OGEL 4 (2006)
Pipelines
Editorial
Roundup of Articles
Federalism: Onshore and Offshore Public Lands in the United States
O.L. Anderson, University of Texas School of LawValuation of Undeveloped Oil Reserves with Option Pricing Model
B. LubiantaraA Reference Paper on Energy Services: The Best Way Forward?
P. Poretti, ConsultantR. Rios-Herran
The Foreign Investment Potential of the New Saudi Mining Regime: Making Mining a "Third Pillar" of the Saudi Economy
H. Bin - Dehaish, CEPMLPEnergy Politics, Spring 2006
Energy PoliticsEnergy Politics, Winter 2006
Energy PoliticsFull Sovereignty Over Oil - Speech by Venezuelan Minister Rafael Ramirez, 3rd OPEC International Seminar, September 2006
Energy outlook: Challenges and opportunities for OPEC - by Mohammed Barkindo, Acting for the Secretary General, OPEC, 3rd OPEC International Seminar, September 2006
Technology Response to Climate Change - by Olivier Appert, Chairman and CEO IFP, 3rd OPEC International Seminar, September 2006
Oil Production Capacity Expansion - by HE Dr Chakib KHELIL, Minister of Energy and Mines, Algeria, 3rd OPEC International Seminar, September 2006
Global Downstream Petroleum Outlook - by Claude Mandil, Executive Director IEA, 3rd OPEC International Seminar, September 2006
Draft Kurdistan Region Petroleum Act
Explanatory Memorandum for the Draft Petroleum Act of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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 FacultyEnergy Union, EU Energy
Public-Private Partnership: Public Service Concessions under EC Law
K. Talus, Tulane Center for Energy Law, Tulane UniversityA European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy - EC Green Paper
Cross-Border Mergers and Energy Markets - speech by Neelie Kroes, Member of the European Commission in charge of Competition Policy
Environment
Using the US Alien Tort Claims Act for Environmental Torts: The Problem of Definability of the Right to a Healthy Environment
R. RomeroProspects for Global Gas and Low Carbon Power - A Matter of Economics or Geopolitics?
The New Environmental Code. A Debated Piece of Legislation
L. De Angelis, Macchi di Cellere GangemiInvesting in Energy Efficiency - Removing the Barriers
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgInternational Law & Regulations / Law of the Sea
Public Trusteeship for the Oceans
P.H. Sand, Faculty of Law, University of MunichTowards a Future Maritime Policy for the Union: a European Vision for the Oceans and Seas - EC Green Paper
Global Oil Markets: A Strategic Interpretation
The Oil Market and Economics 101
A.F. Alhajji, www.anasalhajji.comTaxation
BOLIVIA: "Transitorily" Hikes Hydrocarbons Royalties to 82%
G. Bilder, Alstom Power SystemsTaxation As Expropriation: Some Observations on EnCana v. Ecuador
E.E. Triantafilou, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPDo High Oil Prices Justify an Increase in Taxation in a Mature Oil Province? The Case of the UKCS (Presentation)
C. Nakhle, Crystol EnergyWhat Are the Implications of Using Lease Financing as a Creative Means of IPP Project Finance in Islamic and Developing Countries?
A.O. Okolo, Royal Niger Emerging TechnologiesWhat Are the Implications of Using Tax Credits and Allowances for CO2 Sequestration in Marginal Fields?
A.O. Okolo, Royal Niger Emerging TechnologiesLibya: Petroleum Taxation Risk for IOCs
W.A. Otman, University of AberdeenLiquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Liquefied Natural Gas Import Terminals: Jurisdiction over Siting, Construction, and Operation in the Context of Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
M.M. Berry, NRG EnergyProduction Sharing Contracts
Adaptation of Petroleum Contract by Third Party: An Overview
A. Al Faruque, Department of Law, University of ChittagongWhat Is the Role of Overhead Cost Recovery in Production Sharing Contracts?
G. Nurakhmet, White & Case LLPWhat Are the Strategies for Negotiating Joint Ventures in Developing Countries?
A.O. Okolo, Royal Niger Emerging TechnologiesA Proposed Model Production Sharing Contract for the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
Human Rights
Human Rights, Trade and Investment Matters
Amnesty International, www.amnesty.orgThe 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, SussmanADRAfrica
Tackling Insecurity in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region: The Devil's Alternative
N.E. Ojukwu-Ogba, Faculty of Law, University of BeninNational and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
Russian - Ukrainian Gas Dispute: Prices, Pricing and ECT
A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ruInstitutional Weaknesses of Intra-FSU Gas Trade
A.V. Belyi, University of Eastern FinlandBreaking with the past
A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ruNatural Gas Storage & Third Party Access as a specific example of the Essential Facilities Doctrine
H. Matthiesen, www.henning-matthiesen.deUnrealised Potential in the Saudi Gas Industry: Fiscal and Economic Considerations
W.A. Otman, University of AberdeenH. Bin - Dehaish, CEPMLP
Gas Flaring and Venting: What can Kazakhstan Learn from the Norway Experience?
