Energy Investments, Trade and Security
Module III – 21 June – 2 July 2021
Academic staff
- Dr John Paterson, professor of law, co-director Centre for Energy Law, and Partner responsible for the Aberdeen module, NSELP
- Dr Greg Gordon, head of school, sr lecturer and coord. of the LLM in Oil and Gas, University of Aberdeen
- Dr Tina Hunter, Lecturer, Centre for Energy Law, University of Aberdeen
- Dr Olivia Woolley, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
- Dr Beatriz Martinez Romera, asst. professor of Envr and Climate Change Law, Center for Intl Law, Conflict and Crisis, University of Copenhagen
- Dr Martha Roggenkamp, professor of Energy Law, Director of the Groningen Centre of Energy Law, University of Groningen
- Dr Catherine Banet, associate professor in Petroleum and Energy Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo
External lecturers
Expected speakers from the Energy Charter Treaty, international law firms such as Volterra Fietta, the Scottish government and petroleum industry.
Draft programme
Week 1 Energy Trade and Investments
Monday Introduction/General
1. WTO law
2. Energy Charter Treaty
3. Russian Draft Convention and ECS Roadmap
4. EU-Russia Dialogue
5. NAFTA (Mercosur) etc
Tuesday Energy Trade
1. EU-Russia Energy Trade
2. Transit
3. Transit and trade agreements
Wednesday Investment Protection
1. Jurisdiction and procedural issues
2. Interaction of international investment law and European law
3. Substantive issues, e.g. expropriation, non-discrimination, etc.
4. Bilateral Investment Agreements
Thursday Disputes Settlement and Arbitration
1. Institutions
2. State – investor
3. Commercial arbitration
Friday Field Trip to Robert Gordon University – DART Oil Rig simulator
Week 2 Energy Security
Monday Security of Supply – Principles and Programmes
1. Introduction
2. OPEC
3. International Energy Programme
4. EU policy and law
Tuesday Nuclear Energy
1. The role of nuclear in supply security
2. Institutions (IAEA, Euratom etc.)
3. Domestic Implementation
4. Radiation protection
5. Safety and Liability
Wednesday Environmental Safety and Downstream Safety
1. Approaches to Environmental Regulation
2. Safety in the downstream electricity and gas sector (zoning etc)
a. Example: Environmental Management Systems
b. Example: Oil Spill Contingency Planning and Reporting
3. Critical Energy Infrastructure
Thursday Upstream Health and Safety
1. Evolution of regulatory models for upstream/offshore safety
2. EU dimension (Framework Directive, Extractive Industries Directive, Proposed Regulation/Directive)
3. Comparative Session
Friday Assignment
1. Presentation of individual papers
2. Follow up instructions: preparation of essay and next teaching module