Oyetade Oyewunmi
Introduction
Fields of expertise
Research
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- BOOKS
Tade Oyewunmi, Regulating Gas Supply to Power Markets: Transnational Approaches to Competitiveness and Security of Supply (Wolters Kluwer International, 2018)
Tade Oyewunmi et al., (eds), Decarbonisation and the Energy Industry: Law, Policy, and Regulation in Low-Carbon Energy Markets (Hart Publishing, 2020)
- BOOK CHAPTERS
Tade Oyewunmi, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage and Circular Economy, in Eduardo G. Pereira and Damilola S. Olawuyi (eds), Hydrogen and the Global Energy Transition: Law and Policy Considerations, (Edward Elgar, 2026 forthcoming)
Tade Oyewunmi, ‘Security Implications of Conflicts, Crises, and Disasters in the International Energy Industry: Legal and Policy Considerations’ Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law, Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Susan C. Breau (eds), (Edward Elgar, 2nd Edition, 2024)
Tade Oyewunmi, ‘Transnational Approaches to Controlling Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations’, in Yulia Yamineva et al., (eds) Reducing Emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Perspectives on Law, (Brill, 2023)
- PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Tade Oyewunmi, Offtake and Transportation Agreements in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Projects, (2024) 24(2) Wyoming Law Review, pp. 373-425
Tade Oyewunmi, The Regulatory State and the Emerging Offshore Wind Energy Market in the US, (Fall, 2022) Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy Journal, pp. 1-46
Tade Oyewunmi, Resilience, reliability and gas to power systems in the USA: an energy policy outlook in the era of decarbonization, (2021) 14(4) Journal of World Energy Law & Business, pp. 257–276
Tade Oyewunmi, An Instrumental Perspective on Power-to-Gas, Hydrogen, and a Spotlight on New York’s Emerging Climate and Energy Policy (2021) 38, Pace Environmental Law Review, 222-284
Tade Oyewunmi, Natural Gas in a Carbon-Constrained World: Examining the Role of Institutions in Curbing Methane and Other Fugitive Emissions, LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources (Volume IX, Issue I, 2020)
Tade Oyewunmi & Ivie Ehanmo, Emerging Trends in Resource-Rich Sub-Saharan Africa and a Spotlight on the Nigerian Transitional Energy Market, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol 29, Issue 1, (2021)
Teaching
TEACHING SUBJECTS
- HTM3316 International Law, 5 ECTS
- ERIK2004 Introduction to Energy Market Regulation, 4-6 ECTS
- HTK2311 Environmental and Energy Law, 6 ECTS
- Energy Law and Decarbonisation Technologies (seminar)
DOCTORAL RESEARCH SUPERVISION
The following are topics and themes for potential doctoral research projects I am interested in supervising
- Risk management, contractual, and regulatory instruments for commercialising net-zero energy technologies.
- International investment protection frameworks and clean energy incentives or subsidies.
- Assessing the impact of law and regulation on the security and commercialisation of energy systems such as gas-to-power, power-to-X, offshore wind, mini-grids and distributed energy resources, energy storage.
- ESG issues in the governance of mining and critical mineral supply chains for clean energy technologies
- Sustainability of energy use in the transportation sector.
The following are topics and themes for ongoing doctoral research projects I supervise-
- Regulation and permitting of renewable energy projects internationally and in Europe
- Examining good governance measures and human rights protection in the context of oil and gas production in Africa and Europe
- Managing conflicts over energy production and supply networks
Other activities
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
- Associate member, Institute for Energy Law at The Center for American and International Law
- Associate Editor, OGEL Energy Law Journal
- Associate, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
- Member, Nigerian Bar Association
- International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)/Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE)
EDITING/CO-EDITING SPECIAL ISSUES ON ENERGY LAW
OGEL Special Issue on "Clean Energy Projects and Risk Mitigation" (forthcoming, 2026. Co-editors Tade Oyewunmi, Dietrich Hoefner, Ben Busboom, and Tina Soliman Hunter
OGEL Special Issue on "International Energy and Investment Law Implications of the US Inflation Reduction Act" (Co-edited by Tade Oyewunmi, Frédéric Sourgens, Scot Anderson, and Almira Moronne)
OGEL Special Issue on ‘Law and Policy for Gas Flaring in a Low-carbon Economy’ (2021) (co-editors Tade Oyewunmi and Mohamed Rali Badissy)
OGEL 1 (2019)Special Issue on ‘Energy Law and Regulation in Low-carbon and Transitional Energy Markets’ (co-editors- Raphael Heffron, and Penelope Crossley)
OGEL 1(2017)Special Issue on ‘Oil and Gas Law and Policy in West Africa’ (co-editors- Tade Oyewunmi and Prof. Yinka Omorogbe)