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Home > Contributing Author

Waniss A. Otman

W.A. Otman
Waniss A. Otman
University of Aberdeen

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Waniss A. Otman is a petroleum economist who specialises in the area of risk and uncertainty analysis. He holds a PhD in risk analysis of investment in the upstream oil and gas sector (Aberdeen University), as well as related MSc, LLM, MSc, and BSc Degrees. This perspective has strengthened his background in areas of risk and uncertainty analysis of the petroleum industry. He has contributed immensely to the Libyan petroleum industry through several publications and presentations in world forums as well as to IOCs. Currently he is focusing his attention on economic aspects of the Libyan oil and gas industry and its future role in the economic diversification of Libya. He currently holds executive positions in oil and gas industry.

He was employed with the Libyan Ministry of Energy, Investment and Economics Affairs Dep. In the year 2004 Waniss was appointed the Head of the Libyan Permanent Gas Committee; Member of the Higher Committee for Energy Strategies in Libya; and Member of the Libyan Petroleum Agreements Evaluation and Studies Committee, which relates to the technical, policy and legal framework in the Libyan petro-economic sector. These committees were under the direct supervision of the Libyan Energy Ministry.

As well as having written many peer-reviewed articles, he has authored these books:

  • The Libyan Petroleum Industry in the Twenty-First Century: the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Handbook.
  • The Libyan Economy: Economic Diversification and International Repositioning.
  • Understanding Modern Libya.
  • Libya Oil and Gas Resources.
  • Oil and Gas Fiscal Review, Iraq Energy Institute.
  • Africa's Energy and Natural Resources in the Global Economy.
  • Natural Gas Markets in the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, (Contributor).

OGEL Articles

Article(s) by this author:
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Reflections on a Blueprint for the Restoration of the Libyan Petroleum Industry and its Institutional Reform

Middle East, Buy Back Contracts
OGEL 3 (2017)

Evaluating the Libyan Gas Sector: Fiscal Policy and Contractual Terms

Natural Gas Developments: An International and Challenging Legal Framework
OGEL 1 (2015)

The Future of Tamoil

Africa
OGEL 3 (2008)

Appraising the Libyan Petroleum Agreements: A Comparative Analysis of Risk Factors & An Evaluation of their Effectiveness

Production Sharing Contracts
OGEL 4 (2007)

The Iranian Petroleum Contracts: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

International Contracts
OGEL 2 (2007)

Unrealised Potential in the Saudi Gas Industry: Fiscal and Economic Considerations

National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
OGEL 4 (2006)

Libya: Petroleum Taxation Risk for IOCs

Taxation
OGEL 4 (2006)

The Libyan Policy Vacuum for Gas Developments: Addressing the Key Issues

Africa
OGEL 3 (2006)

Developing the Libyan Marginal Fields: Opportunities and Risks

Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
OGEL 1 (2006)

High-Level Conflict & Divergence of Control in the Libyan Hydrocarbon Industry: Risks & Uncertainties to IOCs

Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
OGEL 1 (2006)

Libya: Petroleum Industry & the Economic Diversification

Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
OGEL 3 (2005)

Legal and Economic Considerations of the Re-entry of US Oil Companies to their Assets in Libya

Roundup of Articles
OGEL 3 (2005)

Libyan Gas Industry

National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
OGEL 2 (2005)

The Libyan Petroleum Industry in the Twenty-First Century: The Upstream, Midstream and Downstream, Handbook

In the Spotlight
OGEL 4 (2004)

Libyan Petroleum Law: Its Impact on Oil and Gas Development In Libya: Economic and Policy Aspects

Roundup of Articles
OGEL 2 (2004)

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