National and International Regulation (Theme A)

The module covers, amongst other things:

• Licensing, concessions and production sharing agreements
• Mature Province Initiatives
• An introduction to maritime and territorial boundary issues
• Competition issues, including:
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    • Cartels
    • Joint sales and production agreements
    • Capacity reservation agreements
    • Long term purchase agreements
    • Territorial restrictions and destination clauses
    • Abuse of a dominant position
    • Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector
    • State Aid
    • State guarantees
    • Renewable support schemes
    • Stranded costs
    • Public service obligations.
• Property issues using national/regional case studies:
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    • Norwegian Continental Shel
    • The Principle of National Property of Hydrocarbons in Mexico
    • Chile, Brazil and Argentina
    • United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan: service, account, functional, legal and ownership unbundling and independent system operator, and open access regimes.