Agreements of the Russian Federation with Certain Foreign Countries on Delimitation and Development of Adjacent Maritime Spaces, Their Role in the Development of the Unitization Law System

Abstract

In the modern period of formation of unitization legal system it is necessary to summarize the world experience of conclusion and use of unitization agreements in the development of hydrocarbon deposits, maritime spaces, their delimitation between neighboring and opposite states. This article reviews the peculiarities of the approach to the problems of determining the relations of cooperation of the Russian Federation with certain states in the delimitation and use of adjacent maritime spaces in order to use them effectively and efficiently and to avoid negative impact on the environment. Relations in this area should be based on general principles of international unitization, which requires generalization of world practice in this field, creation of the legal framework of unitization agreements on this basis both at the international and national level promoting the harmonization of interests of all participants in development, the development of transboundary fields in the most effective and efficient way, and the decrease of negative impact on the environment.