Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume 1, The growing dominance of the state

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  • Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
  • Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
  • Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact

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Scholarly and detailed account of British government's oil and gas policies relating to exploration within the UK Continental Shelf from early 1960s to 1970s, seeking to explain and assess their evolution and the debates surrounding them. The chapters are: 'Initial legislation and licensing'; 'Early North Sea boundary issues'; 'What role for the state?'; 'Early gas contracts'; 'The coming of oil, the Fourth Round controversy and its consequences'; 'Further gas development and the Frigg contracts'; 'Designing the taxation package'; 'Providing for BNOC and enhanced state control'; 'The new policy in action - further licensing and related issues'; 'Increasing the government take'; 'Depletion and conservation policies'; 'Utilising the benefits'