OGEL 4 (2006)
Pipelines
Editorial
Global Oil Markets: A Strategic Interpretation
- The Oil Market and Economics 101 Anas F. Alhajji, NGP Energy Capital Management
Taxation
- BOLIVIA: "Transitorily" Hikes Hydrocarbons Royalties to 82% G. Bilder, Alstom Power Systems
- Taxation As Expropriation: Some Observations on EnCana v. Ecuador E. Triantafilou, White & Case LLP
- Do High Oil Prices Justify an Increase in Taxation in a Mature Oil Province? The Case of the UKCS (Presentation) C. Nakhle, Surrey Energy Economics Centre
- What Are the Implications of Using Lease Financing as a Creative Means of IPP Project Finance in Islamic and Developing Countries? A.O. Okolo, Dril-Quip Europe Ltd.
- What Are the Implications of Using Tax Credits and Allowances for CO2 Sequestration in Marginal Fields? A.O. Okolo, Dril-Quip Europe Ltd.
- Libya: Petroleum Taxation Risk for IOCs W.A. Otman, University of Aberdeen
Production Sharing Contracts
- Adaptation of Petroleum Contract by Third Party: An Overview A. Al Faruque, Department of Law, University of Chittagong
- What Is the Role of Overhead Cost Recovery in Production Sharing Contracts? G. Nurakhmet, White & Case LLP
- What Are the Strategies for Negotiating Joint Ventures in Developing Countries? A.O. Okolo, Dril-Quip Europe Ltd.
Roundup of Articles
- Federalism: Onshore and Offshore Public Lands in the United States O.L. Anderson, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Valuation of Undeveloped Oil Reserves with Option Pricing Model B. Lubiantara, OPEC
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A Reference Paper on Energy Services: The Best Way Forward?
P. Poretti, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
R. Rios-Herran
- The Foreign Investment Potential of the New Saudi Mining Regime: Making Mining a "Third Pillar" of the Saudi Economy H. Bin - Dehaish, CEPMLP
- Energy Politics, Spring 2006 Energy Politics
- Energy Politics, Winter 2006 Energy Politics
Human Rights
- Human Rights, Trade and Investment Matters Amnesty International, www.amnesty.org
The Energy Charter Treaty
- Making the Energy Charter Treaty Too Investor Friendly: Plama Consortium Limited v. the Republic of Bulgaria J. Chalker, Sustainable Development Legal Assistance (SDLA)
- The Energy Charter Treaty Affords Investor Protections and Right to Arbitration E. Sussman, SussmanADR
Africa
- Tackling Insecurity in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region: The Devil's Alternative N.E. Ojukwu-Ogba, Faculty of Law, University of Benin
Liquefied Natural Gas
- Liquefied Natural Gas Import Terminals: Jurisdiction over Siting, Construction, and Operation in the Context of Commerce Clause Jurisprudence M.M. Berry, Schiff Hardin LLP
National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
- Russian - Ukrainian Gas Dispute: Prices, Pricing and ECT A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ru
- Institutional Weaknesses of Intra-FSU Gas Trade A.V. Belyi, Higher School of Economics
- Breaking with the past A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ru
- Natural Gas Storage & Third Party Access as a specific example of the Essential Facilities Doctrine H. Matthiesen, www.henning-matthiesen.de
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Unrealised Potential in the Saudi Gas Industry: Fiscal and Economic Considerations
W.A. Otman, University of Aberdeen
H. Bin - Dehaish, CEPMLP
- Gas Flaring and Venting: What can Kazakhstan Learn from the Norway Experience? G. Nurakhmet, White & Case LLP
- The European Gas Market: Eurogas Views on the Way Forward Eurogas, www.eurogas.org
Geopolitics of Energy
- An Economist Looks at Recent Energy Policy Statements J. Gault, John Gault SA
Russian Disputes
- The Notion of Investor: Comment of Sedelmayer v. Russia, Generation Ukraine, Inc. v. Ukraine, Tokios Tokelés v. Ukraine, Plama Consortium Limited v. Bulgarie and Petrobart Limited v. Kirghizstan. W. Ben Hamida, University of Evry Val d'Essonne & Sciences Po, Paris (France)
- Arbitration Without Privity and Russian Oil: the Yukos Case Before the Houston Court M.M. Winkler, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
- Yukos: La Corte di Houston Rifiuta di Trattare Il Caso M.M. Winkler, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
- The Yukos Affair and Russian President Putin's "Dictatorship of Law": Potential Implications for the Business and Legal Communities E.S. Burger, Esq., University of Wollongong
International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management
- Enforcement of $495 Million Award Against Non-Signatory Sovereign E.M. Serran, White & Case LLP
- Alex Genin, Eastern Credit Ltd., and AS Baltoil v the Republic of Estonia - Declaration of Professor Andreas F. Lowenfeld A.F. Lowenfeld, New York University Law School
Security of Energy Supply
- EU's International Energy Security Policy since the End of the Cold War: Origins and Development S. Mayer, Collaborative Research Center "Transformations of the State", University of Bremen
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From Venice to St. Petersburg
D.A.R. Howell, House of Lords, UK
C. Nakhle, Surrey Energy Economics Centre
Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
- The Traditional Petroleum-based Economy's Eventful Future: Of Peak Oil, Big Oil, Chinese Oil, Flags and Open Doors J. Lang Weaver, University of Houston, Law Center Faculty
Pipelines
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International Experiences in Regulating Distribution Gas Pipelines: Argentina, Colombia, Peru and the European Union
H.K. de Medeiros Costa, University of São Paulo
E.M. dos Santos, University of São Paulo
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Socio-Environmental Impacts Generated By the Construction of Transportation Gas Pipelines in Sensitive Tropical Areas - Proposals Aiming At a Less Impacting South-American Energy Integration
R. Martínez Acebrón, University of São Paulo
J. Gonçalves Ferreira, University of São Paulo
H.K. de Medeiros Costa, University of São Paulo
E.M. dos Santos, University of São Paulo
- Gas Pipelines Environmental Licensing: the Need for Legal Procedures in Brazil I.M. Kukurin, University of São Paulo
