scholarly journals Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law: Risk and Responsibility (Leiden: Brill, 2015)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarni Már Magnússon
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Book review of: Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law: Risk and Responsibility (Leiden, Brill), 2015, ISBN 978-90-042693-30, hardbound.

Of whales and oil: Inuit resource governance and the Arctic Council

Polar Record ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Shadian
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Resource Governance ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

ABSTRACTThis article takes a normative approach to explore what and how we might learn from existing indigenous governance arrangements in the Arctic and how they may contribute to the larger debates over Arctic governance and who decides. It begins with a brief exploration of the existing literature regarding co-management; particularly what some legal scholars have defined as post-Westphalian resource management as well as engaging ongoing discussions about co-management as it pertains to the Arctic. It then turns to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) as a case study and possible starting point for governing newly emerging resource management issues in the Arctic. Specifically, this article will look at how the governance framework of the AEWC might be applicable for the current governance discussions regarding Arctic offshore oil and gas development. Lastly, this paper will offer preliminary reflections as to how a post-sovereign resource management approach could contribute to the broader theoretical debates concerning who owns the Arctic and who decides. Specifically it offers one possible way to envisage the future of a strengthened Arctic Council operating in a world where states are not the only actors participating in the governance of the Arctic.

scholarly journals International Legal Security of Offshore Oil and Gas Installations within the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 134-144
Author(s):  
N. S. Abramov
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
International Law ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Exclusive Economic Zone ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Legal Security ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

The purpose of the paper is to assess the effectiveness of international legal means of preventing modern threats aimed at offshore oil and gas installations, and to find the optimal solution to eliminate the identified shortcomings. The stated goal determines two key tasks — an analysis of the applicable norms of international law and an analysis of the practice of their implementation. The first part of the paper discusses the development of the concept of security zones as the main international legal means ensuring the protection of installations within the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf. The second part examines the practice of states in enforcing laws and regulations aimed at organizing the safety of facilities in the context of the conclusions reached by international judicial authorities in the case of the Arctic Sunrise vessel. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that there is some insufficiency and inefficiency of security zones to prevent modern threats. As a solution to this problem, the author proposes to establish “warning zones”, i.e. an additional international legal means to ensure the safety of offshore oil and gas installations.

scholarly journals The Canadian Arctic: The Changing Seascape of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Issues

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wylie Spicer ◽  
And Tanya Bath
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Supreme Court Of Canada ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The North ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
The Impact

This article examines issues affecting the offshore oil and gas business in the Canadian Arctic. It begins by discussing the impact of international conventions and the roles of the international organizations that administer them, or have direct interests in the Arctic. It then addresses the implications of Canadian sovereignty, relevant legislation, land claim agreements with Aboriginal groups, and Aboriginal cases currently before the Supreme Court of Canada. It concludes with thoughts and speculations concerning the possible futures for offshore oil and gas development in the north.

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