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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2337</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-9001</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22496</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2337-2019-23-4-510-532</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>STATE AND LAW IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ГОСУДАРСТВО И ПРАВО В СОВРЕМЕННОМ МИРЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS OF THE OFFSHORE MOBILE OIL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>МЕЖДУНАРОДНО-ПРАВОВОЙ СТАТУС ПЛАВУЧИХ НЕФТЕГАЗОВЫХ УСТАНОВОК</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Abramov</surname><given-names>Nikita S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Абрамов</surname><given-names>Никита Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate student of the International law department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры международного права, юридический факультет</p></bio><email>AbramovNS@iCloud.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 23, NO4 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 23, №4 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>510</fpage><lpage>532</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-12-23"><day>23</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Abramov N.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Абрамов Н.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Abramov N.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Абрамов Н.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/22496">https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/22496</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Mobile offshore oil and gas installations are the essential infrastructural facilities for the oil and gas industry. The present-day offshore installations are able to explore, extract, store and offload hydrocarbons, thus ensuring the complete cycle of offshore fields development. Nonetheless, multifunctionality of mobile oil and gas installations makes it difficult to define their international legal status. Under the UNCLOS 1982, the mobile offshore oil and gas installations international status is uncertain. Due to dualistic nature, the mobile installations should be considered under the category of “instal- lations” during the hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation operations and be classified as “ships” while navigating. The article seeks to analyse a set of international law provisions, that define the mobile offshore oil and gas installations international legal status. It is intended to assess whether the existing legal regulations meet the needs of a present-day offshore industry. To this end, the article addresses the relevant provisions of international maritime conventions, that define the status of mobile oil and gas installations in accordance with their object and purpose. The study finds that there are at least four distinct approaches towards the definition of the mobile installations international legal status. The author concludes that the differentiated approaches towards the definition of the mobile installations international legal status for the object and purpose of the various maritime treaties is a substantial shortcoming of the applicable international legal framework. The study attempts to make the case for unification of a “dual approach”, that treats mobile offshore units as an “installations” or “ships” depending upon the function preformed. Elaborating further on the unification proposal the author argues for the improvement of the “dual approach” through the specific process-related criteria, that establish the exact moment of the international legal status change.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Плавучие нефтегазовые установки - ключевые инфраструктурные объекты морской нефтегазовой промышленности. Благодаря своей мобильности такие установки могут использоваться многократно; сегодня они способны обеспечить полный цикл освоения шельфовых месторождений - разведку, добычу, хранение и отгрузку нефтепродуктов. Между тем столь широкий функционал плавучих установок затрудняет определение их международно-правового статуса. По смыслу Конвенции ООН по морскому праву 1982 года международно-правовой статус плавучих нефтегазовых установок неясен. Неопределенность объясняется дуалистической природой этой категории морских объектов. С одной стороны, плавучие установки являются «установками» при проведении разведки или разработки ресурсов морского дна, а с другой, - подпадают под категорию «судов», осуществляя навигацию. Отнесение плавучих установок к той или иной категории имеет важное значение, поскольку обусловливает выбор юрисдикции, влияет на применимость принципов морского права и требований международных договоров. Цель статьи - провести анализ положений международного права, которые определяют международно-правовой статус плавучих нефтегазовых установок, оценить их оптимальность для современной практики и обосновать предложения по их совершенствованию. Для достижения этих целей в статье прослеживается развитие положений о международно-правовом статусе плавучих нефтегазовых установок в контексте режимов Женевских конвенций по морскому праву 1958 года и Конвенции ООН по морскому праву 1982 года, а также сопоставляются подходы к определению статуса плавучих установок для целей и задач различных конвенций, применимых к тем или иным аспектам их эксплуатации. В статье рассматриваются группы конвенций, по смыслу которых плавучие и стационарные установки отождествляются с судами; исключительно плавучие установки относятся к категории судов; плавучие и стационарные установки выделяются в специальную правовую категорию; плавучие установки относятся к категории «судов» при осуществлении навигации, а к категории «установок» в момент разведки и разработки месторождений (дуалистический подход). Автор приходит к выводу о недопустимости дифференциации подходов к определению статуса плавучих нефтегазовых установок для различных целей и задач международно-правового регулирования. В качестве решения проблемы дифференциации обосновывается целесообразность унификации концепции дуалистического подхода, намечаются пути ее совершенствования, вносятся рекомендации по интеграции унифицированного дуалистического подхода в систему международно-правового регулирования.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>international maritime law</kwd><kwd>international legal status</kwd><kwd>artificial installations and structures</kwd><kwd>ships</kwd><kwd>mobile oil and gas installations</kwd><kwd>exploration and exploitation of continental shelf</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>международное морское право</kwd><kwd>международно-правовой статус</kwd><kwd>искусственные установки и сооружения</kwd><kwd>суда</kwd><kwd>плавучие нефтегазовые установки</kwd><kwd>разведка и разработка континентального шельфа</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bekyashev, K.A. 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