Module LAWM714 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM714: Oil and Gas
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics:
-Introduction to the basic concepts of oil and gas;
-Legal ownership and valuation of reserves and opportunities for exploration and production
-Introduction to the basic contractual issues; operation; assignment
-Discussion of methods to balance the interests of the parties involved
-Upstream activities
-Pre-authorisation phase
-Confidentiality agreements
-Authorisation phase; discussion of Exploration and Production Licences and Sharing Agreements
-Financing/funding of oil and gas projects
-Decommissioning
-Impact of new technologies and the international protection of new technologies
-Oil and gas operations and legal liability issues
-Pollution & environmental protection challenges
-Aspects of downstream activities
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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33 | 267 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 33 | 11 x 3 hour seminars involving lectures with discussion activities, individual and group presentations |
Guided independent study | 110 | Individual research, reading and seminar preparation |
Guided independent study | 63 | Assessment preparation (presentation) |
Guided independent study | 94 | Assessment preparation (essay) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).