[DRAFT] Petroleum Extraction Act

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

"Petroleum Extraction Act"
A resolution to develop industry around the world.

Category: Advancement of Industry |Area of Effect: Environmental Deregulation | Proposed by: Jean Pierre Trudeau

The World Assembly,

Noting petroleum, and petroleum based products often comprise a large portion of nations revenues,

Also realizing the extraction and production of petroleum products can be harmful to the environment,

Seeking to create sensible legislation that protects the rights of petroleum producers, as well as the environment,

The General Assembly hereby:

1. For the purposes of this resolution defines "petroleum" as a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present within certain rock formations that can be extracted and refined,
   
   
2. Declares member nations shall maintain complete sovereignty over mineral rights to petroleum formations within their national borders, as well as any exclusive economic zones they they claim in accordance with World Assembly legislation,
   
   
3. Grants member nations full sovereignty to pass regulations on the practices of hydraulic fracturing, water flooding, liquefied carbon dioxide stimulation and off-shore drilling that takes place within their national borders and exclusive economic zones,
   
   
4. Urges member nations to enact legislation holding petroleum producing corporations responsible for environmental contamination that occurs as a result of petroleum extraction operations.

This is the proposed replacement to: Responsible Offshore Drilling

[Separatist Peoples]

"With the myriad of issues surrounding petroleum extraction in certain environments, especially aquatic ones, I can't much support an attempt to block all options for the WA to regulate intrastate energy resource extraction in circumstances where impacts could potentially be international. Sorry, ambassador, but this looks too broad a blocker for our tastes."

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

"With the myriad of issues surrounding petroleum extraction in certain environments, especially aquatic ones, I can't much support an attempt to block all options for the WA to regulate intrastate energy resource extraction in circumstances where impacts could potentially be international. Sorry, ambassador, but this looks too broad a blocker for our tastes."

So you are comfortable with ROD pretty much making offshore drilling illegal? I would have thought as our neighbors to the southwest you would want to tap the rich petroleum resources of Puget Sound.

[Separatist Peoples]

"With the myriad of issues surrounding petroleum extraction in certain environments, especially aquatic ones, I can't much support an attempt to block all options for the WA to regulate intrastate energy resource extraction in circumstances where impacts could potentially be international. Sorry, ambassador, but this looks too broad a blocker for our tastes."

So you are comfortable with ROD pretty much making offshore drilling illegal? I would have thought as our neighbors to the southwest you would want to tap the rich petroleum resources of Puget Sound.

OOC: I dig the Roleplay addition, having failed repeatedly to make a real map for this nation!

IC: "Not at all. I'm all for the repeal of ROD, personally, and the C.D.S.P. has some significant petroleum production interests. I'd like to see more of a middle ground reached, though. A blanket blocker on petroleum resource extraction regulation blocks off some legitimate concerns for international impacts."

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

[quote="Separatist Peoples";p="24002805"I'd like to see more of a middle ground reached, though. A blanket blocker on petroleum resource extraction regulation blocks off some legitimate concerns for international impacts."[/quote]

What suggestions could you make to reach said middle ground on this legislation?

[Kaboomlandia]

I feel Clause 3 makes this too much of a blocker.

[Separatist Peoples]

I'd like to see more of a middle ground reached, though. A blanket blocker on petroleum resource extraction regulation blocks off some legitimate concerns for international impacts."

What suggestions could you make to reach said middle ground on this legislation?

"Perhaps break down this proposal into several process-specific proposals first. Since this is a replacement of ROD, perhaps focus on offshore petroleum product extraction specifically. Ensuring reasonable precautions against spills, minimum breech containment procedures in existence, and provide for cleanup and settling for damages to other nations as a result of the accident. Just my $0.02."