Natural gas: Governments and oil companies in the Third World

Book · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6805062

Davidson, A; Hurst, C; Mabro, R

It is asserted that oil companies claim to be generally receptive to gas development proposals; however, the lack of potential markets for gas, problems of foreign exchange convertibility, and lack of a legal framework often hinders their engagement. Governments, on the other hand, need to secure domestic energy supply and, if possible, gain some export earnings or royalties. An extensive discussion on the principles of pricing and fiscal regimes, potential points of disagreement is provided. A course of action is outlined from the managerial point of view to circumvent the most common pitfalls in planning and financing a gas project. Eight very detailed case studies are presented for Argentina, Egypt, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, Tunisia and Thailand.

• OSTI ID: 6805062
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Christian R. von Hirschhausen, Berlin Univ. of Technology, Germany, in Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Autumn 1990)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MALAYSIA
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
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MINERAL RESOURCES
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