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OGEL 2 (2005)

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Windpower

Editorial

Editorial, Volume III, issue #02 - June 2005

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

Roundup of Articles

Overview of Russian Oil and Gas Legislation

M. Polonsky, White & Case LLC
J.A. Josefson, King & Spalding
S.A. Stepanov, Baker Botts LLP

Offshore boundary dispute Japan - China and oil implications

J. Ross

What are the Mechanisms for Resolving Disputes Between Countries With Transboundary Resources? - a Closer Examination

J. Ejegi, CEPMLP

Bolivia's Lower House Approves "Renewed" Hydrocarbons Bill

G. Bilder, Alstom Power Systems

BOLIVIA: A bastard Hydrocarbons Law has been born

G. Bilder, Alstom Power Systems

New hydrocarbons law of Bolivia (May 12th 2005)

Our Energy Partner - China

D.R. Langenkamp, Consultant

Nigeria 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.com

New Exploration Plan in Congress (Argentina)

Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law

Venezuela

M. Kielmas, Journalist & Consultant

Ex-Soviet Oil Exports: Constraints, Outlook and Global Impact

E.M. Khartukov, MGIMO MFA
E. Starostina, PetroFinance Consultancy (PFG)

The impact of dualism on the GCC private sector

A.F. Alhajji, www.anasalhajji.com

Energy Politics, Spring Edition 2005

Energy Politics

Environment

Kyoto Protocol Offers Investment Opportunities in Developing Countries

UNCTAD, www.unctad.org

In 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 Group

Indigenous Peoples Policy (Bank Procedures - The World Bank Operational Manual)

World Bank Group, www.worldbank.org

Indigenous Peoples Policy (Operational Policies - The World Bank Operational Manual)

World Bank Group, www.worldbank.org

What laws are companies currently bound to? What changes have been proposed and what are the likely developments?

M. Mendelson QC, Blackstone Chambers

Corporate Responsibility 2005, Tackling Global Challenges - Conference Summary

F. Calder, Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI)

Taxation

Petroleum Taxation in Libya

B.E. Leerberg, Simonsen Advokatfirma DA
C.E. McLure, Hoover Institution (Stanford University)
P. Winfrow

Managing Decline Getting the North Sea Fiscal Regime Right

C. Nakhle, Crystol Energy

Balancing Political risks of Investing in local communities with fiscal solutions

J. Ejegi, CEPMLP

The 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 Dundee

Managing a Legal Department

Managing the Legal Department: The Law Firm-Law Department Relationship

R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

Production Sharing Contracts

Russian PSAs - Quo Vadis?

K. Hobér, 3 Verulam Buildings

The 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 & Asociados

Cases & 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-Assas

Plama v. Bulgaria and the scope of investment treaty MFN clauses

N. Gallus

Republic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration & Petroleum Company, [2005] EWHC 774 (Comm) - A case comment

D. Krishan, Lawyer

Republic 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.com

Gas 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 Freehills

National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development

The Growing Impact of EC Competition Law on Gas Sale and Transportation Agreements

J.A. Rodriguez, Sullivan & Cromwell

EU 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 Queensland
J. 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, CEPMLP

Libyan Gas Industry

W.A. Otman, University of Aberdeen

Pipelines

Pipeline Supply into Europe, Untangling the Legal and Contract Intricacies - A Contractor's Point of View (Presentation)

P. Galizzi, Eni

The changing nature of the "Caspian Oil Game" as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan line comes on stream

M. Ögütçü, Global Resources Partnership

Geopolitics 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 Institute

Russian 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 Oxford

International 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 Partnership

Infrastructure

Access to offshore infrastructure - is the Code or competition law the answer?

J. Aldersey-Williams, CMS Cameron McKenna

Privatising Development; Transnational Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights

M.B. Likosky, 32 Advisors

Windpower

The Editor's View

C.A. Smoots, Pierce Atwood LLP

Wind Farm Strategy: The Status of Noise & Wind Easements in Australia

M. Cornilsen
K. Randazzo

The Development Process for Wind Farms in South Australia

A.S. Wawryk, University of Adelaide

Planning for Wind Energy: Controversy Over Wind Farms in Coastal Victoria

A.S. Wawryk, University of Adelaide

The 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 LLP
G.R. Martin, Perkins Coie LLP

US Legislative Incentives for Wind-Generated Electricity: State and Local Statutes

E.E. Smith, University of Texas School of Law

Wind Power and Reality

D.R. Langenkamp, Consultant

Wind Power Outlook 2005: Burgeoning Wind Energy Market Generates New Investment, Jobs

R. Swisher

The Business Case for Wind: Executives and Regulators Find Wind Energy Provides Insurance Against Cost Uncertainty, Risks, and Liabilities

R.L. Lehr

Regulating Offshore Wind Power and Aquaculture: Messages From Land and Sea

F. Firestone, University of Delaware
W. 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.org

Wind Energy: Turkey has adopted Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy

S. Stern

Wind Energy in a Danish Perspective

J.E. Svensson, Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard

Long-Term Development of Wind Energy

C.F. Zimmermann, Nexant Inc

23rd Seaward Oil & Gas Licensing Round and Offshore Wind Farms

T.M. Pitt, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

French 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 Paris

Wind Energy Policy, Planning and Management Practice in the UK: Hot Air or a Gathering Storm?

D. Lal, Aberdeen Business School
P.A. Strachan, Aberdeen Business School

APEX Body of Wind Turbine Manufacturers a Catalyst for Growth & Development of Wind Power in India

IWTMA, www.indianwindpower.com

The Emerging governance framework for Wind Energy - An Introduction

A. Kabir

Electricity Law and Regulation

Argentina: Judicial Change of Rules in Public Utilities' Liability

P.M. Lorenti, Independent legal practitioner

Nigerian Power Sector Reform: Why Distribution Requires a Clear Strategy

O. Arowolo, Akintola Williams Deloitte

Competition: 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. Kurowski

Renewable 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 Michigan
Renewable Energy and International Law Project, www.reeep.org

Export Finance and Sustainable Development: Do Export Credit Subsidy Rules Require Revision?

P.C. Evans

Climate Change and Russia's Energy Futures

E.S. Burger, Esq., Washington College of Law
M. Greenfield, IWPR (US)

Disputes Arising Under the Kyoto Protocol's "Flexibility Mechanisms"

C. Brown, University of Sydney / Essex Court Chambers

Climate Change and Emissions Trading: What Every Business Needs to Know

L. Bossley, CEAG

Contract Management, International Petroleum Contracts

Identifying Best Practice Techniques for Risk Mitigation and Management for European Oil & Gas Companies; the Challenges and Threats Faced

E. Sandrin

Professional News

Conferences, Seminars & Exhibitions

Bibliography

JENRL - May 2005 Vol 23 No 2

Russian / CIS Energy & Mining Law Journal, issue 2, 2005

Useful websites

Windpower Associations

Book Reviews and Related Material

Trade and Energy - Investment in the Gas and Electricity Sectors

L. Albath

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, a book review

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