5 March 2008

CEPMLP publishes book on international competition for resources

University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) and Dundee University Press will be releasing `International Competition for Resources: The Role of Law, the State and of Markets' in March 2008.

International Competition, edited by Philip Andrews-Speed, Director of CEPMLP, examines the evolving and current state of the energy and minerals industry from the perspective of competition for resources, focusing on the role of law, the state and markets. This collection of six papers is the product of CEPMLP’s 30th anniversary conference in 2007.

Andrews-Speed’s introduction reflects upon the economic and resource trends in the energy and resource industries over the last 30 years, drawing on the similarities in world affairs between then and now while highlighting the differences in the economic, political and legal climate in the competition for resources.

Paul Stevens’ "Oil wars: resource nationalism and the Middle East" and Phillip Crowson’s "Trends in the global mining industry: rocket or roller-coaster?" both look at the resource cycle and future respectively for oil and gas and for minerals from the economic perspective.

"From producer to consumer: the UK’s changing energy strategy in the EU" by Peter Cameron illustrates the challenges and constraints a country faces in the transition from being an energy exporter to an energy importer.

Thomas Wälde’s "The rule of law and the resource industries’ cycle" and Ana Elizabeth Bastida’s "Mining law in the context of development: an overview" examines the changing role of law in the international resources industries and the impact from shifts in the political and economic ideology.

International Competition addresses a range of important and underlying issues facing the energy and mineral industry from economic and legal viewpoints. It also provokes thought on how to adapt solutions to tackling future challenges in the deceptively static resource cycle.

International Competition for Resources: The Role of Law, the State and of Markets will be available for sale online from March 2008. For more information, please contact Rona Carstairs, CEPMLP Information Services Manager at r.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk or see www.cepmlp.org/gateway.

Reviews
"this book provides valuable insights as to where the new energy and mineral world is heading"
Peter Davies
Special Economic Advisor at BP

"a truly incisive perspective on a single issue: the apparently novel challenge faced by international companies and host governments alike in an atmosphere of sharply increasing scarcity and tension in the natural resources sector"
Noah Rubins
Counsel, International Arbitration and Public International Law Groups,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Paris)

Note to editors:
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) is an international postgraduate centre in the law, policy, economic and management fields for the energy and natural resource sectors. The Centre, established in 1977, is part of the Postgraduate School of Management and Policy, University of Dundee.

About the Authors:
Philip Andrews-Speed is the Director of CEPMLP and Professor of Energy Policy.

Ana Elizabeth Bastida is the Director of CEPMLP’s International Mining Programme and a mining law expert.

Peter Cameron is the Professor of International Energy Law & Policy and Director of Research at CEPMLP.

Phillip Crowson is the former Chief Economist of Rio Tinto plc. He is also an Honorary Professor and part-time professorial research fellow at CEPMLP.

Paul Stevens is Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme with Chatham House. He recently retired from his role as Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics after 15 years of service at CEPMLP and is now Professor Emeritus.

Thomas Wälde is the Jean Monet Chair for European Economic and Energy Law and Policy at CEPMLP. He was formerly the Director of the Centre and the United Nations Inter-regional Adviser on Petroleum and Mining Legislation.

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