Analyzing the American laws and regulations regarding privatizing and providing Access for third party to Oil and Gas Pipelines and Facilities in the USA

Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics

Atefe Ghasemi ¹ , Mehdi Piri ² , Alireza Hasani ³

1 - PhD candidate of Oil & Gas Law at University of Tehran
2 - Assistant Professor of Public Law at University of Tehran
3 - Assistant Professor of Private Law at Islamic Azad University of Damghan

Received: 2022-01-19 Accepted : 2022-02-22 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Ownership, Gas pipelines, Oil &, Third Party Access, U.S. Legal System, Environment,

Abstract :

In the mid of 19th century, the oil and gas industry has been known as one the most profitable industries in the United States of America. Besides the economic importance, the other most important topic that must be considered and analyzed is the transportation of oil and gas products through pipelines and other transportation methods, creating access for third parties, how to keep this market and industry competitive and how to protect the environment against oil and gas pollution. This article has analyzed the most important laws and regulation enacted by the Congress and other outstanding governmental regulatory agencies and foundations regarding privatizing and creating access for third parties to the pipelines and has concluded that the base and philosophy of these regulation is to require the governments of states and system operators of private sectors to provide non-discriminative with reasonable tariffs for the demanders in this industry and market.