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There are 3 categories of news / publications on this page:

1. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS BULLETINS (all downloadable)

The Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), August 2008

The Asia-Pacific Partnership, December 2005

Energy Idols and Demons: A Retrospective View of the 19th World Energy Congress, Sydney, February 2005

APEC Cross-Border Natural Gas Trade Findings to be Released, October 2004

At Last! A Comprehensive Energy Strategy for Australia, June 2004

ResourcesLaw Wins Two Further Consultancy Assignments for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Working Group, January 2004

2. RECENT PUBLICATIONS (downloadable from 2004)

2008

• "Current Challenges in APEC Natural Gas Trade", APEC Roundtable, Cairns
• "Climate Policy On the Road to Copenhagen", International Energy Law Review
• "APEC: Its Role in Energy Security and Climate Change and What It Means for Australia", The Australian Institute of Energy
• "Australia's Emissions Trading Scheme", Emissions Trading Scheme Workshop
• "Questions and Answers About Australia's Future Emissions Trading Scheme"

2007

• "On the Horns of an Investment Dilemma: Energy Security and Climate Change", OGEL
• "Natural Gas At The Border - Will It Fulfil Its Destiny?", Report of the APGAS Forum 2007, San Diego, USA
• "Electricity Reform in APEC Economies - The Way Ahead", AESIEAP CEO Conference 2007, Macau
• "The Complication that Climate Change Poses for Asia-Pacific Energy Security", International Energy Law and Taxation Review
• "How to Facilitate or Strangle an LNG Project", APPEA Conference, Adelaide

2006

• "Reflections on Climate Change", International Energy Law and Taxation Review
• "What Governments Need to Know About Cross-Border Gas Projects", OGEL
• "The AP6 Charter", OGEL
• "Energy Security Symposium: Effects on Australia's Strategic Environment", AIIA Conference
• Comparative Table of Common Joint Venture Structures
• "The Establishment of the APEC Gas Forum," OGEL
• "Global Energy Security and Middle East Oil", International Energy Law and Taxation Review

2005

• "Energy Security In APEC: An Overview", overview of report to the APEC Energy Working Group
• "ASEAN Energy Cooperation", OGEL
• "Australia: An Energy Exporter Dependent on Middle East Oil", The World Energy Book
• "Legal and Regulatory Challenges of the Asian Gas Grid", UNESCAP - PEG Workshop, Busan, Korea
• "World Energy Market Developments and their Impact on Australia", Australian Energy Summit, Sydney
• "Safeguards for Foreign Investment in Mining", International Mineral Law and Policy

2004

• "Great Expectations: Cross-Border Natural Gas Trade in APEC Economies", APEC Secretariat, Singapore (Executive Summary)
• "Mechanisms for Expansion of Cross-Border Natural Gas Trade", OGEL
• "Promoting Investment to Enhance the Energy Security of Developing Countries", World Energy Council Executive Assembly, Developing Countries Plenary Session, Sydney
• "Asia-Pacific Energy Security and Sustainable Development", International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development, Macau, China
• "Global Energy Security: The Hottest Energy Topic", OGEL

All pre-2004 publications may be obtained by email request to our office administrator.

2003

• "Kyoto's Catch 22", OGEL
• "The Australian Electricity Market Reforms", World Energy Council Asia-Pacific Workshop, Manila
• "Electricity Reform in APEC Economies - The Way Ahead", APEC Secretariat, Singapore
• "Managing Electricity Industry Reform - Responding to the Challenge", International Energy Law and Taxation Review
• "The Commercial and Legal Framework for Interconnection of Power Grids", Meeting of ASEAN Power Utilities and Authorities
• "The Australian Energy Market Review: Will Its Recommendations Deliver for Australia?", CEDA

2002

• "APEC Member Economies and Their Energy Security Concerns: Finding Real and Lasting Solutions", APEC Energy Ministers Meeting, Mexico City
• "Searching for Sustainable Solutions to Energy Security Concerns in APEC Economies", World Energy Council, London
• "Out of Africa: A Model for Energy Security in the Greater Mekong Region", International Energy Law and Taxation Review
• "Cross-Border Power", APEC Secretariat, Singapore
• "Eight Guidelines for Electricity Industry Reform", CEPMLP Internet Journal

2001

• "The IPP Experiment", International Energy Law and Taxation Review
• "The Energy Lawyer Through a Looking Glass", Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law

2000

• "A Helicopter Perspective of the Australian Electricity Reforms", Electricity Australia 2000

1999

• "What a Century", Oil & Gas Law and Taxtion Review
• "Hot Air about Emissions Trading", Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review

1998

• "Who Should Own the Global Energy Sector?", Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review
• "The Australian Model of Electricity Regulation", Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review

1997

• "Institutional Framework to Attract Private Capital in the Power Generation Sector", Financing the Global Energy Sector - The Task Ahead, World Energy Council, London
• "The Transformation in Foreign Investment Law - More Than a Pendulum Swing?", International Company and Commercial Law Review
• "Downstream Energy Financing and the Limitations of BOT Projects", Oil & Gas Law and Taxation Review

For any pre-2004 publication, please send an email request to our office administrator Ms Rowena Cruz at the address below.

3. BOOK REVIEWS (all downloadable)

"Climate Change: A Guide to Carbon Law and Practice", Paul Watchman (Ed), Globe Business Publishing, London, UK, 2008

"Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition: Lessons for the Future", Colin Robinson, (Ed), Edwards Elgar Publishing, UK, 2006

"Energy Security", Barton, B et al (Eds), International Bar Association (IBA), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2004

"Warring Tribes: The Story of Power Development in Australia", Robert R Booth, Bardak Group, Perth, Australia, 2000

"Energy Law & Policy for the 21st Century", The Energy Law Group, Rocky Mountain Mneral Law Foundation, Denver, Colorado, 2000

"BOO/BOT Projects: A Commercial and Contractual Guide", Jeffrey Delmon, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2000

"Through the World's Eye", Justice Michael Kirby, The Federation Press, Sydney, 2000

"NAFTA and The Energy Charter Treaty", Mirian K Omalu, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 1999

"The Energy Charter Treaty - An East-West Gateway for Investment and Trade", Thomas Walde (Ed), Kluwer Law International, London, 1996