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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777919703321

Autore

Zedalis Rex J.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-107-19438-5

0-511-69902-6

1-107-67248-1

1-282-30325-2

9786612303258

0-511-59612-X

0-511-59652-9

0-511-59377-5

0-511-59284-1

0-511-59570-0

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

343.567/0772

Soggetti

Petroleum law and legislation - Iraq

Natural gas - Law and legislation - Iraq

Revenue sharing - Law and legislation - Iraq

Federal government - Iraq

Oil and gas leases - Iraq

Petroleum industry and trade - Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.