Protection of the marine environment from offshore oil and gas activities

Global energy consumption has doubled since the early 1970s. According to the International Energy Agency, this is likely to increase by 2035 by more than one-third, due to world population growth and development in the major emerging economies of China and India. As a consequence, the oceans are at...

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Main Authors: Liu, Nengye, School of Law
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18440
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spelling ftunivnewengland:oai:rune.une.edu.au:1959.11/18440 2023-08-27T04:07:59+02:00 Protection of the marine environment from offshore oil and gas activities Liu, Nengye School of Law 2015 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18440 en eng Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 10.4337/9781781004777.00018 Research Handbooks in Environmental Law https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18440 une:18644 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/199660826 Environmental and Natural Resources Law International Law (excl. International Trade Law) Book Chapter 2015 ftunivnewengland 2023-08-10T19:53:08Z Global energy consumption has doubled since the early 1970s. According to the International Energy Agency, this is likely to increase by 2035 by more than one-third, due to world population growth and development in the major emerging economies of China and India. As a consequence, the oceans are attracting growing attention as a resource reservoir. One-third of the oil and one-quarter of the natural gas consumed in the world today come from underwater areas and oil and gas exploration and exploitation are moving further and deeper offshore. A number of companies are already pursuing exploration projects in remote areas, such as the Arctic. Examples include Shell's operations in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas; Cairn Energy's operations in offshore Greenland; Rosneft/ExxonMobil's operations in the Kara Sea; and Rosneft/ENI operations in the Russian Barents Sea. Meanwhile, the latest world record offshore drilling depth was established in January 2013 off the coast of India at a depth of 3165 metres. 5 Worldwide, there are around 900 large-scale oil and gas platforms.6 The most important current offshore production regions include the North Sea, the Persian Gulf, Western and Central Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea and Southeast Asia. Book Part Arctic Barents Sea Chukchi Greenland Kara Sea Research UNE - University of New England at Armidale, NSW Australia Arctic Barents Sea Cairn ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.500,-63.500) Greenland Kara Sea
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International Law (excl. International Trade Law)
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Protection of the marine environment from offshore oil and gas activities
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description Global energy consumption has doubled since the early 1970s. According to the International Energy Agency, this is likely to increase by 2035 by more than one-third, due to world population growth and development in the major emerging economies of China and India. As a consequence, the oceans are attracting growing attention as a resource reservoir. One-third of the oil and one-quarter of the natural gas consumed in the world today come from underwater areas and oil and gas exploration and exploitation are moving further and deeper offshore. A number of companies are already pursuing exploration projects in remote areas, such as the Arctic. Examples include Shell's operations in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas; Cairn Energy's operations in offshore Greenland; Rosneft/ExxonMobil's operations in the Kara Sea; and Rosneft/ENI operations in the Russian Barents Sea. Meanwhile, the latest world record offshore drilling depth was established in January 2013 off the coast of India at a depth of 3165 metres. 5 Worldwide, there are around 900 large-scale oil and gas platforms.6 The most important current offshore production regions include the North Sea, the Persian Gulf, Western and Central Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea and Southeast Asia.
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