... Abstract This paper provides an overview of the history of global maritime boundary issues, mechanisms to resolve boundary disputes, and the economic potential that can be unlocked by coastal States through the exploitation of hydrocarbons trapped in areas currently unavailable for exploration...

... ABSTRACT Since the mid-1970's ABS has been involved in providing Classification and certifying regulatory compliance for both Flag and Coastal State requirements on Floating Production Systems (FPSS); both for converted and purpose built vessels. In light of this experience, this paper...

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... coastal states of the world, moreover, Federal government retains all its rights and to exercise jurisdiction over a 200-mile economi powers of regulation and control of both the zone for all economic and conservation purposes lands and the navigable waters for the Constitt- have received wide support...

... ABSTRACT This paper describes the efforts of one of the twenty-three coastal states to assess the types, quantity, and economic quality of minerals that have accumulated in the unexplored underwater land area owned and controlled by the state. It describes the selection of offshore sampling...

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... the coastal state has jurisdiction that the terms "continental shelf" or "outer continental shelf" will be used, the latter term being simply a reference to the continental shelf of the United States. 5 Because the continental shelf begins at the point where the territorial sea terminates, the effects...