Abstract
The inadequacy of the legal regime to regulate and protect the fragile marine ecosystem is brought forth by recent incidents (e.g. Montara, Australia; Deepwater Horizon, USA) involving deep offshore oil rigs. When the pollution is massive in scale, who pays for the damages? In different regions, fragmented regional arrangements are available to resolve this problem but that is not the answer. Efforts are being made to address this problem internationally. Until the time an internationally acceptable solution for this problem is found, the ongoing spate of unregulated offshore exploration and production (E&P) activates in Bay of Bengal is a cause for concern to India and its neighbours.
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