OGEL 2 (2005)
Windpower
Editorial
Roundup of Articles
Overview of Russian Oil and Gas Legislation
M. Polonsky, White & Case LLCJ.A. Josefson, King & Spalding
S.A. Stepanov, Baker Botts LLP
Offshore boundary dispute Japan - China and oil implications
J. RossWhat are the Mechanisms for Resolving Disputes Between Countries With Transboundary Resources? - a Closer Examination
J. Ejegi, CEPMLPBolivia's Lower House Approves "Renewed" Hydrocarbons Bill
G. Bilder, Alstom Power SystemsBOLIVIA: A bastard Hydrocarbons Law has been born
G. Bilder, Alstom Power SystemsNew hydrocarbons law of Bolivia (May 12th 2005)
Our Energy Partner - China
D.R. Langenkamp, ConsultantNigeria 2005 licensing round for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Blocks
Iranian Sanctions Amended to Allow Broker-Dealers to Engage in Transactions Previously Permitted Only to U.S. Depository Institutions
Sullivan & Cromwell llp, www.sullcrom.comNew Exploration Plan in Congress (Argentina)
Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Venezuela
M. Kielmas, Journalist & ConsultantEx-Soviet Oil Exports: Constraints, Outlook and Global Impact
E.M. Khartukov, MGIMO MFAE. Starostina, PetroFinance Consultancy (PFG)
The impact of dualism on the GCC private sector
A.F. Alhajji, www.anasalhajji.comEnergy Politics, Spring Edition 2005
Energy PoliticsEnvironment
Kyoto Protocol Offers Investment Opportunities in Developing Countries
UNCTAD, www.unctad.orgIn the Spotlight
New OGEL publications: "Nigerian Oil and Gas Law" & "the Libyan Petroleum Industry in the Twenty First Century"
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
International Companies and Post-conflict Reconstruction - Cross Sectoral Comparisons
J. Bray, Control Risks GroupIndigenous Peoples Policy (Bank Procedures - The World Bank Operational Manual)
World Bank Group, www.worldbank.orgIndigenous Peoples Policy (Operational Policies - The World Bank Operational Manual)
World Bank Group, www.worldbank.orgWhat laws are companies currently bound to? What changes have been proposed and what are the likely developments?
M. Mendelson QC, Blackstone ChambersCorporate Responsibility 2005, Tackling Global Challenges - Conference Summary
F. Calder, Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI)Taxation
Petroleum Taxation in Libya
B.E. Leerberg, Simonsen Advokatfirma DAC.E. McLure, Hoover Institution (Stanford University)
P. Winfrow
Managing Decline Getting the North Sea Fiscal Regime Right
C. Nakhle, Crystol EnergyBalancing Political risks of Investing in local communities with fiscal solutions
J. Ejegi, CEPMLPThe Relationship Between Upstream Petroleum Agreements & Exploration and Production Costs
A.A.E. Al-Attar, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Houston)O. Alomair, Kuwait University, Petroleum Engineering Department
Can states unilaterally impose additional royalties?
T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of DundeeManaging a Legal Department
Managing the Legal Department: The Law Firm-Law Department Relationship
R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plcProduction Sharing Contracts
Russian PSAs - Quo Vadis?
K. Hobér, 3 Verulam BuildingsThe Energy Charter Treaty
The Gate to Arbitration - The Yukos Case and the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty in the Russian Federation
U.G. Klaus, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC)Arbitration Under the ECT and Other Investment Protection Treaties: Parallel Arbitration Tribunals and Awards
B. M. Cremades, B. Cremades & AsociadosCases & Commentaries
Correlations: Investment Dispute Arbitration and Investment Insurance
Plama Consortium Limited v. Republic of Bulgaria (ARB/03/24) - The most-favoured-nation clause issue
C. Crépet Daigremont, l'Université Paris 2 Panthéon-AssasPlama v. Bulgaria and the scope of investment treaty MFN clauses
N. GallusRepublic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration & Petroleum Company, [2005] EWHC 774 (Comm) - A case comment
D. Krishan, LawyerRepublic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration & Petroleum Company, [2005] EWHC 774 (Comm) - Judgement
Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Introduction
Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Appellate Division Judgment
Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Singapore Order of Court
Memorandum of Determinations, Expropriation Claim of Bank of America, as Trustee India - Contract of Insurance No. F041
Memorandum of Determinations, Expropriation Claim of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (formerly Cal Energy Company, Inc.), Contracts of Insurance Nos E374, E453, E527, and E759
Political Risk Insurance and Investment Arbitration
M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.comGas Natural SDG S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/10)
Oil Spills
A New Framework for Managing Oil Discharges in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
S.M. Goldberg, Herbert Smith FreehillsNational and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
The Growing Impact of EC Competition Law on Gas Sale and Transportation Agreements
J.A. Rodriguez, Sullivan & CromwellEU to punish restrictive business practices - An EU competition law perspective on destination clauses in LNG contracts
L. Guttuso, TC Beirne School of Law, University of QueenslandJ. Scott
S. Murray, Herbert Smith Freehills
Integrated Natural Gas-Electricity Resource Adequacy Planning in Latin America
L.A. Barroso, Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE)T.J. Hammons (†)
H. Rudnick, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
What are the Implication of Transition from Take or Pay to Liberalisation: the Case of Infant Gas Markets
J. Ejegi, CEPMLPLibyan Gas Industry
W.A. Otman, University of AberdeenPipelines
Pipeline Supply into Europe, Untangling the Legal and Contract Intricacies - A Contractor's Point of View (Presentation)
P. Galizzi, EniThe changing nature of the "Caspian Oil Game" as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan line comes on stream
M. Ögütçü, Global Resources PartnershipGeopolitics of Energy
Turkey and the Geopolitics of Turkmenistan's Natural Gas
R.M. Cutler, Carleton University (Canada)Background paper for the 4th Annual Conference on the Geopolitics of Energy (July 7-8, Florence)
G. Luciani, The Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies, European University InstituteRussian Disputes
Expert Opinion on International Law Issues, Professor Alan Vaughan Lowe, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11
V. Lowe, All Souls College, University of OxfordInternational Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management
Transnational Dispute Management - Volume 2, issue #03, published June 2005
Context & Culture
Enhancing partnership between Mamlakat al Bahrayn and Turkey
M. Ögütçü, Global Resources PartnershipInfrastructure
Access to offshore infrastructure - is the Code or competition law the answer?
