Palgrave Handbook of Natural Gas and Global Energy Transitions

Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb is Professor of Petroleum, Energy and Environmental Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar. He is also Chancellor’s Fellow and Director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute) at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. He is an Independent Expert of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment, and Human Rights Violations in Africa, formed by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.Eduardo G. Pereira is Professor of Natural Resources and Energy Law, and is a full-time, part-time, honorary, associate, adjunct, researcher and/or visiting scholar at a number of other leading academic institutions around the world (including the University of West Indies, Siberian Federal University, Russia, University of São Paulo, Strathmore University, Agostinho Neto University, University of Aberdeen, and Externado University of Colombia, among others).

• 1. Introduction: Nature and Scope of the International Gas Market (Damilola S. Olawuyi & Eduardo G. Pereira).- 2. Technological revolution in natural gas developments and LNG: policy advancements and their implications on national and international market (Miriam R. Aczel).- 3. The Role of Natural Gas in a Just and Equitable Energy Transition (Damilola S. Olawuyi).- 4. Natural Gas and Energy Security (S. Duygu Sever).- 5. The Hydrogen Revolution and Natural Gas: A New Dawn in the European Union? (Ruven Fleming).- 6. LNG’s Role in a Decarbonising Energy System: Lessons from the United Kingdom (Omran H. Al-Kuwari).- 7. Russian Natural Gas Exports and the Energy Transition (James Henderson).- 8. Regulating Gas Flaring Emissions from Upstream Operations on US Federal Lands and in Nigeria (Tade Oyewunmi).- 9. A Political Economy of Energy Transition: Privatizing Natural Gas Assets in Gulf Arab States (Robert Mogielnicki).- 10. Natural gas subsidies and their implications for the global energy transition (Marcelo Neuman).- 11. Legal Framework for Promoting Natural Gas in the Energy Transition: Lessons from Brazil’s New Gas Law (Thiago de Freitas Benevenuto, Eduardo G. Pereira, and Fernanda Delgado).- 12. Natural Gas and Energy Transition for large international oil companies (Wellington Otto Bahnemann, Eduardo Pereira, & Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa).- 13. Decarbonizing Shipping and the Role of LNG: International Law and Policy Trends (Ruixuan Zhuo & Hui Wang).- 14. The Financing Spectrum for LNG Projects (Gabriel A. Onagoruwa).- 15. Host Government Instruments and Natural Gas Provisions (Eduardo G. Pereira, Hirdan Costa, Eze Emem Chioma, Indira Rampaul-Cheddie, Terrance Ali, Saelese Haynes, & Aaron Koenck).- 16. Managing Energy Transition Risks in the Natural Gas Industry: Role of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning (EPCC) Contracts (Hilary Christina Bell).- 17. Regulatory and technical opportunities for reducing flaring and venting operations in oil and gas fields in Brazil (Gustavo Castro Ribeiro, Eduardo G Pereira, Alicia Elias-Roberts, Alberto José Fossa, Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, Thaiz da Silva Vescovi, Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos, & João Victor Correia Lopes).- 18. Climate risk and physical resilience: adapting natural gas pipeline infrastructure for the clean energy transition in Canada (Rudiger Tscherning).- 19. Protecting Natural Gas Investments: Trends in investment treaties & investors projections (Victoria R. Nalule).- 20. International trade rules and natural gas export: trends and challenges in national markets (Qaraman Mohammed Hasan & Hemin Mohammed Ismael).- 21. Harnessing Opportunities for Synergy between Natural Gas and Renewable Energy: Trends and Legal Requirements (Cameron Kelly).- 22. Energy Transition and the Role of Women: Advancing Gender-Aware Transition in the Natural Gas Industry (E. Smaranda Olarinde & Hilary Okoeguale).- 23. Promoting Cooperation in Natural Gas Development: Lessons from The Balkans and The Eastern Mediterranean (Ali Dirioz).- 24. Energy Transitions and the Future of Natural Gas Law, Policy, and Research (Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, Irekpitan Okukpon, & Nkiruka Chidia Maduekwe).- 25. The future of natural gas: synthesis and summary for policy makers (Eduardo G. Pereira and Damilola S. Olawuyi).