Liberia deepwater well finds oily basin, no reservoir - Oil & Gas Journal

Liberia deepwater well finds oily basin, no reservoir - Oil & Gas Journal

Shell to explore for unconventional natural gas in Ukraine - Oil & Gas Journal

Shell to explore for unconventional natural gas in Ukraine - Oil & Gas Journal

OPEC OIL

.....According to current estimates, more than 80% of the world's proven oil reserves are located in OPEC Member Countries, with the bulk of OPEC oil reserves in the Middle East, amounting to 65% of the OPEC total. OPEC Member Countries have made significant additions to their oil reserves in recent years, for example, by adopting best practices in the industry, realizing intensive explorations and enhancing recoveries. As a result, OPEC's proven oil reserves currently stand at well above 1,190 billion barrels....

KYOTO PROTOCOL’S CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM

....Project developers and climate policymakers in developing countries, as well as carbon investors need to understand how domestic laws and regulatory frameworks in CDM Host Countries interact with the international rules on carbon trading, and how they can be enhanced to facilitate the implementation and financing of CDM projects.

Baker & McKenzie together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have joined forces to produce Implementing CDM Projects: A Guidebook to Host Country Legal Issues.

Authored by leading lawyers from Baker & McKenzie's Global Environmental Markets Practice, with the assistance of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) practitioners and research collaborators from around the world, the Guidebook is the most recent addition to the UNEP Risoe Center's CDM Guidebook Series...Paul H. Curnow, Baker & McKenzie and Glenn Hodes, UNEP Risoe 

 CDM PROJECT CYCLE

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