Oil And Gas Law In Nigeria Summarized Notes

OIL AND GAS LAW PART 1 and II..

PETROLEUM: (DEFINITION, distinctions, USES, HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, etc).

OWNERSHIP OF OIL AND GAS. (OWNERSHIP THEORIES IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, SOVEREIGNTY AND OWNERSHIP OF OFFSHORE AND INTERNATIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES, OWNERSHIP ISSUES AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO OIL FOUND THEREIN, OWNERSHIP STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS)

STATE PARTICIPATION AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXPLORATION OF PETROLEUM. (JVA, PSC, RSC, TAA, ETC… NATURE AND TYPES OF CONCESSIONS. (TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CONCESSIONS (OEL, OPL, OML) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRE-1969 AND POST-1969 GRANTS).

FARM-OUT ARRANGEMENTS AND MARGINAL FIELDS.

REVERSION OF OIL AND ELECTRICITY RESIDUE.

OPEC. (AIMS AND OBJECTIVES, MEMBERSHIP, ORGANS, PROBLEMS, ETC. OF OPEC. SHOULD NIGERIA CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF OPEC (ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST).

THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION NNPC. (FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND CHANGES THAT THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL WOULD BRING ABOUT.

OIL AND GAS LAW PART TWO.

OIL AND GAS PIPELINES (IMPORTANCE, DISADVANTAGES, LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND DISPOSAL OF OIL PIPELINES

PETROLEUM REFINERY AND PROCESSING PLANT. LEGAL REGIME FOR ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT.

REVENUE ALLOCATION

ADMINISTRATION OF PETROLEUM PROFIT AND PETROLEUM PROFIT TAX.

NIGERIAN LOCAL CONTENT AND TRANSFER OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY. (IMPORTANCE, INHIBITING FACTORS, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND REQUIREMENTS WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE NIGERIAN (OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY) CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACT 2010 NCDA).

OIL AND GAS DISPUTES (AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, OIL COMPANY V FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUALS V EXPLORATION COMPANIES, HOST COMMUNITIES V THE GOVERNMENT AND OIL COMPANIES, ETC) ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, LITIGATION, ETC.

OIL AND GAS POLLUTION. (FORMS, CAUSES, EFFECTS, DEFENCES, REGULATORY LAWS, ESTABLISHMENTS AND BODIES WITH PROVISIONS, ISSUES OF LOCUS STANDI, JURISDICTION, EVIDENCE, PRE-ACTION NOTICE, LIMITATION PERIOD, SELF HELP AND SABOTAGE, ETC.

EXPROPRIATION AND NATIONALIZATION. (LEGAL BASIS, REASONS, ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, HOW FOREIGN COMPANIES CAN PROTECT AGAINST EXPROPRIATION, LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF PROMPT AND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION, ETC. IN EXPROPRIATION AND NATIONALIZATION).