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OGEL 2 (2003)

Dispute Management in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industries

Editorial

OGEL 2: regular features of Intelligence, Insights, Comments, News - with a special focus on Oil-Gas-Energy Dispute Management

In the Spotlight

Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution in Oil, Gas and Energy Transactions: Superior to Arbitration/Litigation from a Commercial and Management Perspective

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

Western Arrogance and Polish Resistance to these Strategies - A Cause of Severe Communication Problems in Intercultural Business Negotiations

D. Flader, Free University of Berlin

Comment

E. Tout
S. Nappert, 3 Verulam Buildings

Comment

F. Sellner

Comment

C.F. Zimmermann, Nexant Inc

Comment

Comment

S. Zaiwalla, Zaiwalla & Co LLP

Mediation - time to discuss the non-legal elements

R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

WIPO Mediation Rules

WIPO Mediation Guide

UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules

Rules of the Mediation Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) Optional Conciliation Rules

London Court of International Arbitration Mediation Procedure

International Chamber of Commerce ADR Rules 2001

Hong Kong Arbitration Centre Mediation Rules

Rules of Mediation and Conciliation of the Tunis Centre for Conciliation and Mediation

New Rules of the Brussels Business Mediation Center

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOCIC) Conciliation Rules 2000

CAMCA (Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre for the Americas) Mediation and Arbitration Rules

The Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), Mediation and ADR Center Settlement of Trade and Investment Disputes

Governance Issues

Domestic Taxation of Energy Products and Multilateral Trade Rules: Is this a case of Unlawful Trade Discrimination?

S. Zarrilli, UNCTAD

Corporate Governance in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industries: Key Perspectives and Major Issues

J.L. Gunderson, National Association of Corporate Directors

Managing a Legal Department

Legal Department Management: 'Managing' or 'Just Getting By'?

R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

Production Sharing Contracts

Comment, A Note on Iraqi oil contracts from 1908 to 1931

M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum Consultants

OGEL Profiles

International Organisations in the Energy Sector, OPEC

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

The Coming Energy Crisis? Keep current on the Oil and Gas industry.

A.F. Alhajji, Energy Outlook Advisors
J.L. Williams, WTRG Economics

Comment

J.P. Perez Castillo

Comment, OPEC - It's time to say good-bye...

O. Nwasike, Chester Mead Associates

Comment

A.F. Alhajji, Energy Outlook Advisors

Note on OPEC-Energy Charter Meeting: Energy Charter Secretariat Press Release, Brussels, 2 December 2002: Dialogue to develop between OPEC and the Energy Charter

R. Kemper

OPEC, Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Treaty's ties with OPEC essential for long-term energy security

R. Kemper

OPEC Fact-Sheet

Comment, Royal Institute of International Affairs - Briefing Paper No 5, December 2002: The Future of Oil in Iraq: Scenarios and Implications

V. Marcel, Independent consultant & Associate Fellow at Chatham House

Cases & Commentaries

ICSID 'Annulment Committee'

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

Wena Hotels v Egypt

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

Read and commented for OGEL by Thomas Wälde

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

Oil Spills

EU Commission Proposal for anti-oil pollution measures and a regulation for an Oil Pollution Fund

Digests for Official Reports & Cases

EU Commission Communication: Legislative Package for the security of supply of natural gas and petroleum products

EU Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: The Internal Market in Energy: Coordinated Measures on the Security of Supply

EU Commission Communication: Regulatory package for the improvement of oil transportation safety in response to the Prestige Accident

EU Commission Staff Working Paper: Commission Staff Working Paper: Inventory of public aid granted to different energy sources

Document: Commission Staff Working Paper 'Inventory of public aid granted to different energy sources' SEC (2002)1275 of 22/11/2002

EU Commission Proposal for Promoting Double-Hull Oil Tankers

EU Commission Working Paper on Inventory of State Aids in Energy

EU Commission Proposal for a Directive for Security of Supply of Petroleum Products

EU Commission proposal for a Directive for Security of Supply of Natural Gas

EU Commission Proposal for a Directive concerning seaborne trade (including oil and gas)

EU Blacklist concerning unsafe ships (including oil tankers)

Decommissioning

Offshore Decommissioning - A Comment

M. Adedayo Ayoade, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos

Roundup of Articles

China's Energy Security: Geopolitical Implications for Asia and Beyond

M. Ögütçü, Global Resources Partnership

The Caspian Sea: Oil and Gas Export Options

G. Bahgat, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Russian-Kazakh Agreement on Caspian Opens Opportunities for Investors

S. Grachev, RusEnergy

The Iranian buy-back Agreement

M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum Consultants

Caspian Energy and Legal Disputes: Prospects for Settlement

M. Ögütçü, Global Resources Partnership

Finding Room for the Law in a War Debate: Belligerent Occupation and Iraqi oil

D.R. Langenkamp, Consultant

Kuwait will not Benefit from Foreign Investment in the Northern Fields Even if an Agreement with Iraq is Reached

A.F. Alhajji, Energy Outlook Advisors

Comment from a senior counsel in an International Agency on the status of Iraqi oil contracts

Impact of ILSA on Iran (US Sanctions)

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

Joint US-Algerian Declaration - Foundation of US-Iran Claims Tribunal

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

Impact of US Sanctions on Iran

S.A. Alavi

Legal Aspects of the Cooperation between Russian and European Companies in the Civil Nuclear Sector

H. Schroth, Beiten Burkhart Goerdel

Russia re-states its Commitment to the Energy Charter Energy Charter Secretariat News item, February 2003

World Bank: Management of Petroleum Revenues

Managing Risk and Building Trust: The Challenge of implementing the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

B. Freeman, Sustainable Investment Strategies

Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Oil and Human Rights

A. Dias, Consultant UNDP and Global Faculty, CEPMLP, University of Dundee

Energy Charter Treaty: Counter-acting through Inaction

A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ru

Why a state party to both the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the WTO Agreements (WTO) would choose one or the other set of rules in a dispute with another fellow ECT and WTO contracting party

P.M. Laffont, International Energy Agency

Maritime Boundary Delimitation and Trans-boundary resource deposits: The International Court of Justice decision in Cameroon v Nigeria lending clarity or compromise?

