OGEL 1 (2005)
Production Sharing Contracts
Editorial
Dr. Thomas R. Stauffer, 1935-2005
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, BTC Company and Social and Environmental Undertakings
CEE Bankwatch Network, et al., www.bankwatch.orgTaxation
North Sea Oil Taxation - Has the UK Reached The Tipping Point?
C. Nakhle, Crystol EnergyReforming Taxation of the Oil Sector in the Russian Federation
P. Daniel, Transborder Investment Advisory Services LtdA. Fernando, EcoSecurities
Sao Tome and Principe Enacts Oil Revenue Law, Sets New Transparency, Accountability, and Governance Standards
J.C. Bell, Hogan LovellsT.M. Faria, Inter-American Development Bank
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on the right track: let's go further and faster
Global Witness, www.globalwitness.orgProduction Sharing Contracts
Special Feature on Production Sharing Contracts, Introduction by the Editors
S.C. Craig, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiKing & Spalding LLP, www.kslaw.com
P.R. Weems
An Introduction to Upstream Government Petroleum Contracts: Their Evolution and Current Use, January 2005.
King & Spalding LLP, www.kslaw.comA Fifty-Year Prospective on World Petroleum Arrangements.
J.S. Dzienkowski, University of Texas School of LawE.E. Smith, University of Texas School of Law
Production Sharing Contracts and Other Host Government Contracts
F.C. Alexander Jr., Dentons Canada LLPThe Iranian Buy Back Agreement
M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum ConsultantsNew Contractual Developments in Iran, Iraq and the Persian Gulf: the "Bookable Reserves" Issue
M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum ConsultantsIndonesia: from Concession to Contract
M. Bunter, B and R Co, Petroleum ConsultantsIndonesia's Petroleum Contracts: Issues and Challenges?
M. HasanContract or License? Regulation of Petroleum Investment in Russia and Foreign Legal Advice
G.C. Moss, University of OsloProduction-Sharing Agreements in the Russian Federation
J.C.W. Rath, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of HamburgPakistan Production Sharing Agreement: Offshore Fiscal System
M. Arif, Arif and AssociatesLegal Issues in the Management of Nigeria's Production Sharing Contracts from a Study of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (National Petroleum Management Services') Perspective
M.B. Umar, Capital ChambersCan Production Sharing Contracts Promote Transparency in the Management of Oil Income? The Case of Equatorial Guinea
H. YumisevaThe Constitutionality of the MSC Compensation Scheme: Arguments for and Against
B.C. Rosen, Rosen LawInstitutional Cooperation in Oil and gas: Governments, Companies and the Investment Climate
V. Zanoyan, ConsultantPartnerships in Oil and Gas Production-Sharing Contracts
N. Pongsiri, Bank of ThailandThe Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith and the Enforceability of Short-Form Natural Gas Clauses in Production Sharing Agreements
D.R. Bishop, King & SpaldingStrategic Options Available When Catastrophe Strikes the Major International Energy Project
D.R. Bishop, King & SpaldingS.D. Dimitroff, King & Spalding LLP
C.S. Miles, King & Spalding LLP
A Report on the June Workshop of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Institute of Transnational Arbitration (CAILAW), www.cailaw.orgTo What Extent can Stabilisation Clauses Mitigate the Investor's Risks in a Production Sharing Contract?
B.O.N. Nwete, BP Exploration Operating CompanyUnderstanding Stabilization Techniques in Production Sharing Agreements: Some Remarks
A.F.M. Maniruzzaman, University of PortsmouthOil Discovery and Technical Change in Southeast Asia - Legal Aspects of Production Sharing Contracts in the Indonesian Petroleum Industry
R. FabrikantRussia's Production Sharing Contract Regime
S. SternProduction Sharing Contracts: What is Market Price?
L. Bossley, CEAGCreating a Comprehensive & Investor-Friendly PSA Regime: Where does Russia Keep Going Wrong?
O.O. RewaneThe Fight Against PSAs In Russia: Who is to Benefit and Why Not the State?
