Managing the Risk of Offshore Oil and Gas Accidents

Contents:

Introduction
The Editors

Part I Prevention and Minimization of Harm
1. Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Michael Bothe

2. Regulating the Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
a. Performance-Based Regulation and the Development of International Regulatory Uniformity in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
Michael Tsimplis and Wassim Dbouk

b. Managing Offshore Safety in the United States after the Macondo Disaster
Jacqueline L. Weaver

3. The International Regime of Oil Spill Contingency Planning and Response
Erik Rosaeg

4. Regional Arrangements for Contingency Planning and Response
a. Oil Spill Response in the EU
Maria Gavouneli

b. Oil Spill Response in the Arctic: the Norwegian-Russian Experience
Maria Sydnes and Are Kristoffer Sydnes

c. Oil Spill Response in the North American Arctic: Canada, the United States, and Greenland
Michael LeVine, Andrew Hartsig, Louie Porta, Chris Debicki, and Amanda Joynt

d. Oil Pollution Prevention and Response: The Mediterranean and Other Regional Arrangements
Tullio Scovazzi

5. Managing Environmental Risks Through the Terms of Maritime Delimitation and Related Agreements
Nigel Bankes

Part II Liability and Compensation of Loss
6. Allocating Transboundary Loss from Offshore Oil and Gas Accidents
Guenther Handl

7. Damage Compensable
a. The Recovery of Pure Economic Loss under the Oil Pollution Act: A Unified Test of Causation
Vernon Valentine Palmer and Kristoffer Svendsen

b. Pure Environmental Damage
Peter Wetterstein

8. Punitive Damages
Martin Davies

9. The Role of Insurance in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
OEzlem Guerses

Part III Claims Processing
10. The CLC/Fund Experience
Mans Jacobsson

11. Specific Oil Spill Incidents
a. The BP-Deepwater Horizon Claims Process
Edward F. Sherman

b. Compensation Claims arising from the Montara Oil Spill
Shane Bosma and Josh Underwood

12. Other Mass Tort Claim Perspectives: Mass Tort Settlements in a European Context
Harald Koch and Joachim Zekoll

Index

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• Direito público internacional
• Direito marítimo
• Legislação sobre energia e recursos naturais

International law; Transboundary risk; Offshore safety; Corporate governance; Oil spill preparedness and response; Liability and compensation; Mass tort claims processing