Cross-border oil and gas pipelines and the role of the transit country :
[Book]
economics, challenges and solutions /
by Ekpen James Omonbude
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013
viii, 161 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm
Palgrave pivot
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index
With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow. This study dissects the diplomacy involved in cross-border energy transportation. Omonbude presents a unique analysis of the shifts in bargaining power between the parties to a pipeline agreement, and the increasingly powerful role of the transit country. His research offers fundamental insights into the possibility of reward mechanisms for transit countries that would significantly reduce the possibility of pipeline disruptions during operation. Book jacket