The role of regulatory frameworks and state regulation in optimising the extraction of petroleum resources: A study of Australia and Norway

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-58

  Hunter, Tina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Licensing; Optimising extraction; Petroleum; Regulation; Regulatory frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898856077     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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