... and benefits all stakeholders - government, industry and communities. In the same way that these stakeholders share in the reward, they also share the responsibility for the risks. It is only through effective partnerships that the right environment can be created to tilt the balance in favour of exploring...

... to develop the São Francisco basin, and the initiatives started by companies and government ahead of time to address risks involved and create favorable conditions to foster Exploration and Production (E&P) activities in the region, including proposals for Research and Development (R&D) projects...

... in these countries and a business need to continue accessing reserves, oil & gas companies have an opportunity to incorporate energy poverty alleviation in their negotiations with governments. Improving access to energy provides the holistic service to host commu- nities that governments are looking for and supports...

... more ground and attracting increasing attention in the oil and gas industry. What started off as a vague definition of a particular form of regional development is now finding its way into the legislation of a great number of countries. Governments of many resource-rich developing countries...

... relying on governmental subsidies to survive. The past progress of renewable projects shows high dependency on government and private support in form of giving subsidies or exemption from tax put on other energy sources (such as carbon tax). So here a valid question is: In case shale gas proves...

... and policy reflecting the reality that interests of local communities, governments, NOCs and IOCs are more aligned than different, and in many respects, symbiotic. Effective strategies allow investment to generate broad and sustainable economic develop- ment. Undeniable, however, is the growing need...

... to draw examples from the Middle East, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, Brazil and South Africa. This paper is aimed at oil and gas senior executives that are responsible for the defining, implementing and monitoring local content strategies. asset and portfolio management government IOC...

...F21 Regulatory issues: governance, risks and compliance GRC 21st World Petroleum Congress, Moscow 2014 © World Petroleum Council A comparative study of Regulatory issues: governance, risks and compliance Shameek Chanda, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, India Abstract If you don t get...

... Abstract By 2020, Africa's oil and gas production is expected to rise from 12.2 MMboed to 17.5 MMboed. However, following recent discoveries, such as the giant gas fields off the east coast, governments are under renewed pressure to prevent a resurgence of the resource-curse phenomenon...

... in oil, natural gas, and coal production in recent years after the implementation of a series of regulatory reforms. The enactment of a series of regulatory reforms to make the oil and natural gas sector more attractive to foreign investors led to an increase in Colombia production. The government...

... financing liquified natural gas LNG government requirement financing investment NOC repayment period opportunity 21 capital budgeting investment investor bond market flexibility project finance balance sheet F18 Financing investments in the oil and gas industry: challenges...

... Development in August 2002 with the objective of facilitating governments and oil companies' efforts, under the World Bank's leadership, to reduce global gas flaring, improve energy efficiency, and mitigate impact on climate change. Progress to date - Satellite estimates for global gas flaring show a decline...

.... In the case of the Gorgon project, a bespoke approach taken through the Barrow Island Act 2003 (WA) and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (C'th) provided the Federal and State Governments, the joint venture participants and the Western Australian community with regulatory certainty...

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..., Stakeholder Engagement and Deployment to the Field. Today, the undertaking is a multimillion dollar endeavor with more than 30 projects aimed at aggressively addressing the challenges posed to the industry. OSLI involves more than 100 staff from the five companies, features the Government of Alberta...

... and the media. The industry and our regulators within the government of Alberta work hard to identify and mitigate both site specific and cumulative impacts; sophisticated air and aquatic monitoring programs are in place. The operators, both individually and collectively, are working on new technologies...

... funded by large private or government-backed companies, or with the backing of governmental or multilateral financial institutions such as the World Bank. Market Viability There must be a market for the electricity. This requires not only a population that needs power, but one that can afford to pay...

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... curse’ and ‘Dutch disease’ the international community searched ways of introducing more transparency in the sources, management and use of such wealth. The expected outcomes being a large debate at local and international levels, higher accountability of governments, more effective involvements...

... that tackling climate change requires coordinated international action. National governments are looking to replace the Kyoto agreement once it expires in 2012; however, it is unlikely that a truly global policy mechanism will emerge in the foreseeable future. Policy makers accept emission trading schemes...