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Public Regulation Of The Oil And Gas Industry In Nigeria: An Evaluation, Eghosa Osa Ekhator

Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law

Nigeria operates a command and control regulatory framework in the oil and gas sector. This type of regulation was prevalent in the United States and Britain during the 1970s and 1980s. Under this regulatory framework, regulators are deemed to be acting in the public interest. This article focuses on the extant public regulatory regime in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Generally, factors, such as red-tape, over-regulation and regulatory capture, amongst others, are some reasons militating against a command and control regulatory regime. This article will contend that unless there is a paradigmatic shift in the state-oriented or public …

How States Can Affect Federal Deepwater Port Lng Licensing Decisions: A Case Study Involving The Deepwater Port Act And The Coastal Zone Management Act, Linda Krop

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

This Article explores the general role of coastal states in permitting offshore LNG terminals, and the specific role that California played in the licensing process for the proposed Cabrillo Port LNG project. There are many facets of state authority, including the approvals required for the portions of LNG projects located within a coastal state’s jurisdiction (primarily within the first three miles offshore), the application of state laws to proposals to construct offshore LNG facilities under the DWPA, the authority of the governor of the adjacent coastal state to approve or “disapprove” deepwater port projects, and the right of a coastal …

Restructure And Reform: Post-Bp Deepwater Horizon Proposals To Improve Oversight Of Offshore Oil And Gas Activities, Leila Monroe

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

This Article chronicles the multiple reviews that were conducted into the BP oil spill, in an attempt to understand the flaws in government management and oversight that allowed this disaster to occur. It endeavors to distill the key recommendations produced by numerous reviewers related to improving DOI’s management and oversight of offshore oil and gas exploration and development activities. Although they are also critically important topics, each with identified opportunities for improvement, it is not within the scope of this Article to provide an in-depth discussion of industry culture and practice, technological failures, oil spill response, or spill restoration.

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Piecemeal Legislative Proposals: An Inappropriate Approach To Managing Offshore Oil Drilling, Lynn S. Sletto

Golden Gate University Law Review

The election of George W. Bush in 2000 as the forty-fourth President of the United States, a perceived pro offshore oil-drilling President), was followed by several legislative proposals aimed at limiting or ceasing oil drilling off the coast of most of the states. This comment discusses why these legislative proposals are unworkable in light of the nation's goals for managing offshore oil drilling. Nonetheless, many of these legislative proposals highlight the coastal state's specific concerns, as well as, improvements to the offshore oil leasing decision-making process to alleviate those concerns.

To Drill Or Not To Drill: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge V. The "Need" For U.S. Energy Independence, Sara N. Pasquinelli

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment discusses the complexity of the issues surrounding the ANWR debate, from agency positions on drilling to alternative energy sources. Additionally, this Comment proposes the formation of an ANWR Consulting Group to specifically address the uniqueness of ANWR as an amazing wilderness area that should be preserved even though it happens to have oil beneath its surface.

A View From The Front Lines: The Fate Of Utah's Redrock Wilderness Under The George W. Bush Administration, Stephen H.M. Bloch, Heidi J. Mcintosh

Golden Gate University Law Review

What this article is not. This article is not a treatise on the more than twenty-five year Utah wilderness debate, though that issue is discussed where pertinent. This article also does not provide a detailed legal background on the laws and regulations governing oil and gas activities on BLM-managed lands, nor does it repeat the thorough analysis already contained in many recent articles on the legal ins-and-outs of R.S.2477. What this article is. This article is an overview, an executive summary of the heady and fast-paced times that we work in as the conservation community reacts, responds, and attacks the …

International Law And Business Practice : Corporate Accountability And Compliance Issues In The Petroleum Industry, Emeka Duruigbo

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation seeks to strengthen international law by incorporating and integrating multinational corporations more fully into the international legal system. It argues that the undeniable role of multinational corporations as primary players in the global economy and international politics necessitates or demands adequate acknowledgement in the international legal structure. Accordingly, due recognition should be accorded the rights and privileges of multinationals. Concomitant to that, corresponding duties and responsibilities should be attached to these corporate entities in international law.

Many far-reaching advantages will flow from such development. The corporations will enjoy de jure protection, which would enhance their business operations across …

Implementation Of The Surface Mining And Reclamation Act (Smara): Regulation Of Mining Operations In California, Assembly Committee On Natural Resources

California Assembly

No abstract provided.

Geology And Oil Resources Of The West Border Of The San Joaquin Valley North Of Coalinga, California, Us Department Of The Interior, Robert Anderson, Robert W. Pack

Federal Documents

The main purpose of this report is to present the geologic evidences of the existence of petroleum in the rocks along the foothills that form the western border of the San Joaquin Valley, Cal., between the Coalinga' oil district and Livermore Pass and to discuss the chances of finding oil in commercial quantity in this region. With this end in view a general description of the physical features of the region is given, with special reference to the geologic features which have a bearing on the presence or absence of petroleum and which have determined the conclusions reached regarding the …

The Mining Districts Of The Western United States, Us Department Of The Interior

Federal Documents

The mining districts of the Western or Cordilleran States are numerous and scattered over wide areas. The first attempt to locate all of them on a single map was carried out by the writer in 1907, with the aid of Mr. J. M. Hill and the statisticians in charge of the offices of the Survey at Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (Messrs. Chester Naramore, V. C. Heikes, and C. G. Yale). This map of the Western States was included in the annual volume of Mineral Resources of the United States. The large area covered and the necessity of …