This Encyclopedia consists of three sections, namely, reprints of relevant statutes, reprints of relevant statutory instruments and reports of cases. The first section consists of eight parts dealing with petroleum, pollution, energy and exploration, pipelines, offshore installations, insurance, taxation and administration. The second section contains four parts—petroleum, offshore installations, pollution and pipelines. As first published, the third section, on cases, contains only one case, Micosta S.A. v. Shetland Islands Council (The Mihalis) [1984] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 525. Meticulous work has been done upon updating the statutes (particularly the taxation statutes) and statutory instruments as they appear in the work and, since the book is in looseleaf form, this will continue, and no doubt the case section will expand.

Although the work is not the first of its kind in the field—Daintith and Willoughby’s looseleaf United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law is already well known—it contains certain novel features. These lie chiefly in its coverage of the statutes and statutory instruments concerning the regulation of the storage, testing, transport and supply of petroleum onshore, in particu