This paper traces the development of the Australian offshore petroleum legislative framework, which is comprised of Commonwealth and State acts, regulations and administrative guidelines. First this paper looks at how the present arrangements have been arrived at, touching on major developments...

The 20th century was truly the century of oil whilst the 21st century would be the century of peak oil and the resulting oil wars. No other commodity has been so intimately intertwined with national strategies and global politics and power as oil. The close connection between oil and conflict...

This study tries to interrogate the unfolding skirmishes between Gombe and Bauchi States arising from competition for claim over ownership of the recently found oil endowed resources in the Kolmani area that cut across them. The article is situated within the context of Max Weber Conflict theory...

This study tries to interrogate the unfolding skirmishes between Gombe and Bauchi States arising from competition for claim over ownership of the recently found oil endowed resources in the Kolmani area that cut across them. The article is situated within the context of Max Weber Conflict theory...

Climate change in the Arctic is proceeding at twice the rate seen in the rest of the world. Melting sea ice and other changes present us with challenges as well as opportunities. A major challenge is the protection of the vulnerable Arctic environment; opportunities include the possibility of...

Pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), the U.S. Department of the Interior manages offshore oil and gas activities in federal waters. While the agency has proposed and enacted important improvements to the rules that govern some of those activities, it has never...