Book Reviews by Ngozi Chinwa Ole
12 Journal of World Energy Law and Business 198–200, 2019
Papers by Ngozi Chinwa Ole
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Oil, Gas & Energy Law Journal, 2018
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 12, 2022
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia
PADJADJARAN Jurnal Ilmu Hukum (Journal of Law)
The Presidential Declaration of Corona Virus Disease 19 as a ‘dangerous contagious disease’ occas... more The Presidential Declaration of Corona Virus Disease 19 as a ‘dangerous contagious disease’ occasioned the emergence of several regulations imposing restrictions on movements and social distancing measures. The Chief Justice of Nigeria and other heads of court also approved the Guidelines and Practice Directions containing modalities for virtual court sessions. This paper aims to examine the legal implications of virtual court session. The traditional requirement that court sessions should be held in places open to the public signifies a constitutional disapproval of virtual court sessions. It is contended that Practice Directions and Guidelines are weak mechanisms for entrenching virtual court sessions in Nigeria since they are within the lowest rung of the hierarchy of laws. Hence, the reform needs to be holistic. It should entail amendment of certain provisions of the constitution, laws, and rules of courts to enable a virtual innovation without legal hiccups. In alternative to c...
European energy journal, Nov 30, 2021
Social Science Research Network, Sep 17, 2011
Social Science Research Network, Jan 18, 2017
This article analyses the decommissioning framework for oil and gas infrastructures in Brazil, Ni... more This article analyses the decommissioning framework for oil and gas infrastructures in Brazil, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago. It examines whether the existing provisions in each country are able to guarantee that the government and, by extension taxpayers, do not bear the costs of decommissioning and, the consequences of insolvency on residual liabilities. An additional motivation for this examination is the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic with significant adverse impacts on the oil and gas industry. A likely consequence of the economic devastation from this is the insolvency of any party with decommissioning obligations.The article argues that the provisions of the Brazil petroleum legislation on the reversion of abandoned installations to the government could imply that taxpayers have to bear the residual liabilities without any compensation from the concerned concessionaires or contractors. It also argues that the provisions of the Petroleum Law to the ...
Oil, Gas & Energy Law Journal, 2017
Oil exploration in Nigeria has progressed to deep waters leading to greater revenue for Nigeria. ... more Oil exploration in Nigeria has progressed to deep waters leading to greater revenue for Nigeria. While the economic benefit has increased significantly, the number of offshore oil installations in the Nigerian maritime zone has risen to over 170 offshore installations. The economic benefit derived from the exploration of offshore oil cannot haze the realities of abandonment or disuse of such installation in the future. Nigeria is a signatory to some international instruments on decommissioning, some of which imposes an obligation on the Nigerian government to ensure the re-use or abandonment partly or completely of such installations in order to protect the environment. Even though, the Nigerian legal and contractual framework have made provisions for the total removal of such installations except in some circumstances, little attention is being paid to the financial securities for decommissioning. It is axiomatic that the availability of sufficient fund as and when due is the underpinning factor for a successful decommissioning of such disused installation. This paper examines the international, national, contractual and intended national framework for decommissioning and it argues that the framework for guaranteeing the availability of funds for decommissioning of offshore oil installations in Nigeria is inadequate and not comprehensive enough.
African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2018
This article considers whether the enforcement tools of the Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015 a... more This article considers whether the enforcement tools of the Paris Climate Change Agreement 2015 are adequate to the extent that would secure the development of the targeted solar technologies in the Nigerian National Determined Contribution. It finds that there are several tools that would render these tools inadequate.
EnergyRN: Natural Gas (Topic), 2019
This paper considered the question: To ‘what extent is the legal regime for risk governance adequ... more This paper considered the question: To ‘what extent is the legal regime for risk governance adequate to prevent offshore oil risk-related accidents like the Deepwater Horizon accident in Nigeria?’ It argued that the Petroleum Act 1969 and the ancillary regulations are inadequate in many respects. First, the prescriptive nature of the existing regulations under the Act is unsuitable for effective risk governance because the offshore oil environment is continually evolving and cannot be effectively regulated by prescriptive laws. Secondly, there is a potential conflict of interest between the dual function of the regulator as the revenue driver and, risk governance body. Thirdly, there is an absence of a dichotomy between the regulated and regulator which undermines effective offshore risk governance amongst other defects. The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) was analysed to ascertain whether it is a progression of the Petroleum Act 1969 in this respect. It was argued that th...
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