International Approaches to Hydrocarbon Development in Disputed Zones: Unitization and Unit Operating Agreements [Hardcover]

Part I: Concepts and Principles

1. General Introduction

2. Cross-Border Unitization and Joint Development

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Part II: Regional Cross-Border Border Developments

3. Exploitation of Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Rules in the Americas

4. Cross Border Unitization and Joint Development Zones: Case Studies from Africa

5. European Cross Border Unitization Agreements: A Case Study of the UK, Norway and the Netherlands

6. Unitization in the Middle East Oil and Gas Sector

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Part III: Ongoing Disputes

7. International Boundary Disputes in Africa: Perspectives from Africas Great Lakes Region

8. Joint Development of Petroleum Resources in the East and South China Seas

9. The Mediterranean Sea

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Part IV: Conclusion and Recommendations

10. Negotiating Risk-Free Unitization and Joint Document Agreements: Summary and Options for Policymakers

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This book analyses the legal obstacles associated with the advancement of unitization processes and procedures at an international level. The book will be of interest to practitioners, scholars and students in the field of natural resource law, international law and unitization.

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, thlê