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 Africa’s 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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