Liability and Compensation for Offshore Oil Pollution Damage in the Arctic

Comparing Norwegian and Russian Law

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This book is an essential contribution to understanding Russian law for English speakers. In a time when the energy markets in Europe are changing away from Russian dependence on oil and gas, Dr Svendsen explains what the legal consequences will be if we would experience cross-border harm as a result of an oil spill from offshore installations on the Norwegian and the Russian side of the sea border in the Barents Sea. This book examines Russian and Norwegian rules governing liability, choice-of-law, recognition and enforcement, damage, third-party losses, environmental harm, and valuation of environmental harm.
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Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Dedication
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Sources of Law in Norway and Russia
Chapter 3 Principles and Considerations in Norwegian and Russian Law
Chapter 4 Liability for Pollution Damage in the Barents Sea
Part 2 Procedural Law Issues: Choice-of-Law, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
Chapter 5 Choice of Law Rules in the Petroleum Act and the Civil Code
Chapter 6 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in a National Court Absent an International Agreement
Part 3 Substantive Law Issues: Concept of Damage, Losses Suffered by Third Parties, and Harm to the Environment and Its Valuation and Calculation
Chapter 7 The Definition of ‘Damage’ in Norwegian Law and ‘Harm’ in Russian Law
Chapter 8 Compensability of Losses Suffered by Third Parties
Chapter 9 Compensability of Harm to the Marine Natural Environment Caused by Petroleum Spills
Chapter 10 The Valuation and Calculation of Compensable Damage to the Environment
Chapter 11 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Annexes
Annex 1 Maritime Jurisdiction and Boundaries in the Arctic Region
Annex 2 Wikipedia List of Blowouts from Well Drilling
Annex 3 The Development of Non-statutory Liability without Fault in Norwegian Law
Annex 4 The Development of Liability without Fault for Harm Caused by a Source of Heightened Danger in Russian Law
Annex 5 The US Approach to Valuation and Calculation of Natural Resource Damage
Back Matter
Bibliography
Index
Kristoffer Svendsen, Ph.D. (2015), The Arctic University of Norway, is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Stavanger and Kristiania University College, an Assistant Director at Tulane Center for Energy Law, and an Associate Member of Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law. He has edited books and published articles on liability and compensation for oil pollution, seabed activities, and contractual risk allocation.
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part 1
Introduction

1 Introduction
 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Background

 1.3 The Absence of International Legal Agreements Regulating Oil Pollution Damage from Offshore Subsoil Activities

 1.4 The Barents Sea

 1.5 Limitations and Assumptions throughout the Book


2 Sources of Law in Norway and Russia
 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Sources of Law – Norway

 2.3 Sources of Law – Russia

 2.4 Some Comments on Legal Reasoning

 2.5 Materials Used


3 Principles and Considerations in Norwegian and Russian law
 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The Use of the Terminology ‘Legal Principle’ in This Book in Relation to Norwegian and Russian Law

 3.3 The International Environmental Polluter Pays Principle – from an Economic to a Multi-version Principle

 3.4 Common Consideration in Norwegian and Russian Law

 3.5 Norwegian National Considerations with Respect to Chapter 7 of the Petroleum Act

 3.6 Russian National Considerations

 3.7 Comparative Notes

 3.8 Conclusions


4 Liability for Pollution Damage in the Barents Sea
 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Liability for Pollution Damage in Norway

 4.3 Liability for Pollution Damage in Russia


part 2
Procedural Law Issues: Choice-of-Law, and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
5 Choice of Law Rules in the Petroleum Act and the Civil Code
 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Two Cross-Border Pollution Scenarios

 5.3 A Harmed Russian Party Filing a Claim for Compensation in a Norwegian Court for Harm Inflicted to the Russian Party, When Located in the Russian Part of the Barents Sea, by a Norwegian Company Located in the Norwegian Part of the Barents Sea

 5.4 A Harmed Norwegian Party Filing a Claim for Compensation in a Russian Court for Harm Inflicted to the Norwegian Party Located in the Norwegian Part of the Barents Sea by a Russian Company Located in the Russian Part of the Barents Sea

 5.5 Conclusion of Choice of Law


6 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in National Courts Absent an International Agreement (Enforcement of Norwegian Judgments in Russian Courts and Russian Judgments in Norwegian Courts)
 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 European Recognition and Enforcement Regimes of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

 6.3 Norwegian Legal Approach to Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

 6.4 Russian Legal Approach to Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

 6.5 Conclusion of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments


Part 3
Substantive Law Issues: Examining Compensability through the Concept of Damage, Losses Suffered by Third Parties, and Harm to the Environment and Its Valuation and Calculation
7 The Definition and Understanding of the Norwegian Concept of “Damage” under the Petroleum Act and the Russian Concept of “Harm” under the Federal Continental Shelf Law and the Federal Environmental Protection Law
 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Norwegian Law

 7.3 Russian Law

 7.4 Comparative Analysis

 7.5 Conclusion of Chapter 7


8 Compensability of Losses Suffered by Third Parties: Establishing Protection in Delict Law and Limitation of This Liability through Causation
 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Historical Prelude

 8.3 Pure Economic Loss and Losses Suffered by Third Parties

 8.4 Norwegian Law: the Establishment of Protection in Delict Law and Limitation of Liability through Proximity in Causality and Balancing of Interests

 8.5 Russian Law – the Concept of “Unreceived Income”

 8.6 Comparative Analysis

 8.7 Conclusion on Losses Suffered by Third Parties


9 Compensability of Harm to the Marine Natural Environment Caused by Petroleum Spills
 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Values Attributable to the Environment

 9.3 Norwegian Law

 9.4 Russian Law

 9.5 Comparative Analysis

 9.6 Conclusion of Chapter 9


10 The Valuation and Calculation of Compensable Damage to the Environment
 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 The Primary Valuation and Calculation Methods

 10.3 The Norwegian Approach to Restoration and Replacement Costs

 10.4 The Russian Approach: Market Valuation and Mathematical Formulas

 10.5 Comparative Analysis

 10.6 Conclusion


11 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
 11.1 Introduction

 11.2 Conclusions and Summary of the Book

 11.3 Policy Recommendations


Annexes

Bibliography

Index

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