Offshore Energy Law

Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway. Eduardo G Pereira is Director at the International Energy Law Training Research Company, Portugal. Eddy Wifa is Lecturer in Energy Law at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen, UK. Madeline Taylor is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University, Australia.

Part I: Offshore Energy and its Environment
1. Introduction to Offshore Energy Law, Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (University of Bergen, Norway), Eduardo G Pereira (International Energy Law Training Research Company, Portugal), Eddy Wifa (University of Aberdeen, UK), and Madeline Taylor (Macquarie University, Australia)

2. Environmental/Ecological Risk Governance in Oil, Gas and Wind Offshore Developments, Pedi Obani (University of Bradford, UK)

3. Offshore Energy Development Sustainability: Beyond the Renewable Energy Discussion, Cuong Viet Do (Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland)

4. Multiple Use in the North Sea: Evolving Towards a New Legal Framework? A Case Study Based on the Belgian and Dutch Examples, Angelo Goethals (Ghent University, Belgium), Frank Maes (Ghent University, Belgium) and Frederik Vandendriessche (Ghent University, Belgium)

Part II: Business and Financing in Offshore Energy
5. Authorising Activity and Granting Instruments: Licenses and Leases, Tina Soliman Hunter (Macquarie University, Australia)

6. A Double-Edged Sword: Alignments and Conflicts in the International, Regional, and Domestic Governance of Offshore Energy Projects, Catalin Gabriel Stanescu (University of Southern Denmark) and Cristian Rubanovici (Poul Schmith, Denmark)

7. Offshore Energy Financing: Trends, Opportunities and Hurdles, Cameron Kelly (Australian Renewable Energy Agency)

8. Risk vs Rewards between Oil, Gas and Wind Investments: Dealing with Business, Finance and Economic Issues and How to Attract Invest in these Industries, João Oliveira (BP, UK)

9. Tax Considerations for Oil, Gas and Wind Projects and Carbon Taxation for Offshore Energy, Diana Castro (Mayer Brown, UK)

10. The Prospects for Offshore Wind Investment in the Global South – Lessons from the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector? Reg Fowler (Energy Consultant, UK)

Part III: Socio-Legal Challenges and Opportunities
11. Beyond Social Licence to Operate: Charting ‘Social Gaps’ and the Social Contract in the Emerging Australian Offshore Wind Sector, Madeline Taylor (Macquarie University, Australia)

12. From Resource Curse to Energy Justice: The Role of Critical Minerals in a Just Transition, Victoria Nalule (University of Dundee, UK)

13. Building Local Capacity and Expertise via Local Content Rules and Transferring Skills and Knowledge between Offshore Developments, Elena I Athwal (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar), Eduardo G Pereira (International Energy Law Training Research Company, Portugal), Opeyemi Omotuyi (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (University of Bergen, Norway)

14. Reconceptualising Health, Safety Risk Governance in Offshore Petroleum and Wind Energy Developments, Eddy Wifa (University of Aberdeen, UK) and John Paterson (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Part IV: Structural Offshore Energy Issues and the Future of Offshore Energy
15. Three Parts to the New Offshore Economy: Integrating Offshore Wind Energy with Hydrogen Electrolysis on Repurposed Oil and Gas Installations, Rudiger Tscherning (University of Calgary, Canada)

16. Coupling of Petroleum, Offshore Wind, and CCS: Scopes, Interfaces, and Coordination Of Licensing Regimes – The Norwegian Experience, Knut Høivik (University of Bergen, Norway), Heidi Eikenes Seglem (Equinor ASA, Norway), Sondre Dyrland (University of Oslo, Norway) and Camilla Grytten (Schjødt AS, Norway)

17. Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Platforms: Experience, Legislation, and Importance for Energy Transition, Eduardo G Pereira (International Energy Law Training Research Company, Portugal), Ana Carolina Marins de Carvalho (Mattos Filho Advogados, Brazil) and Aurelia Reid (Attorney, Trinidad and Tobago)

18. Developed Countries and Offshore Energy: The Case of the USA, Keith Hall (Tulane University, USA)

19. Joint Development in the Energy Transition: From Joint Petroleum Zones to Joint CO2 Storage Zones, Constantinos Yiallourides (Macquarie University, Australia)

20. Conclusions: The Role of Law in Shaping the Future of Offshore Energy, Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (University of Bergen, Norway), Eduardo G Pereira (International Energy Law Training Research Company, Portugal), Eddy Wifa (University of Aberdeen, UK), and Madeline Taylor (Macquarie University, Australia)