Intro; Contents; Author Biography; Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Resources in the Arctic Ocean Region and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Abstract; Keywords; 1 Introduction; 2 Arctic Legal Framework and Governance; 2.1 The Law of the Sea
The General Framework; 2.2 Dispute Resolution and Maritime Boundary Delimitation; 2.3 The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; 2.4 The International Seabed Authority (ISBA) and the Arctic Ocean Region; 2.5 The Arctic Council; 3 Maritime Disputes in the Arctic and Areas Suitable for JDZs

3.1 Boundary Claims and Arctic State Submissions to the CLCS3.2 State Boundary Claims and Agreements; 3.2.1 United States/Russia (Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea); 3.2.2 United States Arctic Coast
Alaska; 3.2.3 United States/Canada
Beaufort Sea; 3.2.4 Canadian Arctic Coast
Lomonosov and Alpha Ridges; 3.2.5 Canada/Denmark (Greenland)
Lincoln Sea; 3.2.6 Danish Arctic Coast (Greenland)
Lomonosov Ridge; 3.2.7 Denmark (Greenland)/Norway (Jan Mayen and Svalbard); 3.2.8 Denmark (Greenland and Faroes)/Iceland; 3.2.9 Norway (Jan Mayen)/Iceland
Current Arctic JDZ

3.2.10 Norwegian Arctic Coast and Svalbard Treaty Area3.2.11 Norway/Russia (Barents Sea)
Resolved by the 2010 Treaty; 3.2.12 Russian Arctic Coast
Lomonosov and Mendeleev Ridges; 3.2.13 The Area
UNCLOS Part XI Regime; 3.3 Areas Suitable for JDZs; 3.3.1 United States and Russia
Bering Sea; 3.3.2 United States and Canada
Beaufort Sea; 3.3.3 Svalbard; 3.3.4 Central Arctic
Canada, Denmark (Greenland) and Russia; 3.3.5 Central Arctic and Norwegian Sea
Three Zones under the Area Regime, UNCLOS Part XI; 4 Joint Development Zones

4.1 General Structure of JDZs and the BIICL Model Agreement4.2 JDZ Selected Examples; 4.2.1 Unitisation Agreements
United Kingdom/Norway Agreement
Frigg Field Reservoir, 1976; 4.2.2 Preliminary Agreements
China/Japan Agreement
East China Sea, 2008 and Malaysia/Thailand
Joint Development Area, 1979; 4.2.3 Agreements with One State Operating in the JDZ
Malaysia/Vietnam Agreement, 1992; 4.2.4 Agreements with Specific State Provisions Applying in the Same JDZ
Australia/Timor-Leste
Timor Sea Treaty, 2002

4.2.5 Agreements Applying Each State's Laws on Their Respective Side of Agreed Boundary
Iceland/Norway Agreement
Jan Mayen Island Area, 19814.2.6 Multilateral Agreements Where Multiple States Have Access to Resources
Svalbard Treaty, 1920; 4.2.7 Currently Unsuccessful Agreements
Argentina/United Kingdom Joint Declaration to Establish a JDZ in the South West Atlantic, 1995; 4.3 Similarities to Potential Arctic JDZs; 5 Joint Development in the Arctic
Implementation Issues; 5.1 Political Changes; 5.1.1 Autonomy or Independence; 5.1.2 Developing Responses to Svalbard