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OGEL 4 (2004)

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Editorial

Editorial, Volume II, issue #04 - October 2004

T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of Dundee

In the Spotlight

The Libyan Petroleum Industry in the Twenty-First Century: The Upstream, Midstream and Downstream, Handbook

W.A. Otman, University of Aberdeen
M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum Consultants

Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Introduction to OGEL's special CSR edition

C. Batruch, Lundin Petroleum

Oil and Human Rights

G. Chandler (†)

Critical perspectives on Oil and Human Rights

S.S. Thorsen, GLOBAL CSR

CSR in a Globalizing World Economy

J. Dunning, University of Reading

Corporate Responsibility: A New Challenge

G. Rachadell de Delgado, InterJuris Abogados, S.C.
N. Vojvodic, Norton Rose Fulbright

Good Governance, Business and Human Rights in Energy Exporting Developing Countries: a Supreme Challenge for Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Accountability.

A. Dias, Consultant UNDP and Global Faculty, CEPMLP, University of Dundee
B.O.N. Nwete, BP Exploration Operating Company

Social Responsibility of Multinational Oil Companies and the Challenge of Local Communities - Any Prospects for Reconciliation?

O. Arowolo, Akintola Williams Deloitte

Public - Private Partnerships in the Humanitarian Sector: An overview

H. Shishtawy, UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Tackling gaps in the corporate social responsibility agenda: linking good governance, corporate responsibility and corporate accountability

T. Bigg, IIED
H. Ward

CSR and the Oil Industry - a Worm's Eye View

J. O'Reilly

CSR From a Company Perspective: Interview of Caspar Ridley, Head of External Relations and Policy, Shell International Limited

C. Batruch, Lundin Petroleum

Transnational Corporations and the BTC Pipeline Project: Any Hope for Human Rights and Sustainable Development?

B.O.N. Nwete, BP Exploration Operating Company

Corporate Governance Indian Legal Perspective

K. Singhania, Singhania & Company

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Developmental Perspective

A. Singh (†), University of Cambridge

Stuck in the Past - Energy, Environment and Poverty in Serbia and Montenegro

A. Kovacevic

Storm Prevention: Why Companies Should Support the UN

J. Bendell, Independent Consultant

Current Human Rights Issues in the Extractive Industries

A. Ganesan, Human Rights Watch

The Role of International "Soft Law" in Natural Resources and Energy Investment

T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of Dundee

Update on the Global Compact

U.A. Wynhoven, Global Compact Office, United Nations

Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Towards the Integration of Conflict Assessment and Prevention in Extractive Industry Practice

R. Goldwyn, CARE International UK
J. Switzer

Overview of the OGEL-CEPMLP Database of Voluntary Guidelines and Related Primary Soft-Law Materials

A. Kabir

First to Know - Robust Internal Reporting Programs

International Business Leader Forum, www.iblfglobal.org
ISIS Asset Management, www.isisam.com
TRACE, www.traceinternational.org

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: A free online tool for companies

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, www.business-humanrights.org

Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000

Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2004 - Exposure Draft

NGO's Working in the Oil, Gas, and Energy Sector

S. Aminzadeh, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
M.A. Orellana, Human Rights Watch

Taxation

How Chevron, Texaco, and the Indonesian Government Structured Transactions to Avoid Billions in U.S. Income Taxes

J. Gramlich, University of Southern Maine
J.E. Wheeler, University of Michigan Business School

A Reply to the Attorney General's Report on Allegations that ChevronTexaco Defrauded the State of Hawaii of Income Taxes

J. Gramlich, University of Southern Maine
J.E. Wheeler, University of Michigan Business School

Correspondence of Gramlich & Wheeler with ChevronTexaco on the statements and findings made

J. Gramlich, University of Southern Maine
J.E. Wheeler, University of Michigan Business School

Project Financing Using the Forward Oil Curve

L. Bossley, CEAG

Will the Government reverse Venezuela's oil opening? A few tax considerations

C. Fernández Smith, Norton Rose Fulbright
A. Lezcano Huncal, InterJuris Abogados S.C.

Managing a Legal Department

European Law Department Benchmarking Study

Laurence Simons International, www.laurencesimons.com
Hildebrandt, www.hildebrandt.com

Managing the Legal Department - Law Department Benchmarking

R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development

Ofgem's probe into wholesale gas prices - Conclusions and next steps

Ofgem, www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem

Ofgem's probe into wholesale gas prices - Appendices

Ofgem, www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem

Roundup of Articles

The Norwegian Experience of Economic Diversification in Relation to Petroleum Industry

Ø. Noreng, BI Norwegian School of Management

Brazil's 6th bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration and production activities - Results and the Ideological Debate

E.M. dos Santos, University of São Paulo
C. Oliveira Manoel
O. Bentes David

Anatomy of an Oil & Gas Property Transaction

C.N. Spurn, McCarthy Tétrault

Iran's post-revolutionary Legal and Economic System

A.Z. Marossi, Hague Center for Law and Arbitration

China's Energy Security and the Taiwan Factor

J. Nandakumar, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Turkey's Draft Petroleum Law

S. Stern

International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management

The First Energy Charter Treaty Arbitral Award

K. Hobér, 3 Verulam Buildings
T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of Dundee

Arbitration of Transnational Energy Projects - the CPR Rules for Ad Hoc Administration

