Petroleum operations on the Canadian continental margin
Subtitle: the legal issues in a modern perspective
By: Ian Townsend Gault.
Series: Canadian Continental Shelf law ;; 1; Working paper / Canadian Institute of Resources Law ;; 2; Working paper (Canadian Institute of Resources Law) ;; 2.
Publisher: Canadian Institute of Resources Law, Faculty of Law, the University of Calgary
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Calgary, Alta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Offshore oil well drilling -- Law and legislation -- Canada.; Offshore oil industry -- Law and legislation -- Canada.; Continental shelf -- Canada.
Description: A survey of the major legal issues, under both international and domestic law, associated with oil and gas exploration, development and production from the Canadian offshore. The section of Canadian law includes a discussion of: the extent of Canada's continental margin; problems with jurisdiction in the arctic; the federal-provincial offshore dispute; and the Canada - Nova Scotia Offshore Resource Agreement. The impact of the National Energy Program and the Canada Oil and Gas Act is also assessed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"February 1983."
Summary in French.