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The International Legal Context of Petroleum Operations in Canadian Arctic Waters. Ian Townsend Gault

Author: Ian Townsend Gault
Date: 01 Jun 1983
Publisher: Canadian Institute of Resources Law
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Sally DeBoer. The changing Arctic is a topic of increasing interest to the maritime security community. Rapidly receding sea ice and increasingly navigable waters combined with the promise of rich natural resource deposits have made investment in the Arctic – particularly military and infrastructure investment – a priority for Arctic nations and other parties that stand to benefit from With respect to Canadian Arctic Mr. Sanford held the lead in the legal aspects of extending the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act to 200 nautical miles and the regulation which made compulsory reporting to NORDREG. To be clear, it is not the case that the Canadian and Russian Arctic claims have been necessarily rendered legally invalid via the precedential nature of the ruling. The particularities of each case and how the legal argument is assembled against the validity of oceans law will be determinate in any legal international proceeding. Offshore wind patterns are blowing cold air out to sea, he explained, which is causing the sea ice to expand along the offshore branch of the Labrador Current, propelling hundreds of icebergs south along the Flemish Pass, where they threaten ships and stationary deep-sea oil rigs, which grow more numerous in the Arctic waters with every passing 1 All the tables referred to in the text of this chapter are located in the annex to the chapter (next page) 2 This introduction is drawn from section 3.1 of the FAO report `The state of the world's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture' (1998). Author of Environmental law in the 1980s, a new beginning, The International Legal Context Of Petroleum Operations In Canadian Arctic Waters, and Holding the Line Sea Lanes of Communication or Misunderstanding? China is already using the Northeast Passage that skirts Russia’s Arctic waters to access resources and trade in northern Europe. With its neighbours and has extensive experience resolving maritime disputes and maritime resource allocations under international legal mechanisms. Since Antarctic minerals A common heritage approach Stephen A. Zorn The potential value of Antarctic mineral resources, including petroleum, has already spurred efforts the Antarctic Treaty powers to establish a legal and technical regime for minerals. 1. INTRODUCTION. Recent petroleum discoveries on Canada’s continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles may be the first in the world to trigger Article 82 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS or the ‘Convention’), 1 obligating Canada to make payments to the international community based on production. Canada’s approach to meeting this obligation could be The international legal context of petroleum operations in Canadian Arctic waters. [Ian Townsend Gault] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create More recently, there has been increasing investment in operations in waters offshore West Africa, India, the deep waters off the coast of Brazil and Western Canada. This paper has three aims. Firstly, to briefly outline the nature of health risks in the offshore oil and gas industry to date. The capelin is important prey for larger fish, marine mammals, seabirds and for human use. Both the Atlantic cod and lumpsucker (the eggs) are utilised on a commercial basis. Arctic char is also an important species of the coastal waters and is the target of much recreational fishing. Although this is a Canadian context, we are aware that colleagues in coastal and shortsea shipping around the world face analogous challenges. Under both federal and provincial laws, tanker traffic in and out of British Columbia ports, including crude oil, condensate and liquefied natural gas, is legal. purchasing Anderson Exploration, which has a market value of $2.24 billion, Devon has staked out a long-term position in the natural gas fields of the Canadian Arctic, said John Bailey Talks are accelerating on binding pollution and safety rules for shipping through Arctic waters [Globe and Mail, 2014]. If countries keep on schedule, the Polar Code, under the International Maritime Organisation likely to come into force in 2016, is a mandatory set of standards for ships operating in the Arctic and Antarctic waters. Most notably, statistical studies demonstrate that there was a reduction in the number and volume of oil spills in U.S. Waters as a result of the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, specifically as a result of increased legal liability for oil spills and the introduction of double hulls (Ketkar 2002, Homan and Steiner 2008). The Arctic shelf varies in width from 65 to 180 km (Johnson et al. 1990). The Canadian Pacific continental margin is an active subduction margin that occurs at the intersection of the North American, Pacific, Juan de Fuca and Explorer tectonic plates (Hyndman and Rogers 2010). A non-Canadian investor acquiring a Canadian business with assets of more than $312 million must satisfy the minister of industry that the proposed transaction is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. Investors provide undertakings to the minister detailing how they will operate the business in order to demonstrate that net benefit. the Arctic: a Study of International Legal Norms” was published Ashgate. In-creasingly, his research work addresses the interplay between different levels of environmental law, legal status of indigenous peoples, law of the sea in the Arctic waters, integrated maritime policy in the EU, the role of law in mitigating/adapting Such an endeavor brings clarity to empirical events and historical legal phenomena. To demonstrate this claim, the analysis offered evaluates the foreign policy sequence in Canadian legal policy over the Arctic waters known as the Northwest Passage, a forty year legal … Oil Pollution and International Marine Environmental Law. Ekaterina Anyanova. This form of pollution is considered in some of the international legal documents. The provisions of the international conventions on this issue are, however, relatively limited. The Arctic Waters Pollution Act of 1970 of Canada was the result of the With the opening of the Arctic, new resources and shipping routes have become more accessible. Increased human activity raises a need for protection of the environment as well as people. A functioning U.S. Icebreaker fleet is vital for operating in the challenging Arctic environment, and to respond to possible emergencies, oil spills and disasters. Dumping or placement of dredged material at sea is common practice within the OSPAR Maritime Area. No changes were detected for amounts of dredged material dumped or placed, for contaminant concentrations or for contaminant loads within the period 2008–2014. The range of concentrations for trace metals is consistent with the QSR 2010 assessment. A list of the most important studies identified so far is given in section 12.2. Some of these research needs are generic to the Arctic and have also been identified in the Arctic Council Oil and Gas Assessment (Skjoldal et al. 2007), and relevant studies will hopefully be initiated cooperative international research. Scientific exploration of Antarctica began in earnest in the early 1950s when the 67 member nations of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) endorsed a proposal to conduct an International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957-1958 and intensive, scientific exploration of Antarctica began on an international level. 1 The ICSU nations agreed that the IGY would focus especially on ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COASTAL STATES: THE PARADIGM FROM MARINE TRANSPORT OF PETROLEUM Joseph C. Sweeney* I. THE PROBLEM OF THE HIGH SEAS Any study of the nature of conflicting State interests in the waters denominated as territorial sea … While, pursuant to the Coasting Trade Act, the coasting trade licence application process involves directly or indirectly a number of other government departments and agencies, the Canadian Transportation Agency Guidelines Respecting Coasting Trade Licence Applications (Guidelines) specifically address the mandate of the Agency under the In the context of this report, these terms mean the same thing -disposal of mine tailings in the sea. The practice of disposal of mine tailings along the shoreline in shallow waters is no longer practiced. Discharges in marine waters are intended to be placed into deep waters below the mixing zone. As of March 2018, construction of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station campus has resulted in over 219,000 hours of Inuit employment worth over $7 million dollars. Skills development activities worth $400,000 have been undertaken and $51.5 million in construction contracts have been awarded to firms registered under Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Free Online Library: Outer continental shelf moratoria on oil and gas development.(Report) "Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs"; Government Continental shelf Laws, regulations and rules Continental shelves Energy policy Economic aspects Environmental aspects International aspects Oil and gas exploration Oil and gas leases Petroleum exploration The oil and gas industry has been operating in the Arctic for decades. During that time, IOGP member companies have accumulated necessary experience and developed the technology to safely increase their engagement. Effective governance can best be continued working with Arctic-specific international standards and adapted national regulations.

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