LL.B, BL, LL.M, Ph.D, Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Lecturer
- About
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Room C29, School of Law
Taylor Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Scotland UK
Biography
Dr. Wifa graduated from Rivers State University with a Second-Class Upper Degree and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 2012. He then proceeded to the University of Aberdeen where he completed both a Masters in Oil and Gas law (Distinction) and a PhD in “Offshore Marine Renewable Energy Risk Governance”. He was a Senior Partner at AccendoJuris, a Nigerian based law firm but he now fully committed to teaching and research. As an Energy Law Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, he has contributed to teaching a range of both on-campus and distance-learning courses like Petroleum Resource Governance, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Contracting, Oil and Gas Enterprise Management, Ocean and Society, Decommissioning of Offshore Installations (Regulatory and Commercial Aspects), Low Carbon Energy Transition (Renewable Energy Law) and Alternative Methods to Dispute Resolution.
His research interests include, risk governance, petroleum and natural resource governance, regulatory theories in high-major risk industries, decommissioning and clean energy regulation. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and Society of Legal Scholars. He also is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Director of the African Natural Resource and Energy Law Network (ANRELN).
External Memberships
Director, African Natural Resources and Energy Law Network (ANRELN)
Editorial Assistant, African Journal of International Energy and Environmental Law
Reviewer, Journal of African Law
Director, Aberdeen Nigeria Research Group
- Research
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Research Overview
Regulation and Regulatory Reconfigurations for High/Major Risk Industries,
Petroleum/Natural Resource Governance
Regulation of Offshore Marine Renewables
Energy and Environmental Law
Offshore Energy Decommissioning
The Resource Curse Theory
Energy Law in Sub-Sahran Africa
Offshore Energy Maximisation and the Political Economy of Speed
Risk Allocation in Oilfield Service Contracts
Current Research
Offshore Wind Energy Risk Governance in the United Kingdom, United States and Norway
Collaborations
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui on Strategic Program for International Collaboration (SPIRE) 2020, University of Bergen, Norway
Funding and Grants
Strategic Program for International Collaboration (SPIRE) 2020, University of Bergen, Norway
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
I have contributed to teaching or tutoring the following courses:
- Law and Decommissioning of Offshore Intsallations: Regulatory Aspects - LS502H
- Law and Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Regulatory Aspects (online) - LS502T
- Co-Operative Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry (Online) - LS502U
- Oceans and Society - SX1015
- Contracting in Hydrocarbon Operations - LS551K
- Risk Allocation in Oilfield Service Contracts (Online) - LS552Q
- Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution - LS1523
- Governance and Petroleum Developments (Online) - LS552R
- Msc Project in Oil & Gas Enterprise Management - GL5923
- Decommisioning of Offshore Installations: Commercial Aspects - LS552S
- Energy Law
- Publications
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Mitigating occupational health and safety risks in the proposed Australian offshore wind energy industry: lessons from the safety case regime
Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 83-104Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2021.1879547
Designing Regulatory Governance Models for Managing Hydrocarbon Resources: Lessons from Norway and the UK
The Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 251-299Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/jsdlp.v11i2.1
The Dilemma of Electricity Pricing and Cost Recovery in Nigeria: Repositioning the Law to Balance the Interests of Investors and Consumers
Africa Nazarene University Law Journal , vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 115-137Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Case Regulatory Model: Is It Worth the Hype?
International Energy Law Review, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 206-211Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Role of a Joint Dvelopment Agreement (JDA) in Resolving the Conflicts and Uncertainties Over Maritime Boundary Delimitation: A Missed Opportunity in The Bakassi Case
The Bakassi Dispute and the International Court of Justice. Egede, E., Igiehon, M. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 157-173, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersEnforcement challenges in the protection of the environment from upstream petroleum operations in Nigeria: the need for judicial independence
International Energy Law Review, vol. 3, pp. 85-93Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHuman Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations in a Nutshell
Nasarawa State University Public International Law Journal , vol. 2, pp. 259Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Comparative Analysis of Offshore Oil and Gas Workers Health and Safety Regulatory Regime in Nigeria And the United Kingdom
African Journal of International Energy & Environmental Law, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 78-95Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTurning Towards A Joint Development Agreement in The Midst of Disputes and Uncertainties Over International Maritime Boundaries: Nigeria-Cameroon Dispute as A Case Study
Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, vol. 15, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Paradox of Plenty: An Analysis of The Environmental and Socio-Economic Symptoms of The Resource Curse in The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
The Challenge of Justice. Ibibia, W., Popnen, S. (eds.). PAP, pp. 576-601, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters