OFFSHORE OIL SPILL AS LIABLE MARINE POLLUTION BY INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA CASE STUDY ON MONTARA OIL SPILL BY THE PTTEP OVER TIMOR SEA

Abstract

Notwithstanding the case for the oil spill, international laws of the Sea regarding marine pollution are a few environmental regulations that the UNCLOS and other treaties mandated to countries, companies, and individuals. In this paper, the analysis will be on the case of the Montara Oil Spill, how it is regulated in the common practice of public international law, and how the case was undertaken ever since the spillage occurred. The result would imply how the case can be further rationalized and resolved in hopes of better describing how such liabilities come into play. Also, however, Australia has done her responsibility independently. Therefore, this paper's arguments and claims were constructed through secondary sources such as reports and legal approaches through appropriate regulations concerning the subject matter.