Routledge Research in Energy Law and Regulation
Petroleum, Energy Transition and Law: The Future of Petroleum in the Middle East and Africa
1st Edition
By Peter Kayode Oniemola
July 10, 2026
This book examines the future of petroleum exploration and production in the Middle East and Africa within the context of the global transition to alternative energy sources. The Middle Eastern and African countries possess abundant petroleum resources, serving as a significant source of foreign ...
Renewable Energy Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing Ghanaian Renewable Energy Development and Policy
1st Edition
By Nana Asare Obeng-Darko
December 26, 2025
This book contributes to the broader discussion on the development of renewable energy sources for a clean and sustainable energy to drive sustainable growth, energy security and sustainable development. Focusing on sub-Sahara African perspectives, with Ghana as the central case study, this book ...
Renewable Energy and International Law: Communitarian Approaches to Energy Justice
1st Edition
By Chitzi C. Ogbumgbada
November 27, 2025
This book addresses the injustices associated with renewable energy development and use within the context of the energy transition. Primarily informed by a communitarian approach to energy justice, the book draws on the philosophical concept of African communitarianism as a guiding principle. This...
Energy Law and the Sustainable Development Goals: Host Government Instruments for Sustainability in Oil and Gas Operations
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo G. Pereira, Thomas L Muinzer, Patrick R Baker
September 29, 2025
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious agenda for environmental sustainability, economic development, and social transformation. The SDGs include targets for governments, in partnership with private industry and communities, to improve access to affordable and reliable energy, reduce...
Local Content in Oil and Gas Law: A Practical Guide from Design to Implementation
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo G. Pereira, Damilola S. Olawuyi, Allan Ingelson
September 18, 2025
This book explores the development and effective implementation of local content policies in the global petroleum industry, providing a comprehensive overview of the foundations and drivers of local content in oil and gas. Against the backdrop of a growing focus on sustainable development and ...
Law of Finance for Renewable Energy Projects in the EU: Secondary Law and Support Schemes
1st Edition
By Theodoros G. Iliopoulos
December 11, 2024
The book delves into the nascent field of renewable energy support law, with a focus on the European Union (EU). It critically interprets and analyses the rules and the legal system that govern the finance of renewable energy projects in the EU. The book scrutinises the different types of support ...
Renewable Energy Support Schemes in the EU: State Aid Law and the Free Movement of Goods
1st Edition
By Theodoros G. Iliopoulos
December 11, 2024
The book analyses how State aid law and the law of the free movement of goods apply to renewable energy support schemes, how they have impacted on the design and implementation of national support schemes, and how they have been instrumentalised to affect national renewable energy support policies....
International Energy Investment Law: Balancing Host State and Foreign Investor Interests
1st Edition
By Hamid R. Younesi
November 08, 2024
This book analyses relational contract theory within the context of international energy investment agreements. Putting forth an exhaustive assessment of the field, the book provides a pragmatic resolution to the challenges inherent in the relationship between host states and foreign investors. ...
Upstream Oil and Gas in Ghana: Legal Frameworks and Emerging Practice
1st Edition
By Thomas Kojo Stephens
October 08, 2024
This book explores the myriad issues that play out in the upstream petroleum industry of Ghana from a legal perspective. Focusing on Ghana as an emerging petroleum country, Thomas Kojo Stephens begins by examining whether the existing constitutional framework will be effective in governing the ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Energy Industries
1st Edition
By Mustafa Oğuz Tuna
January 29, 2024
The disputes that arise between host states and investors in the energy sector put a high number of valuable and vital projects in the countries at risk. Investment treaty arbitration mechanisms, as the traditional remedy, have provided a solution to these problems for decades. However, as the ...
Free Movement and the Energy Sector in the European Union: The Role of the European Court of Justice
1st Edition
By Sirja-Leena Penttinen
April 29, 2022
This book analyses the case-law of the European Court of Justice on free movement in the energy sector. Sirja-Leena Penttinen provides a comprehensive review of the interpretation and application of the free movement provisions in the energy sector by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which ...
Coordinating Public and Private Sustainability: Green Energy Policy, International Trade Law, and Economic Mechanisms
1st Edition
By Roy Partain
December 13, 2021
This book demonstrates the need to coordinate private and corporate actors with national and global sustainable climate policies, with conventions in the spheres of green energy laws, as well as from the spheres of commercial, trade, and other private law.While many states have joined together in ...