Equatorial Guinea - Nigeria Copy
JDA21@EGNI
Africa
A. Treaty between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea concerning their maritime boundary
[JDA21@EGNI#1A Treaty concerning maritime boundary 2000]
B. Protocol on Implementation on Article 6.2 of the Treaty between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea concerning their Maritime Boundary
[JDA21@EGNI#1B Protocol for Treaty concerning maritime boundary 2002]
A. Implementation Date: 23 September 2000.
B. Signature on 2 April 2002, entry in force: 29 June 2002
Maritime Border Defined
Simple Revenue Sharing / Unitization for straddling fields
Summary:
In September 2000, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria signed a treaty in view of a partial
delimitation of their maritime boundary after exploration resulted in discoveries in an area of their offshore overlapping claims. At the time, Cameroon contested the treaty.
Article 2 of September 2000 excluded the Ekanga “cut- out” area in the Nigerian side of the boundary line which remained under Nigerian jurisdiction. The subsequent 2003 Protocol was a unitization agreement which granted Equatorial Guinea jurisdiction on the Unit Area created over Ekanga area.
Though the operations are in Nigerian waters, Equatorial Guinea law applies to
the activities of the oil company acting as operator in the Unit Area, including employment, customs, tax, environment and other laws. This arrangement permitted the unit operator, the concession holder on the Equatorial Guinea side and the unit operator on the Nigerian side, to work under a single legal regime and to avoid the difficulties and potential contradictions of having two sets of laws apply to a single operation.
Split:
Should the maritime boundary established by this Treaty run through any field of hydrocarbon deposits so that part of the field lies on the Nigerian side of the boundary and part lies on the Equatorial Guinea side, the Contracting Parties shall seek to reach appropriate unitisation arrangements for each such field.
Associated Commercial Agreements mean the following agreements.
Between the representatives of the concession holders for Nigeria's Block 102 and Equatorial Guinea's Block B, and such supplemental agreements as may be approved in accordance with Article 3 of this Protocol.
<From JDA21@EGNI#1A [6] and JDA21@EGNI#1B [1(1)]>
Governance:
The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea shall be responsible for the operations carried out within the Unit Area pursuant to the Agreements
<From JDA21@EGNI#1B [4]>
Other References:
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Fred Akanni, ‘Elf drills Ekanga-2 amidst controversy’ (September 1 1998) Offshore Magazine