Compensation Applicable Legal Offshore Platforms For Oil Pollution Damage

The marine environment has become the main battlefield for human access toenergy in the21st century to.As demand for energy, human led to development ofoffshore oil exploration industry. Global Offshore Marine Centre has been transferred,the largest offshore platforms currently operating water depth has reached3,600meters(12,000feet), the maximum drilling depth of11,800meters (39,000feet), the newdrilling rigs operating water depth capacity of10,000feet above almost all in thefuture.Enhance the operational capability of offshore platforms, deepwater platforms andplatform suitable polar operations will be a future trend. Oil companies engaged inoffshore drilling, about143, of which offshore drilling contractor will occupyapproximately90, and the rest of the integrated oil companies, offshore oil explorationhas seen the gradual commercialization.From the development of the situation offshoreplatform operating point of view, once the oil spill incident, often involving foreign sexwith two or more different countries or legal jurisdictions. The relevant national laws fordealing with oil pollution damages the legal relationship is inconsistent, but the race tothe requirements applicable to such legal relationship, it will lead to conflict of lawsapplicable to judicial authorities on the oil spill damages in handling disputes hinder oilcase the smooth solution to effectively remedy the damage and victims.Taking offshore platforms for oil pollution damage compensation law applicable tothe perspective to the international community to resolve the conflict in foreign tort lawapplies the main line, that is unified with the conflict rules applicable substantive rulesapply. However, this general against foreign infringement disputes resolved applicableway for the obstacles in the field of offshore oil platforms.For a unified entity in terms ofspecification, whether it is global in nature, the special nature of the convention, orregional, international conventions are an entity Offshore Oil Pollution Compensationadjustment has not yet formed; conflict rules in the applicable law for choice the resultswill be difficult to clear the damages, party autonomy is difficult to reach consensus, the judge abused discretion in favor of the victim’s difficult to define criteria suchphenomena.Applicable methods exist for the plight of the two, combined with theparticularity of offshore platforms for oil pollution damage, one by one put forwardcorresponding countermeasures perfect, perfect for the offshore platforms for oilpollution damage compensation law applicable offer some insights. Convention for theUnification of special entities in three ways to make up for the lack of a unifiedconvention applicable to entities, namely the development of offshore platforms for oilpollution damage compensation, the "offshore platform" into the "ship" of the adjustmentrange, regional agreements from the "advance prevention" extended to "afterwards relief"; depending on the specific type of oil to seek the guidance of the conflict rules, as far aspossible to determine the best balance between the parties mutual rights and protection,applicable law obligations.