Petroleum, Industry and Governments: A Study of the Involvement of Industry and Governments in Exploring for and Producing Petroleum - Couverture rigide

Taverne, Bernard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9403532300 ISBN 13 : 9789403532301

Editeur : Kluwer Law International, 2022

Synopsis

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The grave concern of governments for the negative impact on the world climate caused by the release into the atmosphere of CO</span>_{<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2 </span>}<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">resulting from human activity, and under human control, such as the burning and combustion of oil products from the refinery, of natural gas and coal (the fossil fuels) made it possible for the international community to agree to and establish a global climate agreement, viz. The Paris Agreement of 1915. In order to meet the objectives of this Agreement, governments will try (among other measures) to curb the consumption of fossil fuels. This will not be easy since, in particular in less advanced economies, fossil fuels are for the coming decades indispensable. In more advanced economies, there are alternatives available, but as long as a possible switching to nuclear fission energy meets with public opposition, even the more advanced economies will remain dependent on fossil fuels for the coming decades.</span>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">In its deeply informed discussion of the involvement of industry and governments with the production and use of petroleum, the prodigious scope of the coverage encompasses the following and much more:</span>

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">technical and environmental aspects of the production of oil and natural gas;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">position and function of petroleum and natural gas in the economy;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">government policies and attitudes towards fossil fuels, particularly with respect to climate change;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">national and international regulation of onshore or offshore petroleum operations;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">h</span>ow oil and natural gas markets work;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">old and new forms and manifestations of political risk;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">distinction between licence-based and contract-based petroleum legislation;

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">production sharing agreements; and

• <p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt" class="MsoBodyText">petroleum taxation.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The author draws on laws, contracts, government policy documents, trade journals, and statistical data available from international organizations and institutes and international oil companies. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;background:#FDFCFB">Underlying much of the review and discussion are governmental concerns with the prospects for economic alternatives and control of CO</span>_{<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;background:#FDFCFB">2</span>}<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;background:#FDFCFB"> emissions</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">. The often conflicting policy options open to governments and the consequences, if any, for both oil and natural gas and the

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Law International
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9403532300
• ISBN 13: 9789403532301
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible