Research On The Responsible Parties For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage From Offshore Drilling Platforms

Oil pollution from offshore drilling platform has become a problem behind the development of oil and gas industry. Recently, both in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and Chinese BoHai bay oil spill, the accident damage is very serious, caused great attention in society. But the legal relationship of offshore drilling platform is complex, once the oil pollution incident occurs, it is very difficult to clear subject of civil liability for oil pollution damage under the existing legal system in our country. Therefore, research on offshore drilling platform, oil pollution damage compensation main body and its responsibility, for clear responsibility, the victim’s claim as well as oil exploration and development of the risk prevention has important practical significance.The dissertation is divided into four chapters apart from the introduction and the conclusion.In the chapter1, Definite the responsibility principle of civil liability of oil pollution damage from offshore drilling platforms and classify responsibility main body. Firstly, In sum up the application of the no-fault liability principle, and on the basis of comparing foreign related legal system, indicate no-fault liability principle in the application of the oil pollution compensation from drilling platform; secondly, analyze the characteristics of main body involved in the actual operation on offshore drilling platform, responsible parties for compensation for oil pollution damage can be divided into offshore drilling platforms oil pollution tort liability subject and the insurance and the financial guarantor responsibility party.In the chapter2, the research object is responsible parities marine tort of offshore drilling platforms. The responsible parities marine tort of offshore drilling platforms is the person who controls the offshore drilling platform, this paper begins from the legal relationship of drilling platform, discuss the owner of drilling platform, the lessee and oilfield exploitation, and put forward the solution to the identity of their path.In the chapter3, the research object is the insurance and the financial guarantor responsibility party. The insurance and the financial guarantor responsibility party is the person who shares the risk of oil pollution. In this paper, I analyze the legal basis of the insurance and financial guarantor responsibility party, and put forward the solution to the identity of their path.In the chapter4, on the basis of analysis of existing problems in the current legislation, indicate the necessity to improve the legal system of oil pollution damage compensation liability subject, and put forward some suggestions.