Petroleum Fiscal Systems

Petroleum fiscal systems are arrangements for sharing the economic value from petroleum extraction between the host nation and the companies engaged in the extraction. In most countries, oil and gas resources are under the control of the national Government. The activities of exploiting the resources are undertaken by firms, some of which are owned by the state. Petroleum resource management therefore is an interaction of two key parties: The enterprises which carry out operations of finding and extracting petroleum from the ground, and the Government as custodian of the resources on behalf of the host nation which ultimately owns them.

The book reviews the various instruments which may form the petroleum fiscal system of a jurisdiction, with numerous examples from countries having configured their systems very differently. It also reviews fiscal valuation and control, related cross-border issues, and the economic analysis and design of fiscal systems related to a variety of development scenarios found in modern petroleum operations.

Features and Benefits

• Explain the fiscal and related instruments applied in the upstream petroleum sector internationally: Royalty, production sharing, bonuses, remuneration for service, privileged state participation, corporate income tax, petroleum resource taxes, and non-fiscal business obligations.
• Review common issues of delineation and verification of petroleum fiscal parameters, including transfer pricing issues.
• Analyze petroleum fiscal systems in terms of value allocation, risk allocation and incentive effects.
• Provide design considerations for setting up and implementing the petroleum fiscal system in the context of national petroleum policy and licensing of petroleum rights.

Audience

• Oil company executives, business developers, analysts, finance and tax professionals
• Politicians and public servants
• Investors and financial sector professionals
• Lawyers and other professional service providers
• Managers and analysts of firms doing business with the petroleum industry
• Academia and civil society whose work may relate to petroleum fiscal systems
• Students of petroleum economics and related disciplines

Preface

Part I : Licensing and Fiscal Framework
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Licensing Petroleum Rights

Part II : The Fiscal Instruments
Chapter 3 : Levy on Production : Royalty, Severance Tax and Revenue Sharing
Chapter 4 : Production Sharing
Chapter 5 : Remuneration for Service
Chapter 6 : Bonuses, Lease Sales and Area Fees
Chapter 7 : Privileged State Participation
Chapter 8 : Tax on Corporate Income and Distributed Profits
Chapter 9 : Petroleum Resource Taxes
Chapter 10 : Taxes Related to Inputs and Externalities
Chapter 11 : Business Obligations in the National Interest

Part III : Application
Chapter 12 : Fiscal Valuation and International Tax Issues
Chapter 13 : Economic Issues in Exploration and Development
Chapter 14 : Fiscal Analysis : Purposes and Tools
Chapter 15 : Fiscal Analysis : Selected Parameters
Chapter 16 : Fiscal Design

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