STATE GUARANTEES FOR THE SAFETY OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IMMIGRATION LAW - DOI: 10.12818/P.0304-2340.2024v85p201
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.12818/P.0304-2340.2024v85p201Résumé
Offshore oil and gas installations are
independent structures that are vulnerable to
disturbances and threats. Like ships, offshore
oil and gas installations also have national
flags and legal instruments that protect them.
Under international law, offshore oil and
gas installations are protected by the Rome
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful
Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms
Situated on the Continental Shelf 1988. It is
noted that there have been several incidents of
disturbances and threats that have occurred
at offshore oil and gas installations around
the world. Some events are well recorded
and known to the public, while some events are not public consumption. So far, offshore
oil and gas installation operators have
received legal guarantees for the security
of their installations both on the high seas
and in the sea territory of a country based
on international law, territorial law and the
inherent law according to the citizenship of
the offshore oil and gas installation. Through
this paper, the author aims to explain the
potential threats and disturbances at offshore
oil and gas installations and concrete
examples of events that have occurred.
Another aim is to explain how international
legal instruments and immigration law protect
offshore oil and gas installations from these
threats and disturbances. Through normative
legal research, this paper describes a series of
threats and disturbances and the international
and national laws that have emerged to protect
them and their application in the field.
KEYWORDS: Offshore installations. International law. Immigration law. Disturbance and
threat.