Twelve chapters cover a wide variety of topics, including finance, contracts, political risk insurance, legal issues, economics, and technical cooperation. All treatment of these subjects focuses on conditions expected to exist in the mid 1990s. No subject index or bibliography. Annotation copyright

Legal practitioners, academics and energy industry representatives from several European countries contribute towards an appreciation of current and proposed EC energy legislation and policy. Legal and policy considerations of EC energy regulation are critiqued and their practical implications, particularly for the oil and gas industry, highlighted. The increasing role of environmental regulation and its potential impact on the energy industry is discussed in the light of current and proposed EC legislation and the case law of the European Court of Justice. Special emphasis is also placed on...

This important new work surveys emerging trends in international oil and gas investment and examines crucial issues affecting the formulation and implementation of oil and gas policies world-wide, drawing on expertise from practitioners, academia and industry. The book is timely and topical in that it gives considerable attention to current developments in the relationship between the international petroleum industry and the oil and gas sector in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. Its coverage extends to developments in Africa, Asia and Latin...