TDM Studies
TDM's sister publication OGEL has published a series of 'Special Studies':
Arbitrating International Petroleum Disputes: an Analysis of Key Substantive Law Issues
by Dr. Zeyad A. Alqurashi
The exploration and development of oil and gas in developing countries have often been conducted by international oil companies rather than the countries themselves. International petroleum companies and host governments and/or governmental agencies conclude agreements for this purpose. Such agreements have over time retained certain fundamental characteristics. They involve large, complex and risky investments. They involve a relationship between a host government and/or governmental agency and a foreign private company. In addition, due to the strategic importance of petroleum to both consumers and producers, such agreements have always been politically charged. These characteristics help to understand why international petroleum agreements have almost always provided for arbitration as a method for the settlement of disputes.
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Other publications:
- The Libyan Petroleum Industry in the Twenty First Century: the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Handbook (Orders handled by Maris BV)
- IRAQ: The Petroleum Exploration and Production Handbook - 2nd edition! (Orders handled by Maris BV)
- Oil and the Niger Delta People in International Law - Resource Rights, Environmental and Equity Issues (Orders handled by Maris BV)
- Nigerian Oil and Gas Law, 2nd edition
More information can be obtained via the author, Adedolapo Akinrele - EU - Russia Energy Relations, Legal and Political Issues
Euroconfidentiel, Sold out, published as OGEL 2 (2009) EU - Russia relations