NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

SCHOOL OF LAW

MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE TITLE:     LAW411
COURSETITLE:     OIL AND GAS LAW I
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS, [QUESTION 1 IS COMPULSORY]
 
1.       IJAGBO STATE IS A COMPONENT STATE WITHIN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND IS ENDOWED WITH ABUNDANT DEPOSIT OF OIL WITHIN ITS TERRITORY. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE STATE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPLORE THE OIL BY ITSELF AND FOR ITSELF ALONE WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NOW MR. SAMUEL HAS BEEN APPOINTED A NEW MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC FOR POWER AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND HE IMMEDIATELY SPRANG INTO ACTION BY TAKING OVER THE FULL CONTROL OF ALL NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF THE FEDERATION. THE MEN OF THE CIIVIL DEFENCE CORPS AND MOBILE POLICE MEN MOVED INTO IJAGBO STATE TO TAKE OVER THE OIL WELLS AND THIS PROCESS MET WITH A REVOLT WHICH CLAIMED TWO LIVES OF THE OIL WELL WORKERS WHO ARE MR SELFWILL AND MR PLAYBOY WHOSE BODIES ARE PRESENTLY DEPOSITED IN THE MORTUARY. THE MINISTER SUCCESSFULLY TOOK OVER THE OIL WELLS AND NOW, THE PREMIER OF IJAGBO STATE IS MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEPRIVATION OF THE ENJOYMENT OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
AS A STUDENT OF LAW, IDENTIFY THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THIS CASE AND ADVICE THE PARTIES ACCORDINGLY.
 
2.       [A.] WHAT IS OIL EXPLORATION?
[B.] MAKE A SHORT DISCUSSION ON THE EARLY OIL EXPLORATION EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD.
 
[C] DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE HISTORY OF PETROLEUM IN NIGERIA
 
 
3.       WRITE SHORT NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING:
A.       CONCESSION
B.       TRADITIONAL CONCESSION
C.       MODERN CONCESSION
 
4.       IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS IN FULL THE THREE THEORIES OF OWNERSHIP OF OIL AND GAS
5.       MAKE A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL REGIME OF PETROLEUM UNDERTHE NIGERIA COLONIAL ERA GIVEN CONSIDERATION TO CERTAIN DISCRIMINATORY EFFECTS CREATED BY SOME OF THE LAWS.
6.       GIVE A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF GAS FLARING IN OIL OPERATIONS, IT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE RESPONSE OF OUR COURT TO GAS FLARING IN NIGERIAN OIL FIELDS
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