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Onshore Oil And Gas Regimes In Atlantic Canada:, Michael P. Simms, Carole Chan
Onshore Oil And Gas Regimes In Atlantic Canada:, Michael P. Simms, Carole Chan
Dalhousie Law Journal
The focus ofoiland gas development in the Atlantic region has for many years been on the offshore areas. However, there is active exploration and some production onshore, and it is likely that interest and investment will increase in this sector in coming years. This paper considers the legislative regimes for onshore oil and gas development in the Atlantic provinces-including tenure arrangements, surface access issues, operational regulation, pooling and unitization provisions, royalties and abandonment and liability-with comparisons to schemes applicable in western Canada. The existing legislative regimes in the Atlantic region date back many years, and are likely to be the …
Testing The Limits: Alcohol & Drug Testing For Offshore Employees, Brian Johnston, Tara Erskine
Testing The Limits: Alcohol & Drug Testing For Offshore Employees, Brian Johnston, Tara Erskine
Dalhousie Law Journal
The legal limits of drug and alcohol testing by employers in the Atlantic Canada offshore are not yet entirely clear. To shed light on where these limits may lie, the authors examine the relevant law in the United Kingdom and the United States, together with the law on testing in Canada generally and the applicable provisions of the Accord Acts.
East Coast Project Financing Issues, Raymond E. Quesnel, R J. Thrasher
East Coast Project Financing Issues, Raymond E. Quesnel, R J. Thrasher
Dalhousie Law Journal
In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive review of project financing as a means to fundoilandgasprojects in the Atlantic Canada offshore. Inparticular, the nature and characteristics of project financing are examined, together with a review of some recent East Coast project financings and an analysis of the legal and contractual framework that comes into play. This is followed byan extensive discussion on the structuring of a project financing including a consideration of the risks involved and how those risks may be allocated.
Foreword, Michael F. Harrington
Foreword, Michael F. Harrington
Dalhousie Law Journal
As the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the inaugural East Coast Seminar of the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation, I am pleased to mark the publication of the papers presented at that Seminar in this special publication of the Dalhousie Law Journal.
Legal Framework In The Canadian Offshore, Van Penick
Legal Framework In The Canadian Offshore, Van Penick
Dalhousie Law Journal
In this article, the author examines the legal framework in effect in the Atlantic Canada offshore through a comparative analysis of the Western Canada onshore regime in five basic areas: property rights, oil and gas rights, the constitutional division of oil and gas authority, basic agreements and the application of laws. The major differences exposed by this analysis should aid east coast oil and gas practitioners in properly advising their clients.
Drainage Issues In The Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Industry, Richard A. Neufeld, Robert G. Grant
Drainage Issues In The Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Industry, Richard A. Neufeld, Robert G. Grant
Dalhousie Law Journal
In this article, the authors examine the issue of drainage in the Atlantic Canada offshore. The offshore statutory regimes for production of oil and gas, together with the common law, are analyzed for their approaches to dealing with drainage issues. In addition, the law of drainage in Alberta is comprehensively reviewed to provide some guidance as to how the law of drainage may develop in Atlantic Canada.
Atlantic Canada: The Constitutional Offshore Regime, John Mcevoy
Atlantic Canada: The Constitutional Offshore Regime, John Mcevoy
Dalhousie Law Journal
While it is a truism that people shape resources, it is equally true that resources shape people. This is so not only in terms of the individual but also of his society. Resources are the foundation of economic development - upon them turn such diverse questions as where a population will settle and the level of education required of that population for the harvesting of the resource. The regions of Canada are not diversified as much by strict cultural populations as with the resources which have shaped the regional populations. To date, the Atlantic provinces have seemingly been by-passed from …
On Shore Natural Resource Ownership: Atlantic Canada Perspective, J Mcevoy
On Shore Natural Resource Ownership: Atlantic Canada Perspective, J Mcevoy
Dalhousie Law Journal
Disputes over the ownership of resources off both the east and west coasts of Canada have recently been determined by the Supreme Court in favour of collective ownership by all Canadians, through federal Canada, rather than separate collective ownership by the adjacent citizens through their respective provinces.' These offshore disputes have involved state-province constitutional conflict and represent a higher plane application of common law concepts favouring individual ownership.