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Article: Status of Russian petroleum legislation.
- Article from:
- Houston Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
- Author:
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE JOINT VENTURE LAW
III. THE LAW ON OIL AND GAS
IV. THE LAW ON PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS
V. THE SUBSOIL LAW
VI. CONCLUSION
I. INTRODUCTION
The Author's first exposure to the laws of the Soviet Union and Russia took the form of an international contract conference presentation in Moscow in October 1989. (1) The Ministry of Geology, the main point of contact in the Soviet Union for foreign investors, had invited the Author's employer to make a presentation about the three main types of international petroleum contracts (tax royalty/concession agreements, service contracts, and production sharing agreements), covering ...