The legal dimensions of oil and gas in Iraq : current reality and future prospects / Rex J. Zedalis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zedalis, Rex J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum law and legislation--Iraq.

Petroleum law and legislation.

Natural gas--Law and legislation--Iraq.

Natural gas.

Revenue sharing--Law and legislation--Iraq.

Revenue sharing.

Federal government--Iraq.

Federal government.

Oil and gas leases--Iraq.

Oil and gas leases.

Petroleum industry and trade--Iraq.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Revenue sharing--Law and legislation.

Natural gas--Law and legislation.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

The Legal Dimensions of Oil & Gas in Iraq

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book is the first and only comprehensive examination of current and future legal principles designed to govern oil and gas activity in Iraq. This study provides a thorough-going review of every conceivable angle on Iraqi oil and gas law, from relevant provisions of the Iraqi Constitution of 2005; to legislative measures comprising the oil and gas framework law, the revenue sharing law, and the laws to reconstitute the Iraq National Oil Company and reorganize the Ministry of Oil; to the Kurdistan Regional Government's 2007 Oil and Gas Law No. (22) and its accompanying Model Production Sharing Contract; and to the apposite rules of international law distilled from both controlling UN resolutions addressing Iraq and more generally applicable principles of international law. This text is essential to the reading collection of every practitioner, business executive, government official, academic, public policy maven, and individual citizen with an interest in the details and controversial aspects of Iraqi energy law.

Contents:

The facts regarding Iraqi oil and gas reserves and their legal status prior to self-governance

The provisions of the Iraqi Constitution addressing oil and gas activities : of the role of subcentral governing entities, handling of revenues, and "present" versus "future" fields

Federal oil and gas framework law and subcentral government responses

A primer on the federal model exploration and production contracts and the Kurdistan regional government's model production-sharing contract

The federal oil and gas revenue-sharing law : its many problems

Measures to reconstitute the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) and reorganize the ministry of oil

The matter of creditor claims : an examination of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1790 (18 Dec. 2007) and 1859 (22 Dec. 2008), and their predecessors

Central government authority to strike oil and gas development agreements in the absence of a federal framework law

Distributing profits in the absence of a federal revenue-sharing law

Changing the mix : transition fails and the face of Iraq is altered.

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ISBN:

9780511596926

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