Towards a legal and regulatory framework for the sustainable development of gas in Nigeria: with lessons from the Canadian province of Alberta

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dc.contributor.advisorLucas, Alastair R.
dc.contributor.authorOnuma, Orieji Kalu
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:16:27Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:16:27Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 193-224.en
dc.description.abstractThe new status of natural gas in the global energy mix, Nigeria's extensive gas reserves, and the marked under-development, under-utilization and environmental challenges associated with Nigeria's gas sector make an examination of gas development in Nigeria imperative. This thesis, using sustainable development as a theoretical framework, examines the development of a sustainable legal and regulatory framework for gas development in Nigeria. It demonstrates how sustainable development can be integrated into practical decision-making, using conservation, which is an aspect of sustainable development, as a basis for arriving at evaluative criteria for determining a sustainable legal framework for gas development. This thesis utilizes an evaluation and comparison of Alberta and Nigeria's legal and regulatory frameworks for development of gas against identified criteria to arrive at answers to the research questions posed and to make recommendations for reform of Nigeria's legal and regulatory framework for gas development. It concludes that while in recent years the government is devoting more resources to natural gas development, Nigeria's legal and regulatory system needs foundational reform before it can truly be called sustainable.
dc.format.extentxi, 224 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationOnuma, O. K. (2011). Towards a legal and regulatory framework for the sustainable development of gas in Nigeria: with lessons from the Canadian province of Alberta (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3986en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/3986
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/104987
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyLaw
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleTowards a legal and regulatory framework for the sustainable development of gas in Nigeria: with lessons from the Canadian province of Alberta
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Laws (LLM)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2035 627942885
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