Regulatory capture by default: Offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas

Energy Policy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-47

  Portman, Michelle E ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Marine spatial planning; Offshore gas drilling; Regulatory capture; Temporal and spatial vacuums

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS; EXPLORATORY DRILLING; GAS DRILLINGS; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTIONS; REGULATORY CAPTURE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

DRILLING PLATFORMS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL DRILLING; VACUUM;

PROVEN RESERVES;

DEEP DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; NATURAL GAS; OIL PRODUCTION; SPATIAL PLANNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84890312689     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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