J. Aldersey-Williams, CMS Cameron McKennaPrivatising Development; Transnational Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights
M.B. Likosky, 32 AdvisorsWindpower
The Editor's View
C.A. Smoots, Pierce Atwood LLPWind Farm Strategy: The Status of Noise & Wind Easements in Australia
M. CornilsenK. Randazzo
The Development Process for Wind Farms in South Australia
A.S. Wawryk, University of AdelaidePlanning for Wind Energy: Controversy Over Wind Farms in Coastal Victoria
A.S. Wawryk, University of AdelaideThe World's Largest Wind Energy Facility in Nantucket Sound? Deficiencies in the Current Regulatory Process for Offshore Wind Energy Development
J.A. MacLean, Perkins Coie LLPG.R. Martin, Perkins Coie LLP
US Legislative Incentives for Wind-Generated Electricity: State and Local Statutes
E.E. Smith, University of Texas School of LawWind Power and Reality
D.R. Langenkamp, ConsultantWind Power Outlook 2005: Burgeoning Wind Energy Market Generates New Investment, Jobs
R. SwisherThe Business Case for Wind: Executives and Regulators Find Wind Energy Provides Insurance Against Cost Uncertainty, Risks, and Liabilities
R.L. LehrRegulating Offshore Wind Power and Aquaculture: Messages From Land and Sea
F. Firestone, University of DelawareW. Kempton, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
A. Krueger, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
C.E. Loper
Present Law and Background Relating to Tax Credits for Electricity Production from Renewable Sources
Offshore Wind - Implementing a new Power House for Europe
Greenpeace, www.greenpeace.orgWind Energy: Turkey has adopted Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy
S. SternWind Energy in a Danish Perspective
J.E. Svensson, Gorrissen Federspiel KierkegaardLong-Term Development of Wind Energy
C.F. Zimmermann, Nexant Inc23rd Seaward Oil & Gas Licensing Round and Offshore Wind Farms
T.M. Pitt, CMS Cameron McKenna LLPFrench Parliament Approves the 'Loi de Programme Fixant les Orientations de la Politique Energetique' on 23 June 2005 Containing New Rules Concerning Windpower
R. Meese, Avocat à la Cour de ParisWind Energy Policy, Planning and Management Practice in the UK: Hot Air or a Gathering Storm?
D. Lal, Aberdeen Business SchoolP.A. Strachan, Aberdeen Business School
APEX Body of Wind Turbine Manufacturers a Catalyst for Growth & Development of Wind Power in India
IWTMA, www.indianwindpower.comThe Emerging governance framework for Wind Energy - An Introduction
A. KabirElectricity Law and Regulation
Argentina: Judicial Change of Rules in Public Utilities' Liability
P.M. Lorenti, Independent legal practitionerNigerian Power Sector Reform: Why Distribution Requires a Clear Strategy
O. Arowolo, Akintola Williams DeloitteCompetition: Commission opens sector inquiry into Gas and Electricity
Sector inquiry pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation 1/2003 EC in the European electricity and gas markets (Communication)
Commission Decision initiating an inquiry into the gas and electricity sectors pursuant to Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions Concerning a Preliminary Draft Decision Relating to an Investigation Into a Sector of the Economy Pursuant to Council Regulation (Ec) N° 1/2003 of 16 December 2002
Climate Change
Better than a hybrid
P. KurowskiRenewable Energy
Post-Hearing Submission to the International Trade Commission: World Trade Law and Renewable Energy: The Case of Non-Tariff Measures
R. Howse, University of MichiganRenewable Energy and International Law Project, www.reeep.org
Export Finance and Sustainable Development: Do Export Credit Subsidy Rules Require Revision?
P.C. EvansClimate Change and Russia's Energy Futures
E.S. Burger, Esq., Washington College of LawM. Greenfield, IWPR (US)