International Petroleum Fiscal Systems and Production Sharing Contracts

Call Number – 338.2328 JOH

Physical Description – ix, 325 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.

Notes – Includes Index.

Description of the fundamentals of petroleum taxation, in particular the arithmetic and mechanics and the industry/government relationships involved. Focus on the two main fiscal systems, i.e. concessions and production sharing contracts. Consideration is given to economic issues such as the threshhold field size and also to the legal and regulatory framework. Double taxation is covered in the final chapter primarily by reference to the US. Appendices give comparative overviews of various fiscal systems as well as statistics.