Environmental / Energy Law

The Character of Petroleum Licences: A Legal Culture Analysis

Edited by Tina Soliman Hunter · Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde · Ernst Nordtveit
Edward Elgar Publishing November 2020

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ISBN-13
9781788976190
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication
November 2020
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This innovative book explores the legal character of petroleum licences, a key vehicle governing the relationship between oil companies and their host states. Examining the issue through the lens of legal culture, it illustrates why some jurisdictions exert strong state control and others only minimal.

Critically investigating the nature of a petroleum licence, the book analyses whether it is a mere administrative right, a contract or something more akin to property rights. Chapters examine recent developments, such as the UK’s strategy of maximizing economic recovery and the opposition to drilling for oil in Norway and Australia. Outside of Western petroleum jurisdictions, the book also explores several long-established jurisdictions including Russia and Mexico, as well as emerging jurisdictions, such as China and Uganda. Taking a contextual and system-oriented approach, it reveals the preconditions of the petroleum licence regime and offers a critical insight into the reasons behind alterations to the terms of the licences.

Encompassing a wide variety of legal cultures and experiences, this thought-provoking book will prove to be a valuable resource for academics and students of energy law, particularly those with an interest in state regulation. It will also provide useful insights for industry-based practitioners.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde and Tina Soliman Hunter
2. Characterisation of Australia’s petroleum licences: property capable of acquisition on ‘just terms’?
Tina Soliman Hunter
3. The legal character of petroleum licences in the United States of America
John Lowe
4. The legal character of petroleum licences in Canada
Nigel Bankes
5. The legal character of petroleum licences in Uganda
Emmanuel Kasimbazi
6. Petroleum licences – a legal culture perspective: the United Kingdom
Greg Gordon and John Paterson
7. Oil and gas licences – a legal nature perspective: the Netherlands
Martha Roggenkamp
8. Legal character of petroleum licences under Norwegian law
Ernst Nordtveit
9. Russia: legal culture and character of Russian petroleum licences
Irina Fodchenko
10. The Mexican petroleum licence of 2013
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
11. The legal character of petroleum licences in the People’s Republic of China
Yong Li
12. Afterword: Licence rights – what’s left?
Terence Daintith
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