Marine Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons

The book analyzes the environmental regulation of upstream marine exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, at the international, regional MERCOSUR and Argentine national level. It uses the concept of normative integration as a methodological approach, critically assessing the interaction between the law of the sea, maritime law, environmental law and human rights law in the field of study. The book analyses the legal framework in a timeline, giving context to the evolution of the different branches of international law with sparkles of history. In this sense, the book also analyses international conventions' bills on the subject that have not entered into force. The manuscript focuses on the reports from two marine pollution events (Deepwater Horizon and Montara oil spills) to analyse the lessons learnt and the normative and institutional framework needed to ensure environmental safety in the marine exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons. The book critically analyses marine platform accidents' official reports comprehensively in order to assess existing normative and institutional frameworks and to give a way forward regarding policies. The manuscript contributes to rethinking the governance of the ocean at the time of environmental challenges. In that context, it refers to the concept of normative integration and effectiveness. It takes the existing scholarship further by introducing the notion of marine platforms instead of offshore platforms to rethink the relationship between land and sea and to develop a functional approach to enhance existing regulations. This is an open access book.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Analyzes the environmental regulation of the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons at the sea Is the analysis and comparison of reports of the commissions that investigated the Deepwater and the Montara accidents Studies contributions from maritime law, law of the sea, environmental law, and international law of human rights

Autorentext

Violeta S. Radovich is Assistant Researcher at the Argentine Council on Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), School of Law, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales Ambrosio L. Gioja; Professor Universidad Nacional de la Defensa (UNDEF), Escuela de Guerra Naval (ESGN); and International Climate Protection Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Walther Shüking Institute for International Law, CAU, Kiel.

Inhalt

Chapter I. Introduction.- Chapter II. Environmental governance of the sea.- Chapter III. Hydrocarbons in the sea.- Chapter IV. Impacts on the marine environment.- Chapter V. Accidents of marine platforms.- Chapter VI. International regulation on marine platforms.- Chapter VII. The Environment and the Sea in Argentine Republic.- Chapter VIII. Hydrocarbons in Argentine Republic.- Chapter IX. Regulation in the region.- Chapter X. Conclusions.