Book contents
- Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets
- Reviews
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Editor
- Contributors
- Part I Introductory Context and Principles
- Part II Case Studies
- 6 Expressing Local Content through Black Economic Empowerment in the South African Petroleum Industry
- 7 Local Content Frameworks for Petroleum Industry Operations in the CEMAC Region: An Evaluation of Their Functionality, Sustainability and Normative Underpinnings
- 8 Local Content, Angolanização, and Sustainable Development in Angola
- 9 Local Content and the Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas Resources in Nigeria
- 10 Local Content Requirements and Treaty Implementation in Kenya’s Petroleum Sector
- 11 Sustainability and Local Content Requirements in Australian Oil and Gas Development: Has the Ship of Opportunity Sailed?
- 12 Local Content for Sustainable Development in Middle East and North Africa: Current Legal Approaches and Future Directions
- 13 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway
- 14 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Argentina
- 15 The Latin American Experience in Designing Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sectors: Strengths, Limitations, and Future Perspectives
- 16 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Brazil
- 17 Industrial Policy and Local Content Rules in US Energy Policy
- 18 Oil and Gas Sector Local Content Decision Processes: Canadian Indigenous Participation
- Part III Lessons Learned and Future Directions
- Index
13 - Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway
from Part II - Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2021
- Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets
- Reviews
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Editor
- Contributors
- Part I Introductory Context and Principles
- Part II Case Studies
- 6 Expressing Local Content through Black Economic Empowerment in the South African Petroleum Industry
- 7 Local Content Frameworks for Petroleum Industry Operations in the CEMAC Region: An Evaluation of Their Functionality, Sustainability and Normative Underpinnings
- 8 Local Content, Angolanização, and Sustainable Development in Angola
- 9 Local Content and the Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas Resources in Nigeria
- 10 Local Content Requirements and Treaty Implementation in Kenya’s Petroleum Sector
- 11 Sustainability and Local Content Requirements in Australian Oil and Gas Development: Has the Ship of Opportunity Sailed?
- 12 Local Content for Sustainable Development in Middle East and North Africa: Current Legal Approaches and Future Directions
- 13 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway
- 14 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Argentina
- 15 The Latin American Experience in Designing Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Sectors: Strengths, Limitations, and Future Perspectives
- 16 Local Content and Sustainable Development in Brazil
- 17 Industrial Policy and Local Content Rules in US Energy Policy
- 18 Oil and Gas Sector Local Content Decision Processes: Canadian Indigenous Participation
- Part III Lessons Learned and Future Directions
- Index
Summary
The chapter reviews the use of local content requirements (LCRs) in the Norwegian oil and gas legislation. Looking at the evolution of the regulation of LCRs over time and structured around two main phases, it intends to identify some best practice in terms of sustainability. In the primary phase of the development of the Norwegian petroleum sector (1970s to mid-1990s), the national legislation included explicit LCRs. The chapter provides a categorisation of the different forms of LCRs practised at that time under Norwegian law. In the second phase, the use of LCRs has been constrained by the obligations deriving from the entry into force of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement in 1994 (including the Licensing Directive 94/22/EC and internal market rules), and the application of the relevant WTO Agreements after Norway joined the WTO in 1995 (TRIMs agreement, GATS). Norway has also entered into a series of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) which can restrain the country’s ability to include LCRs. The chapter consequently reviews the changes introduced by Norway’s accession to the EEA, to the WTO and the implementation of certain BITs for Norwegian practices. The final part of the chapter draws conclusions in terms of a sustainability framework for LCRs and the lessons that can be drawn from the Norwegian experience that can serve as effective transplants - both prerequisites and barriers - in other jurisdictions. Innovative legal approaches to promote such strategies are cited when applicable.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021