Call for Papers

Upcoming specials in preparation (see page below for contact details of the lead editor(s)):

You can find an overview of previous topics we covered on our special features page here.

OGEL special issue on "Oil Spills, with special emphasis on BP Macondo accident"

The emphasis of this Special issue is on the BP oil spill and its legal, contractual and regulatory elements. In addition, however, we invite submissions of papers and studies covering the wider topic of regulating various elements of oil spills at international and national levels. Papers should be submitted to:


Professor John S. Lowe,
SMU Dedman School of Law
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Professor Owen L. Anderson
University of Oklahoma College of Law.
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See also the Call for papers: OGEL special issue on "Oil Spills, with special emphasis on BP Macondo accident"

OGEL special issue on "Host Government Contracts in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector"

We welcome material relating to all types of host government contracts such as concessions and licenses, risk service contracts or various hybrids and studies examining the differences and developing trends in these different legal, regulatory and/or contractual instruments. Papers should be submitted to:

Steven Otillar

Steven Otillar
Baker & McKenzie LLP.
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OGEL special issue on "Resource Development and Indigenous People"

Oil, Gas, Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) will publish a special issue of its journal in 2010 focusing on the issue of resource development and indigenous people. This will feature articles, case notes, report extracts and other materials relevant to interaction between minerals & petroleum development activity and indigenous people.

The guest editors for this special issue are Kenneth Culotta (King & Spalding) and John Southalan (CEPMLP). Their aim is for the issue to be very much directed to practical, on-the-ground, problems and guidance.

Kenneth Culotta
Kenneth Culotta
Partner
King & Spalding
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kculotta [at] kslaw [dot] com
  John Southalan
John Southalan
Rio Tinto Research/Teaching Fellow
CEPMLP
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Papers other material and suggestions should be sent to Mr John Southalan.

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Atlantic Basin New Energy Geopolitics

The guest editors for this special issue are Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos (University of São Paulo) and Marcelo Romanelli de Oliveira (CEPMLP, University of Dundee). We encourage submission of relevant papers, studies, and brief comments on various aspects of the subject above. Deadline for submission of papers is August 2010.


Prof. dos Santos
University of São Paulo
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Marcelo Romanelli de Oliveira
Deloitte LLP / CEPMLP
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The topics may cover a wide range of issues relating to energy within the Atlantic basin and its Geopolitical Dimensions which may have impact on the economy and political strategy of the region. Submissions may examine issues involving Energy in Latin America and Africa as well as Atlantic Basin related energy trading (North-North; South-North; and South-South)...

See also the Call for papers: OGEL special issue on "Atlantic Basin New Energy Geopolitics"

OGEL special issue on "Carbon Capture and Storage"

The topics may cover a wide range of issues relating to carbon capture and storage ("CCS") such as regulation of onshore and offshore CCS, environmental aspects of CCS and legal regimes for transportation of CO2.

Ian Havercroft

Ian Havercroft
UCL Carbon Capture Legal Programme
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We are also interested in "country reports" summarising the policy approach of that particular country to CCS. Similarly, an overview of possible laws affecting CCS projects in various countries are of interest.

See also the Call for papers: OGEL special issue on "Carbon Capture and Storage"