Challenges of Nord Stream: Streamlining International Legal Frameworks and Regimes for Submarine Pipelines
Article from: OGEL 3 (2011), in Pipelines
Introduction
Global energy security, including its most important aspect i.e. international trade in energy products, is increasingly dependent upon transportation of oil and gas through pipelines that traverse inter-State boundaries, so-called cross- border or transboundary pipelines. Transportation, including transit, is fundamental in securing an unimpeded access of the oil and gas resources of the petroleum producing countries to international markets. In terms of technology and possible environmental impacts, pipelines have proved to be a relatively secure, safe and reliable form of ...