We investigate the potential for statistical forecasting of aggregate oil and gas investment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). A unique and detailed dataset containing data from 109 different fields on the NCS between 1970 and 2015 was employed. A set of 1080 autoregressive distributed...

The purpose of this article is twofold: 1. To set forth briefly the history of the continental shelf doctrine in the United States together with the methods by which oil and gas are regulated thereon; and 2. To discuss the environmental standards set forth in the United States domestic...

This paper studies the investment decisions by oil and gas companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. We account for the heterogeneity across the fields by including field-specific variables, including geological and geographical variables. We find that the most important factors...