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Study Details: LLM 12 months full-time, 24 or 36 months part-time
The programme provides students with the opportunity to examine and critically assess key legal issues in the oil and gas sector both in the UK and in other leading jurisdictions.
Courses offered cover licensing and other methods of state control of hydrocarbon resources, commercial contracting, regulation of the oil and gas industry, principles of environmental law and maritime planning. The intention is that by the end of the programme students will have developed the analytical skills and knowledge to provide them with a firm foundation for work in this sector.
Normally a 2(i) Honours degree in Law, or another related discipline, or equivalent.
The English Language Requirement for all College of Arts and Social Sciences Masters programmes is an IELTS of 6.5 with 6.0 in the writing and reading (or equivalent TOEFL iBT or PTE). For more information see www.abdn.ac.uk/international/english-requirements
Full details of tuition fees are available here: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/registry/tuitionfees/
A limited amount of funding is available through the University and the College of Arts and Social Sciences. See http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/graduate/funding for further information.
Prospective students should visit the University’s Postgraduate Funding Database: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/funding/
Students must complete four courses and a dissertation. At least three courses must be taken from the Oil & Gas Law course options. The fourth course can be taken from a different LLM programme.
The number in brackets indicates the semester in which the course is taught.
Oil and Gas Law: State Control (1)
Oil and Gas Law: Contracting (1)
Maritime Spatial Planning Law (1)
Oil and Gas Law: Regulation (2)
Taxation of Oil & Gas (2)
Principles of Environmental Regulation (2)
Renewable Energy Law (2)
Teaching is organised on a modular basis. There are two 12-week semesters, the first beginning at the end of September, the second at the end of January. Students can join either in September or January. Examinations are held at the end of each semester, in January and May. The dissertation is submitted on the 1st September each year, regardless of start date. Courses are offered subject to the availability of staff, sufficient enrolment and sabbatical arrangements. Applicants are strongly advised to consult the Law School webpages for updates to the programme syllabus
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