- Comments on the Proposed Drafts for a Brazilian Natural Gas Transportation Law M. D´Assunção Costa
- International Energy Contracts and Cross-Border Pipeline Projects: Stabilization, Renegotiation and Economic Balancing in Changed Circumstances - Some Recent Trends A.F.M. Maniruzzaman, University of Portsmouth
- What Governments Need to Know About Cross-Border Gas Projects R.L. Pritchard, ResourcesLaw International
- Cross-border Submarine Pipelines - Controlling your Challanges B.E. Leerberg, Simonsen Advokatfirma DA
- Cross-Border Oil and Gas Pipelines: Problems and Prospects P.J. Stevens, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP)
- Pipelines in Geopolitics and in International Relations L. Simonet, Ministry of Defence, Department of Legal Affairs (France)
- The Changes in Russian Energy Policy and the Natural Gas Pipelines D.A. Bochkarev, EastWest Institute, Global Security Program
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The Introduction of Regulation 1775/05 on Third Party Access to Gas Pipelines in the European Union
S.M. Goldberg, Herbert Smith
S. Gyaltsen, Herbert Smith LLP
- Pipelines and Tax Treaties K. Olsen, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP)
- The Trans-Asean Gas Pipeline: Legal and Contractual Issues Challenging the Realisation of the Project A. Nasir, OPEC
- The Trans-Alaska, Trans-Canada Natural Gas Pipeline: How Price Expectations will determine its feasibility D.B. Reynolds, University of Alaska
- Pipelines: their safety and significance J. Tiratsoo, Global Pipeline Monthly
- External Monitoring of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project - a Lessons of Experience publication International Finance Corporation (IFC), www.ifc.org
- Peru: Camisea Natural Gas Project: Independent Assessment of the Environmental and Social Priorities R. Goodland
- The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Transit Pipeline: Can the Benefits Outweigh the Problems? B.O.N. Nwete, BP Exploration Operating Company
- The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: School of Modernity S.F. Starr, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program
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Geostrategic Implications of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
S.E. Cornell, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program
M. Tsereteli, American University
V. Socor, Jamestown Foundation
- The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project - a Lessons of Experience publication International Finance Corporation (IFC), www.ifc.org
- Energy Charter - Contribution to OGEL Pipeline Special Issue Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Model Agreements on Cross-Border Pipelines Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Transparency on Conditions for Transit Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Azerbaijan: In-Depth Report on Investment Climate and Market Structure in the Energy Sector Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Uzbekistan: Investment Climate and Market Structure in the Energy Sector Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Long-term Energy Sale Contracts and Market Liberalisation in New EU Member States - Are They Compatible? G. Coop, Energy Charter
- Emerging Transcontinental Energy Routes in Asia: Investment Risks and Frameworks B. Nitzov, The Atlantic Council of the United States
- Camisea Natural Gas Project, Peru A&A Energy Security Briefing
- India-Myanmar Gas Pipeline A&A Energy Security Briefing
- The Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline A&A Energy Security Briefing
- The Kazakhstan-China Pipeline A&A Energy Security Briefing
- The Nabucco Pipeline Project A&A Energy Security Briefing
- The Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline A&A Energy Security Briefing
- The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline / Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline (TAP) A&A Energy Security Briefing
- An overview of oil/gas pipelines web-sites Z. Saurbek, KazMunayGas
International Law & Regulations / Law of the Sea
- Public Trusteeship for the Oceans P.H. Sand, Faculty of Law, University of Munich
Electricity Law and Regulation
- Effects of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 on Acquisition and Ownership of Electric Power Assets J.S. Burk
- A selection of relevant news related to (Italian) Energy, Environment and Utilities by L. De Angelis - Macchi di Cellere Gangemi law firm L. De Angelis, Macchi di Cellere Gangemi
Nuclear Law
- Uranium: The Commodity that Won't Come Down D.C. Johnson
Emission Trading
- The Clean Green Market Scene: Next Stop Retail Emissions L. Bossley, CEAG
- Carbon Trading and Energy Efficiency Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
- Energy Efficiency and Emissions Trading Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
Climate Change
- Climate Conflicts: Extricating post-Kyoto Debates in Science and Policy S.H. Ali, University of Vermont
- New York Addresses Climate Change With the First Mandatory U.S. Greenhouse Gas Program E. Sussman, SussmanADR
- Comments on the Stern Review M. Kielmas, Journalist & Consultant
Renewable Energy
- Integration of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Policies Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
Environment
- The New Environmental Code. A Debated Piece of Legislation L. De Angelis, Macchi di Cellere Gangemi
- Investing in Energy Efficiency - Removing the Barriers Energy Charter, www.encharter.org
EU Energy
- Public-Private Partnership: Public Service Concessions under EC Law K. Talus, UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia (UCL SERAus)
Book Reviews and Related Material
- US Foreign Oil Policy since World War I - For Profits and Security, Stephen Randall (book review) T.W. Wälde, CEPMLP, University of Dundee
- Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation (book review) J. Ross, Ross Petroleum Limited
- Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East, Valérie Marcel (book review) A.B. Seck, Shell Exploration & Production Company