Abandonment -- Additional Resources -- Problems -- Notes -- 14 Compensation, Cost, and Cost Recovery Issues in Modern Development Arrangements -- Licenses and Concessions (Concessionary Systems) -- Government Participation in the License/Concession -- Production Sharing Contracts (the Contractual System) -- Service Contracts -- Additional Resources -- Problem -- Notes -- 15 Participations and Joint Operating Agreements -- Participation Agreements: Bidding Agreements and Farmouts -- Joint Operating Agreements and Highlights of the AIPN Model Form -- Additional Resources -- Notes -- 16 Drilling Contracts and Service Agreements -- Drilling Contracts -- Model Contracts and the Master Service Agreement -- Additional Resources -- Notes -- 17 Environmental Protection Laws.

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