A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ruA struggle for mineral rent
A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ruPSA debate not over yet
A.A. Konoplyanik, www.konoplyanik.ruProduct Sharing Agreements (PSA) in the Russian Mining Industry
A. Kursky, State Duma Committee for Industry, Construction, and High-TechThe State as a Contracting Party: the Delimitation of Regulatory Authority in Licensing and Product Sharing Agreements
V. KokinL. Skyner, Clifford Chance
The Sakhalin II PSA - a Production 'Non-Sharing' Agreement. Analysis of Revenue Distribution
CEE Bankwatch Network, et al., www.bankwatch.org"The Sakhalin II PSA - a Production 'Non-Sharing' Agreement", a comment on the NGO report
T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of Dundee"The Sakhalin II PSA - a Production 'Non-Sharing' Agreement", a comment on the NGO report by J. Rath
J.C.W. Rath, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of HamburgThe Indonesian Oil & Gas Industry - Its Evolution and Current State
T.N. MachmudArticles previously published in OGEL relating to this special feature
Kazakhstan: Title Confirmation to Oil & Gas Properties
O. Shvander, WithersworldwideJ. Varanese, Siren E&P
Non-Fiscal Elements in Petroleum Production Sharing Agreements in Developing Countries
S.W. Stein, Kelley DryeGood Governance
Oil, Corruption and Development
T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of DundeeL. Danielson, Sustainable Development Strategies Group
The Energy Charter Treaty
Energy Charter Treaty: A critical Russian perspective
T.I. Shtilkind, Ministry of Energy of the Russian FederationAfrica
The Quest for Local Content in the Upstream Sector of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry
A. Olomola, KPMG Professional ServicesS. Olumide
National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
The Qatari Experience With Gas Joint Venture Contracts
T. Al-Emadi, University of Qatar - College of LawLess Long-Term Gas to Europe? A Quantitative Analysis of European Long-Term Gas Supply Contracts
C. von Hirschhausen, TU Berlin - WIPA. Neumann, Universität Potsdam
Energy, Transport & Infrastructure - Winter 2004/2005
Denton Wilde Sapte, www.dentonwildesapte.comRoundup of Articles
Laying the Foundation Stone: Lithuania's new Concessions Laws and its lessons for PPPs in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
C. Clement-DaviesG. Stasevièius, Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai
A. Zverev, EBRD
Kazakhstan Amends Its Subsoil Resource Development Legal Regime; Related Changes Still to Come
J.H. Hines, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPA.A. Shyngyssov, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Agreement on Wealth Sharing During the pre-Interim and Interim Period, the Government of the Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) January 7, 2004.
Energy Politics, Issue I: Spring 2004
Energy PoliticsEnergy Politics, Issue II: Summer 2004
Energy PoliticsEnergy Politics, Issue III: Fall 2004
Energy PoliticsEnergy Politics, Issue IV: Winter 2005
Energy PoliticsRussian Disputes
Yukos Oil Company dismissal order, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11 (Judgement)
Yukos Oil Company dismissal order, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11 (Memorandum opinion)
Expert Opinion: Yukos and The Russian Federation
T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of DundeeReport of David Anderson, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11
Expert Report on Russian Law, Peter B. Maggs, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11
International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management
International Commercial Arbitration and Sovereign Immunity: Lithuania survives to Fight Again
H.R. Dundas, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert DeterminerArbitrability of Disputes Regarding Petroleum Investments in Russia and the Validity of an International Arbitral Award
G.C. Moss, University of OsloArbitral Award Nykomb Synergetics Technology Holding AB, Stockholm vs. The Republic of Latvia, Riga
Economic and Commercial Context for Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Japanese energy policy focuses on security
Pipelines
Background on "India conjures powerful vision of 'pipeline diplomacy'"
S.L. Rao, Institute for Social and Economic ChangeElectricity Law and Regulation
Distributed Generation in the U.S. Practical Issues in Project Development
F.R. Fucci, Fucci Law & ADR, PLLCOntario's Electricity Restructuring Act, 2004: A Framework in Progress
J. MurrayE.M. Oliver, Eden M. Oliver PC
Expert Opinion on the Compatibility of the Hungarian system of long-term capacity and power purchase agreements with EU energy and competition law
T. EilmansbergerT. Jaeger
P. Thyri
Banking on DE: International Financial Institutions and Cogeneration
WADE, www.localpower.orgClimate Change
Geological Sequestration of CO2 into Aquifer Systems: What Legal Issues Need to be Considered Under US Law?
V. Brieno Rankin, GeoSeq International LLCEnergy Security and Climate Change Policy Interactions - An Assessment Framework
W. Blyth, Oxford Energy AssociatesN. Lefevre-Marton