1st Edition
International Approaches to Hydrocarbon Development in Disputed Zones Unitization and Unit Operating Agreements
This book analyses the legal obstacles associated with the advancement of unitization processes and procedures at an international level.
Using case studies in international (cross border) unitization and joint development agreements, the book uses regional examples from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Middle East. It will also touch upon case studies related to ongoing disputes from the South China Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Guinea. Focusing on best practices which have influenced the development of the unitization concept, the book looks at the formulation of different models and agreements, and their potential impact on unexplored hydrocarbon resources, particularly in cases where unitization is necessary.
The book will be of interest to practitioners, scholars and students in the field of natural resource law, international law and unitization.
Part I: Concepts and Principles
1. General Introduction
Eduardo G. Pereira, Marianthi Pappa and Damilola S. Olawuyi
2. Cross-Border Unitization and Joint Development
Eduardo G. Pereira, Marianthi Pappa and Damilola S. Olawuyi
Part II: Regional Cross-Border Border Developments
3. Exploitation of Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Rules in the Americas
Maria Serna and Alicia Elias-Roberts
4. Cross Border Unitization and Joint Development Zones: Case Studies from Africa
Mark K. Amakoromo, Rukungo S. Muhongo and Eduardo G. Pereira
5. European Cross Border Unitization Agreements: A Case Study of the UK, Norway and the Netherlands
Dickson E. Omukoro and Azubuike Ozah
6. Unitization in the Middle East Oil and Gas Sector
Elena I. Athwal
Part III: Ongoing Disputes
7. International Boundary Disputes in Africa: Perspectives from Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Opeyemi Omotuyi
8. Joint Development of Petroleum Resources in the East and South China Seas
Fayokemi Olorundami
9. The Mediterranean Sea
Marianthi Pappa and Hussein Badreddine
Part IV: Conclusion and Recommendations
10. Negotiating Risk-Free Unitization and Joint Document Agreements: Summary and Options for Policymakers
Eduardo G. Pereira, Marianthi Pappa and Damilola S. Olawuyi
Biography
Eduardo G. Pereira is a worldwide recognized scholar specialising in Natural Resources and Energy Law. He has been active in the natural resources and energy industry for more than 15 years and is an international expert on oil, gas, and energy contracts and regulations with practical experience in over 50 jurisdictions. He possesses positions as a full-time, part-time, honorary, adjunct, research fellow, and/or visiting scholar in a number of leading academic institutions around the world. He is also the author/editor of several leading oil and gas textbooks.
Marianthi Pappa is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham. She specializes in International Law of the Sea, and Energy & Natural Resources Law. She holds an LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, along with an LLM in Oil & Gas Law and a PhD in International Law of the Sea, both from the University of Aberdeen. Before joining academia, she practiced law in Greece and Cyprus in finance and energy. Marianthi is a fellow in the UK Higher Education Academy. She also delivers training workshops to governmental and business organizations on boundary disputes and energy law.
Damilola S. Olawuyi holds a doctorate (DPhil) in Energy and Environmental law from the University of Oxford; and an LL.M. from Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He is an Associate Professor of Energy and Environment Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law, a visiting professor at Columbia Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, a senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and currently a Herbert Smith Freehills visiting professor at Cambridge University. He is also the Chancellor's Fellow and Director of the OGEES Institute, Afe Babalola University.
