... 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...

... as a catalog of what should be implemented and what should be avoided in context of best practice that should be followed in Energy Sector, thus serving the purpose of the paper. Narrowing down the Geo - Political Spectrum the paper will focus on governance, risks and compliance of four oil major countries...

... 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...

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... 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...

... 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...

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... 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...

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... 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...

... Flaring Reduction ("GGFR") public-private partnership was launched at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable 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...

...) 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 through the establishment of clear rights and responsibilities for each step of the CCS project cycle...

... creation. The growing recognition of the negative effects of climate change is demanding a decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions It is within this context that governments around the world have put science back in the spotlight and begun aggressively pursuing the development of a cleaner...

..., 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...

... deployed and production growth but the development of the oilsands is associated with a range of environment and social issues that has attracted the attention of activists and the media. The industry and our regulators within the government of Alberta work hard to identify and mitigate both site specific...

... 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...