Submarine Pipelines in Contrary to the Sovereign Rights of the Coastal State’s Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf

Transit of oil and gas submarine pipelines through Coastal State’s exclusive economic zone and Continental Shelf has conflicting interests which necessitates balancing this in the context of International Law of the Seas, which is the subject of this paper by descriptive and analytical model. The main question of the research is what are the rights and obligations of the coastal state as opposed to the rights and obligations of the oil and gas submarine pipeline applicant in the Coastal State’s exclusive economic zone and Continental Shelf? The research findings show that coastal states want to further restrict the submarine pipeline applicant in the Coastal State’s exclusive economic zone and Continental Shelf, while the latter also have the freedom to lay submarine pipeline. However, delineation of the course for laying of pipelines is subject to the consent of the coastal state which the submarine pipeline applicant requires of catch it. Keywords: Submarine Pipelines, Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental Shelf, Coastal State, Convention on the Law of the Sea.