M.P. Hoyt

Nationality Requirements for Investors in ICSID Arbitration - The Award in Soufraki v. The United Arab Emirates

A.C. Sinclair

ICSID Award in the Matter of an Arbitration between Hussein Nuaman Soufraki, vs. The United Arab Emirates, Case No. ARB/02/7

Ruling in the matter of an Arbitration between B.M Steels Limited vs. Kilembe Mines, Arbitration Cause No. 10/04

Arbitrators and the Judiciary, Standards for Regulatory Takings and the Role of Investment Arbitration: A Discussion on OGEMID

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

International Dispute Resolution Newsletter, October 2004

White & Case, www.whitecase.com

Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law

The Impact Of Dollar Devaluation On The World Oil Industry: Do Exchange Rates Matter?

A.F. Alhajji, Energy Outlook Advisors

Trans-boundary Industrial Integration between Bolivia and Brazil

E.M. dos Santos, University of São Paulo
M.A. Naoum Mazaferro, OLADE
V. Oxilia, University of Sao Paulo

Why Recent Increase in Oil Price Has Not Affected Economic Growth in the Industrial Countries?

A.F. Alhajji, Energy Outlook Advisors

Brief Amicus Curiae of Electrical Engineers, Energy Economists and Physicists in Support of Respondents in No. 00-568

Petroleum Reserve/Resource Classification and Definitions

J. Ross

Pipelines

Legal Issues in Cross-border Oil & Gas Pipelines

M. Dulaney, Johnson Winter & Slattery
R. Merrick, Freehills

Infrastructure

Recommended Practices for Public-Private Collaboration

A.C. Carpenter

Commercial Law

Renegotiation and Adaptation of International Investment Contracts The Role of Contract Drafters and Arbitrators

K.P. Berger, Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL)

Renegotiation and Adaptation Clauses in Investment Contracts, Revisited

J.Y. Gotanda, Villanova University School of Law

International Investment Law

NAFTA Chapter 11 Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Mexico: Legitimacy, Evaluation and the Case for Transparency

S.P. de la Parra, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Joy Mining v. Egypt: no joy for British mining equipment company at the ICSID

N. Gallus

Burgeoning ICSID Decisions

O.E. Garcia-Bolivar, BG Consulting, Inc

Bilateral Investment Agreements: Agents of new global standards for the protection of intellectual property rights?

C.M. Correa, Law Faculty, University of Buenos Aires

NAFTA Chapter Eleven - Waste Management II, Case Comment

A.K. Bjorklund, McGill University - L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration & Int'l Commercial Law

House Hearing Warns Peru, Ecuador on Investment Protections

ICSID Arbitration and Bits Challenged by the Argentine Government and its Supreme Court

C.E. Alfaro, Alfaro-Abogados

Electricity Law and Regulation

Imminent Reconnection of the South East of Europe to the Main UCTE System

Regional Energy and Trade Laws in South Asia

R. Holton, Nexant

India's Electricity Act, 2003 - Implications for Regional Electricity Trade

R. Holton, Nexant

Power market design and industrial consumers in Europe

IFIEC Europe, www.ifieceurope.org

European Electricity: Sustainability and Competitiveness

Eurelectric, www.eurelectric.org

CEER Single Energy Market WG/TF Report

Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), www.ceer.eu

Conclusions Eleventh Meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum Rome, 16-17 September 2004

Eurelectric, www.eurelectric.org

Renewable Energy

The Ongoing Development of UK Wind Power

J.C. LaMaster, Akin Gump

Environment

From a Reluctant Supporter of Bush's Energy Policy

S. Boehmer-Christiansen, University of Hull, Department of Geography

Sakhalin Oil Spill Spreads as Shell's Response Falters

Sakhalin Environment Watch, ecosakh.ru

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Outline of an Emissions Trading Scheme for Japan

F.C. Matthes, Öko-Institut - Institute for Applied Ecology

The potential debut of 'emissions spinning'

L. Bossley, CEAG

EU Energy

European Infrastructure Projects and the Legal Risks Arising From Competition, State Aid, and Related EU Laws

Standards & Poors, www.standardandpoors.com

Conference Papers

Asset Acquisition and Divestiture in Oil and Gas - The Effect of New Entrants (Presentation)

P. Griffin, White & Case LLP
B. Scott, Herbert Smith Freehills

The Role of the Transaction Advisor in Maximizing Asset Value (Presentation)

B. Keating, Randall & Dewey (UK) Ltd

The Practicalities of a Successful Transaction (Presentation)

P.C. Deemer, Vinson & Elkins

Successfully Acquiring Assets in New Geographic Areas (Presentation)

M.E. Arruda, Baker Botts LLP

Evaluating risks during the Acquisition Process (Presentation)

P. Fry, Kairiki Energy

Book Reviews and Related Material

Energy Security. Managing Risk in a Dynamic Legal and Regulatory Environment. Edited by Barry Barton, Catherine Redgwell, Anita Ronne and Donald Zillman

P. Andrews-Speed, Energy Studies Institute of the National University of Singapore