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Changing the Rules of the Game: Issues that arise under the 2002 AIPN JOA when a host government mandates a "replacement contract"

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A.B. Derman
Derman, Andrew B.
A. Melsheimer
Melsheimer, Andrew

Article from: OGEL 4 (2010), in Upstream Petroleum Regulation incl. Host Government Contracts

Introduction

Certain countries are changing the rules in the oil and gas sector. Some recent examples in the Western Hemisphere include Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia, which have offered companies "replacement contracts." To account for these changes, oil and gas companies operating in these countries are faced with two options: accept a "replacement contract" or lose their interests. Renegotiation to allow for a "replacement contract" has been accepted as a pragmatic reaction to such a Hobson's choice. International oil and gas operations are typically conducted under joint ...

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A.B. Derman; A. Melsheimer; "Changing the Rules of the Game: Issues that arise under the 2002 AIPN JOA when a host government mandates a "replacement contract""
OGEL 4 (2010), www.ogel.org

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