A. Okoye, Canterbury Christ Church University

Methods for Settling Boundary Disputes: Escaping from the Fetters of Zero-Sum Outcomes

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

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company at a Crossroads: an Analysis of the Challenges of Funding, Commercialisation and Autonomy

A.A. Akinrele, Akinrele & Co

Work Obligations in Production-Sharing, Concession, Service and Related Oil and Gas Development Agreements

M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum Consultants

New Hydrocarbons Policy in Peru

J. Gastelumendi, ESTUDIO GRAU

Investment Opportunity in India's Upstream Oil and Gas Sector

K. Singhania, Singhania & Company

Privately Owned Petroleum Rights in Trinidad and Tobago

I.N. Rampaul, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries

Venezuela's Dual Hydrocarbons Regime

E. Eljuri, Sierra Oil
M. d'Empaire, Despacho de Abogados miembros de Macleod Dixon, S.C.

Renegotiation and Contract Adaptation in the International Investment Projects: Applicable Legal Principles and Industry Practices

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

Comment, Debate between Professors Mark Kantor and Robert Howse

Comment by NGO Press Officer

Use of Mediation for Investment Disputes

N.D. Rubins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Restrictions on Submissions of Amicus Briefs to NAFTA investment Arbitral Tribunals

T. Weiler, treatylaw.com

ADR - a useful tool in legal risk management

K. Mackie, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

Managing Relations between Project Parties: Balancing conflicting interests from Concession to Decomissioning

R. Shoylekov, Wolseley plc

Arbitration under the Islamic Sharia

Z. Al-Qurashi, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah

Arbitration and Pricing Mechanisms in International Gas Sale Contracts

L. Gouiffès, Lovells LLP
G. Coop, Law practice

Litigation Expense Insurance

O.C. Prior, Willis Limited

Arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes

A. Cohen Smutny, White & Case LLP

International Law Association Committee on International Commercial Arbitration: Final Report on Public Policy as a Bar to Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards

Public Policy and the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

A. Sheppard, Clifford Chance

Discussion on MFN

K. Mayo, Department of Trade and Industry (UK)

Local Court Intervention in International Arbitration

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

Long term agreements in energy and water in developing and transition countries

F. Sellner
C.A. Smoots, Pierce Atwood LLP

Compensation for non-compliance on PPAs and similar long-term contracts

Balancing Human Rights and Investor Protection: A New Approach for a Different Legal Order

T. Weiler, treatylaw.com

Mediation in England: Some Current Issues

H.R. Dundas, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner

International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management

Investment Arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty in the light of new NAFTA Precedents: Towards a Global Code of Conduct for Economic Regulation

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

Arbitration of International Oil, Gas and Energy Disputes in Asia

A.F.M. Maniruzzaman, University of Portsmouth

Deal Mediation: How ADR Techniques can help achieve Durable Agreements in the Global Markets

M. Hager, International Development Law Institute
R.L. Pritchard, ResourcesLaw International

Managing Political Risk in the Oil and Gas Industries

A. Berlin, Aitken Irvin Berlin & Vrooman, LLP

Combining Arbitration with Conciliation

M.E. Schneider, LALIVE Attorneys-at-law

Public Interest and Investment Treaty Arbitration

N. Blackaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

An Economist Questions the Arbitration Award to Karaha Bodas Company in Indonesia

H.F. Johnson, Harvard Business School
L.T. Wells, Harvard Business School

International Law & Regulations / Law of the Sea

The Law of Public Participation in Global Energy and Resources Development: A New IBA Book

G.R. Pring, University of Denver College of Law

Electricity Law and Regulation

Relevance of the Granting of Oil Concessions in a Maritime Delimitation: the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice

R. Meese, Avocat à la Cour de Paris

EU Energy Policy and Future European Energy Markets: Consequences for the Central and East European States

M.M. Balmaceda, Seton Hall University

FERC Re-evaluates the Policy for US LNG receiving Terminals

E. Massey

Electricity Trade - Looking Eastwards

R. Kemper

June 2002 Versions of Amended EU Electricity and Gas Directives and Cross-border Electricity Trade Regulation

Electricity Regulatory Reform in Eastern Europe

Eurelectric, www.eurelectric.org

US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Useful websites

Sources on International Arbitration selected by Zeyad al-Qurashi

Book Reviews and Related Material

Rechtsgrundlagen der Strom- und Gasdurchleitung (Legal Issues for Access to electricity and gas networks) by Christian Theobald and Ines Zenke

L. Albath

Sea bed Energy and Minerals: The International Legal Regime: Volume 2 by Edmund Brown

I. Ramrekersingh

Energy Law and Sustainable Development, edited by Adrian J Bradbrook (Australia) and Richard L Ottinger (USA) - an advance notice

The Arbitration CD-ROM: Resources on International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International

Z. Al-Qurashi, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah

International Mediation - The Art of Business Diplomacy, by Eileen Carroll and Karl Mackie, reviewed

M. Clancy, New AGE (African Global Energy) Ltd.

The mediation process, Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict, 2nd edition, by Christopher Moore

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

Law of International Business and Dispute Settlement in the 21 Century - Liber Amicorum for Karl-Heinz Boeckstiegel, R. Briner et.al

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