Date: 26 January 2026
Time: 10:30–12:00
Venue: Juridicum, Faculty of Law, Lund University
Speaker: Professor Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, University of Bergen
This seminar formed part of the Seminar Series on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Climate Change, jointly coordinated by Lund University and the University of Gothenburg.
The global energy landscape is shifting rapidly, shaped by geopolitical tensions, regulatory uncertainty, and the push toward decarbonisation. Venezuela — home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves yet affected by decades of political instability, sanctions, and underinvestment — offers a compelling case study of these dynamics. The seminar examined the legal frameworks governing petroleum resources, the geopolitical dimensions of oil, and their broader implications for global energy markets and the energy transition.
The seminar began with an introduction to the COAST Law Center at the University of Bergen, a research centre for climate, energy, and sustainability law thematically focused on climate, the ocean, the marine environment, and maritime activities. Professor Herrera Anchustegui then delivered the main presentation.
Speaker
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
The energy transition in a shifting geopolitical landscape: a legal perspective — the peculiar case of Venezuela
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui is Professor of Law and Director of COAST — Research Center for Climate, Energy and Sustainability Law at the University of Bergen. His research focuses on energy market regulation, with particular expertise in offshore energy, offshore wind and emerging technologies such as hydrogen, alongside longstanding work on competition law and public procurement. He is the author of over 60 publications and has edited several key reference works, including the Routledge Handbook of Energy Law (2020) and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: Law, Policy and Standardization Perspectives (Springer, 2025).
For more information about the seminar series, please contact olena.bokareva@jur.lu.se.
