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Water Legal Protection During Offshore Oil Production in Polar Conditions (Experience of Norway and Russia)
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Water Legal Protection During Offshore Oil Production in Polar Conditions (Experience of Norway and Russia)
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PII
S1991-32220000622-3-1
DOI
10.61205/S199132220028355-6
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Sergey Papkov 
Occupation: Specialist, Department of Joint Editorial Office of Scientific Periodical Publications
Affiliation: Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation
Address: Moscow, Russia
Edition
Volume 20 No. 3
Pages
90-102
Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the legal experience of Norway in the field of water protection during offshore oil extraction and analysis of the Russian environmental legislation. Russia has significant hydrocarbon reserves on the Arctic continental shelf. The strategic planning documents envisage exploration and extraction of Arctic oil and gas resources, investment in transport infrastructure. Currently, it is important to prepare legislation that meets modern challenges, as well as to create a special legal regime for supervision and control of offshore oil production activities in the Arctic. Otherwise, an environmental disaster may occur and a moratorium on offshore oil production in the polar latitudes may be imposed. An integrated approach combining well-developed natural resource legislation and an effective state supervision system has allowed Norway to conduct long-term successful offshore oil production. The problem of protecting Arctic waters during mining is also important in the sense that environmental problems within Russia’s borders are being blamed on our country by its geopolitical opponents.

The purpose of the study is to identify positive aspects in the Norwegian legal experience that can be implemented into Russian legislation in order to minimize the risk of emergency situations in the harsh Arctic climatic conditions.

The methodological basis of the research is the dialectical method of cognition, general scientific methods of abstraction, analysis and synthesis, comparison and generalization, as well as special legal methods (comparative legal, logical legal, etc.).

Conclusion: as a result of the study, it was found that Russian legal regulation of oil field development is not inferior in quality, sophistication, and rigidity of the requirements to Norwegian oil legislation, and the main problem is the lack of special legal regulation of state control in polar conditions, which has a direct negative impact on law enforcement.

Keywords
Arctic, water law, continental shelf, Norway, offshore oil production, water protection and use, environmental legislation
Date of publication
06.06.2024
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