University of Tabriz Jurisprudence and Islamic Law 28210891 15 35 2024 06 29 Challenges of the Environmental Damage legal Framework in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Challenges of the Environmental Damage legal Framework in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry 33 60 19289 10.22034/law.2024.58989.3329 FA Mohammadali Baqersad, Ph.D. Candidate in Oil and Gas Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Parviz Savrai Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2023 10 26 Offshore oil and gas activities refer to activities that use marine facilities (as opposed to land facilities) for the purpose of exploration, exploitation, and production of oil or gas. The mentioned activities are sometimes associated with risks to the marine environment and cause damage to the environment and neighboring countries. The present essay has analyzed the legal framework of the mentioned responsibility and the challenges and shortcomings of the existing international and regional regulations in the offshore oil and gas industry with a descriptive-analytical method. Despite numerous international and regional conventions, the legal system of environmental responsibility in this industry is in the beginning stages and has not yet been fully formed. Although regional agreements are more advanced than international conventions in this field, a convention should be drafted and approved by the majority of countries in the field of responsibility and the amount of environmental damage. Offshore oil and gas activities refer to activities that use marine facilities (as opposed to land facilities) for the purpose of exploration, exploitation, and production of oil or gas. The mentioned activities are sometimes associated with risks to the marine environment and cause damage to the environment and neighboring countries. The present essay has analyzed the legal framework of the mentioned responsibility and the challenges and shortcomings of the existing international and regional regulations in the offshore oil and gas industry with a descriptive-analytical method. Despite numerous international and regional conventions, the legal system of environmental responsibility in this industry is in the beginning stages and has not yet been fully formed. Although regional agreements are more advanced than international conventions in this field, a convention should be drafted and approved by the majority of countries in the field of responsibility and the amount of environmental damage.

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