OGEL (Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence)

OGEL - Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal

Thomas Wälde (1949-2008)

Professor T.W. Wälde
CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.
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It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor Thomas Wälde our Editor in Chief and founder of OGEL, on 11 October at his holiday residence in the south of France. Of course, our sincere condolences go first of all to his family, and we wish them strength during this difficult period.

Also see: Editorial Team.

Advance publication

Oct 09: How the World Bank Could Lead the World in Alleviating Climate Change
Oct 09: The Energy Charter Treaty's Investor Protection Provisions: Potential to Foster Solutions to Global Warming and Promote Sustainable Development
Oct 09: Path Dependence and Commission Activism in the Evolution of the European Union's External Energy Policy
Oct 09: Energy Dimension of Pan European Security and its Impact on the European Union
Oct 09: Energy Security. The External Legal Relations of the European Union with Major Oil and Gas Supplying Countries. S. Haghighi (book review)
Sep 08: Who Owns [Will Own] British Petroleum?

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Contribute (Short) Comments & Papers

We are looking for both short comments on recent developments of broad interest and longer academic style papers. We would like, such comments and papers to be backed-up by provision of in-depth notes and articles and primary legal and regulatory materials.

Given OGEL's role as the principal "Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal", we are looking to re-publish quality and relevant studies published elsewhere - and would appreciate help in identifying such studies and, where possible, get the authors' (or other right-holders') consent.

For more information or suggestions, please contact our Editor in Chief, have a look at our submission guidelines and read our Call for Papers section.

Call for contributions

OGEL special issue on Middle East with a focus on buyback contracts
Editor: Diana Bayzakov
OGEL Special Issue on Eurasian Energy
Editors: Zhanibek Saurbek
& Matt Stone
OGEL Special Issue on Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Editors: Dr. M.O. Farooq
& G.I. Malumfashi

See also are previously published specials.

OGEL 2 (2008): Venezuela ...

This OGEL / TDM Special Issue on Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty was prepared by Elisabeth Eljuri, the head of Macleod Dixon's Oil and Gas Department in Caracas, Venezuela. In this Special we have attempted to provide articles on a wide array of topics in the oil and gas as well as the arbitration areas.

Read the Editorial or view the Table of contents.

Recent issues

Authors

Did you know that 1157 authors from all over the world have contributed to OGEL? See our overview of contributing authors for more information.

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Readers

The number of OGEL readers has been increasing from the start; these consist of major international energy companies, governmental organisations, law firms (mainly those with a claim to special competence in international oil, gas and energy regulation), international agencies and academic and think-tank institutions in the field of energy policy. A selection in random order:

You can find a more extensive overview here.

Journal of World Energy Law (JWELB)
The Journal of World Energy Law is the official journal of the AIPN started in 2008. It is a peer-reviewed journal of record providing objective coverage of relevant issues. It provides high-quality articles that combine academic excellence with professional relevance and will benefit from the expertise of a Board of internationally respected academic, lawyers and other energy professionals. The Journal publishes articles on legal, business and policy issues in the international energy industry. This includes upstream oil and gas transactions, finance, taxation, regulation, dispute management, alternative energy resources, energy policy and security and international energy organizations.

Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
(CEPMLP, University of Dundee)
The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee is the internationally renowned graduate school in the field of international business transactions and natural resources and energy law and policy.

The interdisciplinary approach to teaching, research and consultancy provides a unique perspective on how governments, business and communities operate, providing the professionals of today with the ability to meet the challenges of tomorrow.