The official history of North Sea oil and gas. Volume I, The growin dominance of the state / Alex Kemp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kemp, Alexander G.

Series:

Government official history series.

Whitehall histories : government official history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--North Sea--History.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Great Britain.

Offshore oil industry--North Sea--History.

Offshore oil industry.

Offshore oil industry--Government policy--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (640 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by the leading expert in UK petroleum economics, this study provides a new, unique, in-depth analysis of the development of British policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on full access to the UK Government's relevant archives, Alex Kemp examines the thinking behind the initial legislation in 1964, the early licensing arrangements and the events leading up to the boundary delimitation agreements with Norway and other adjacent North Sea countries. He explains the debate in the later 1960s about the appropriate rol

Contents:

Front Cover; The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas; Copyright Page; Contents; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1. Initial legislation and licensing; 2. The early North Sea boundary issues; 3. What role for the state?; 4. The early gas contracts; 5. The coming of oil, the Fourth Round controversy and its consequences; 6. Further gas developments and the Frigg contracts; 7. Designing the tax package; 8. Providing for BNOC and enhanced state control; 9. The new policy in action: state participation; 10. The new policy in action: further licensing and related issues

11. Increasing the Government take12. Depletion and conservation policies; 13. Utilising the benefits; Conclusions to volume I and preface to volume II; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-65393-7

1-283-46009-2

9786613460097

1-136-65394-5

0-203-80624-7

9780203806241

OCLC:

798532058