A Study On Offshore Drilling Platforms In International Law

The logical starting point of the study is the legal attribute of offshore drilling platforms.From the different perspectives of coastal States and noncoastal States,relying on the coordinate background of different sea areas,this dissertation analyzes the international law issues of offshore drilling platforms.In the international maritime legal order dominated by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the law of the sea,there are great differences in the legal attributes of offshore drilling platforms,rules for the construction,use and removal of offshore drilling platforms in different sea areas,and there are few rules in some fields.By studying the major global and regional conventions,typical national legislations and cases involving the development of marine resources and marine environmental protection of offshore drilling platforms,this study attempts to compare and analyze the existing international systems of offshore facilities,including artificial islands,offshore artificial facilities and structures,and on the basis of distinguishing the legal attributes of various facilities,it is considered that offshore drilling platforms should be clarified And establish the legal status of the mobile drilling platform on the voyage,and then construct the management system of the offshore drilling platform including the registration system.To clarify the exclusive rights and criminal,civil and administrative jurisdiction systems of coastal States to build,use and manage offshore drilling platforms in different sea areas,and determine the rights of foreign countries to construct and use offshore drilling platforms in different sea areas,including exclusive economic zones and continental shelves,as well as the contents and boundaries of the foreign countries' criminal,civil and administrative jurisdiction.The jurisdiction system of the International Seabed Authority over offshore drilling platforms for exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the area should be improved.On the basis of balancing different maritime rights in the traditional international law,we should establish a perfect security zone system for offshore drilling platforms.In the future,this security system should add important contents to prevent targeted terrorist attacks.This dissertation analyzes and compares the international environmental legal system and characteristics of environmental pollution damage caused by offshore drilling platforms.From this perspective,it analyzes the reasons for the limitation of establishing the liability mechanism for transnational marine pollution damage caused by the exploration and development of marine oil and gas resources,and analyzes the blank of the regional conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution on this issue,and it is necessary to formulate regulations for such pollution damage.The convention,in particular,should establish a liability fund and a compulsory liability insurance mechanism for cross-border pollution damage caused by exploration and development of offshore oil and gas resources.Multi-dimensional comparative analysis of the current decommissioned offshore drilling platform removal system,from the removal mode to explore the coordination with environmental protection.This study analyzes the concepts and methods of dumping at sea and the removal of ship wrecks in a series of conventions on the law of the sea,the determination of the person responsible for the removal,and the guarantee for the removal cost.It is proposed that the removal system of the decommissioned offshore drilling platform should be established with marine environmental protection as the key element,including the determination of the person responsible for the removal and the guarantee mechanism for the removal cost The institutional conflicts of typical sea use activities such as marine scientific research,submarine cable and pipeline laying,etc.This kind of institutional conflict highlights the inadequacy of the law of the sea system which adjusts the traditional sea use activities to deal with offshore drilling platforms.Based on the functional value of different sea areas established by the existing maritime law system and the rights system of coastal States,this study puts forward the value orientation of the system to solve the series of conflicts,and puts forward the theoretical suggestions to form a system to coordinate the conflicts between offshore drilling platforms and other sea use activities in the future.