Petroleum Contracts and International Law

Description

• Author(s)
  Rudolf Dolzer
• Publisher
  OUP Oxford
• Format
  PDF
• Print ISBN
  9780198715979, 0198715978
• eText ISBN
  9780198715979, 0198715978
• Edition
• Copyright
• Details
  This book addresses aspects of international law relating to petroleum contracts, examining oil and gas agreements between states and private companies and their intersection with rules of international law. It provides detailed and insightful coverage of the current practice as well as commentary and analysis based on the authors’ extensive experience. The book covers topics such as the nature of international petroleum contracts, petroleum agreements as state contracts, issues of contract stability, the development of bilateral investment treaties, natural resource cycles, political risks and the specific petroleum policies of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the International Development Association. This is a timely and comprehensive book on this important area of law.