Challenges of the environmental damage legal framework in the offshore oil and gas industry

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD student of oil and gas law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University

10.22034/law.2024.58989.3329

Abstract

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. According to findings, 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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Jurisprudence and Islamic Law

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 26 June 2024

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