Legal regulations on removal of permanent offshore installations and structures

Authors: Krymskaya K. V.

This study addresses the legal regulations on manmade islands, platforms and structures, i.e. permanent offshore installations, in particular, their removal. Until the mid1900s, the legal status of the offshore installations and structures, abandoned or in disuse, was not established. By now permanent offshore installations and structures are available in all seas washing the coasts of all continents, except for Antarctica. The unique nature of each structure and the enclosing marine environment has dictated legal adjustment of removal of the offshore installations and structure. This mission is critical as most of such installations and structures are active oil and gas platforms. The technological development and the possibility of permanent structures to be built increasingly farther offshore require updating of installations and structures under abandonment or disuse. First and foremost, this is connected with the effectuation of national navigational rights and freedoms, safety of navigation and with protection of the marine environment.

Keywords: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, 1958 Convention of the Continental Shelf, 1992 OSPAR Convention, permanent offshore installations and structures, Exclusive Economic Zone, continental shelf, thrust, due notice, International Maritime Organization.
For citation:

Krymskaya K. V. Legal regulations on removal of permanent offshore installations and structures. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2021;(3-1):173—185. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2021_31_0_173.

Acknowledgements:
Issue number: 3
Year: 2021
Page number: 173-185
ISBN: 0236-1493
UDK: 622
DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2021_31_0_173
Article receipt date: 18.05.2020
Date of review receipt: 08.12.2020
Date of the editorial board′s decision on the article′s publishing: 10.02.2021
About authors:

Krymskaya K. V., PhD Researcher, International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Moscow, Russia, kseniakrymskaya@yandex.ru, ORCID: 0000-0002-6254-9539.

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