G. Nurakhmet, White & Case LLPThe European Gas Market: Eurogas Views on the Way Forward
Eurogas, www.eurogas.orgPipelines
International Experiences in Regulating Distribution Gas Pipelines: Argentina, Colombia, Peru and the European Union
H.K. de Medeiros Costa, University of São PauloE.M. dos Santos, University of São Paulo
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
E.M. dos Santos, University of São PauloJ. Gonçalves Ferreira, University of São Paulo
R. Martínez Acebrón, University of São Paulo
H.K. de Medeiros Costa, University of São Paulo
Gas Pipelines Environmental Licensing: the Need for Legal Procedures in Brazil
I.M. Kukurin, University of São PauloComments on the Proposed Drafts for a Brazilian Natural Gas Transportation Law
M. D´Assunção CostaRussian Roulette: the ECT, Transit and Western European Energy Security
C. FlynnInternational Energy Contracts and Cross-Border Pipeline Projects: Stabilization, Renegotiation and Economic Balancing in Changed Circumstances - Some Recent Trends
A.F.M. Maniruzzaman, University of PortsmouthWhat Governments Need to Know About Cross-Border Gas Projects
R.L. Pritchard, ResourcesLaw InternationalCross-border Submarine Pipelines - Controlling your Challanges
B.E. Leerberg, Simonsen Advokatfirma DACross-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, Politico-military councellor at the French Permanent Mission to the OSCE (Vienna)The Changes in Russian Energy Policy and the Natural Gas Pipelines
D.A. Bochkarev, EastWest Institute, Global Security ProgramThe Introduction of Regulation 1775/05 on Third Party Access to Gas Pipelines in the European Union
S. Goldberg, Herbert Smith FreehillsS. Gyaltsen, Baker & McKenzie
Pipelines and Tax Treaties
K. Olsen, Knut Olsen Global Tax ConsultantOil and Gas Pipelines: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
R. GoodlandOil and Gas Pipelines Social and Environmental Impact Assessment: State of the Art
R. GoodlandThe Trans-Asean Gas Pipeline: Legal and Contractual Issues Challenging the Realisation of the Project
A. Nasir, Premier OilThe Trans-Alaska, Trans-Canada Natural Gas Pipeline: How Price Expectations will determine its feasibility
D.B. Reynolds, Alaska Chena AssociatesPipelines: their safety and significance
J. Tiratsoo, Pipelines International DigestExternal Monitoring of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project - a Lessons of Experience publication
International Finance Corporation (IFC), www.ifc.orgPeru: Camisea Natural Gas Project: Independent Assessment of the Environmental and Social Priorities
R. GoodlandEcuador: Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) (Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline) - Independent Compliance Assessment of OCP with the World Bank's Environmental and Social Policies
R. GoodlandThe Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Transit Pipeline: Can the Benefits Outweigh the Problems?
B.O.N. Nwete, BP Exploration Operating CompanyThe Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: School of Modernity
S.F. Starr, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies ProgramGeostrategic Implications of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
S.E. Cornell, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies ProgramM. Tsereteli, American University
V. Socor, Jamestown Foundation
Economic Implications of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
J. ElkindEnvironmental and Social Aspects of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
D. BlatchfordThe Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project - a Lessons of Experience publication
International Finance Corporation (IFC), www.ifc.orgEnergy Charter - Contribution to OGEL Pipeline Special Issue
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgModel Agreements on Cross-Border Pipelines
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgTransparency on Conditions for Transit
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgAzerbaijan: In-Depth Report on Investment Climate and Market Structure in the Energy Sector
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgUzbekistan: Investment Climate and Market Structure in the Energy Sector
Energy Charter, www.encharter.orgInterconnecting Albania in the Eurasian Gas Corridor (Presentation)
Kazakhstan-China Oil Pipeline Project (presentation)
Turkey-Greece Natural Gas Pipeline (presentation)
Transportation of Eastern Gas to Italy (presentation)
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline Project (presentation)
BTC Project (presentation)
South Caucasus Gas Pipeline (presentation)
Long-term Energy Sale Contracts and Market Liberalisation in New EU Member States - Are They Compatible?
G. Coop, Volterra FiettaEmerging Transcontinental Energy Routes in Asia: Investment Risks and Frameworks
B. Nitzov, ACERCamisea Natural Gas Project, Peru
A&A Energy Security BriefingIndia-Myanmar Gas Pipeline
A&A Energy Security BriefingThe Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline
A&A Energy Security BriefingThe Kazakhstan-China Pipeline
A&A Energy Security BriefingThe Nabucco Pipeline Project
A&A Energy Security BriefingThe Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline
A&A Energy Security BriefingThe Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline / Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline (TAP)
A&A Energy Security BriefingAn overview of oil/gas pipelines web-sites
Z. Saurbek, KazMunayGasPreviously published pipeline related OGEL articles
A selection of recent developments in the pipeline industry, courtesy of Global Pipeline Monthly
Geopolitics of Energy
An Economist Looks at Recent Energy Policy Statements
J. Gault, John Gault SARussian 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)Franz J. Sedelmayer vs. The Russian Federation: The Tribulations of an Arbitral Award Winning Party
F.J. SedelmayerArbitration Without Privity and Russian Oil: the Yukos Case Before the Houston Court
M.M. Winkler, PiergrossiYukos: La Corte di Houston Rifiuta di Trattare Il Caso
M.M. Winkler, PiergrossiThe Yukos Affair and Russian President Putin's "Dictatorship of Law": Potential Implications for the Business and Legal Communities
E.S. Burger, Esq., Washington College of LawInternational Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management
Enforcement of $495 Million Award Against Non-Signatory Sovereign
E.M. Serran Toussaint, King & SpaldingAlex 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 SchoolSecurity of Energy Supply
EU's International Energy Security Policy since the End of the Cold War: Origins and Development
S. Mayer, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS)From Venice to St. Petersburg
D.A.R. Howell, British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)C. Nakhle, Crystol Energy