Economic growth is propelled to a large extent by energy from fuels. The extraction of these petroleum resources requires huge investments of capital, equipment and expertise, which some countries with these resources do not have. Therefore, private investment is needed to produce the resources for the country. It should be noted that the Host Governments and the International Oil Companies do not have the exact same goals and objectives. Host governments want as much economic rent as possible for developing their countries, while private investors want maximum returns on their investment in the petroleum project, as well as to achieve their companies’ objectives. Economic rent in the petroleum industry is the difference between the value of production and the costs to extract it. Host government get economic rent from taxes, production sharing and bonuses.
The international petroleum sector has different fiscal
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The Host countries could get International oil companies to produce their petroleum resources and at the same time maintain ownership and control over the resources. This reinforces the sovereignty of the state. A state that is sovereign should control its natural resources. The profit percentage split can be increased if production increases so the Host country can get more economic rent in times of windfall profits. The amount of production and its corresponding level of profitability are calculated in a pre-determined formula using the Rate of Return (ROR). If after exploration, there is no commercial discovery worth producing in the contract area, the International oil company would not be reimbursed the costs it incurred. In this way, the Host government does not lose. The taxation method, which is progressive based on the amount of oil produced using sliding scale terms, ensures that maximum economic rent is captured. So when more oil is produced, the Host government gets more
with nations focusing on their comparative advantages and a global economy has been created but because of this, the world’s economies have become increasingly interdependent and volatile. Oil is the backbone of the global economy, but oil is a quickly depleting resource and eventually government protection of oil resources will lead to the collapse of global trade. Globalization causes negative effects on the world’s economies, with increased interdependence leading to issues like Contagion. Governments
According to Devold (2013) Crude oil is petroleum liquid within earth that comprises of small components of metals and hydrocarbon, which is the combination of hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Crude oils have numerous elements that make them more or less attractive to refiners. Oil that is less sticky and flows more easily, is referred to as light crude oil, while stickier that requires heating in order to flow is referred as heavy crude oil. Light crude oil is used to mix finished products such as
organization, currently consisting of 12 oil producing and exporting countries, spread across three continents America, Asia and Africa ( Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2013, p. 1). I am specifically interested in exploring the influence of OPEC on global trade and economies. Key Term The formation of OPEC in the 1960’s was motivated by complex, inter-dependent factors including the end of British colonization, the surge in the demand for oil based energy, and a desire for the member
has analyzed the causes of decline in world oil prices. Typically, the price of oil is determined by demand and supply of the world market and forecast advance to invest in which level of demand depends on the level of economic activity and behavioral use of energy from humans. The oil price decline has a benefit for oil importers like China, India, Japan, Europe but unfortunately for oil exporters such as: Kuwait, Venezuela, Nigeria, and Iraq. Crude oil prices fell steadily in the past seems to be
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consumer requirement of convenience with its sophisticated online service. In addition to the change in behavior of consumer, many companies or retailers change the sales channel combinations. The greatest impact of the Web-bases electronic revolution has occurred in companies adopting the click-and-mortar approach. Click- and-mortar is one the strategy used by the companies or retailers that they continue to conduct their business in the physical locations and have added the electronic commerce component
home of oil. Along with being a major superpower comes an insurmountable thirst for fossil fuels. Imperialist ideals and the corporate oil empire can bring stability and jobs but heavy costs also arise. Numerous solutions have been tried, but without fixing the underlying problem more issues are inevitable. Our over-consumption has an incredible effect on our reliance on foreign oil. OPEC, the Organization of the Oil Producing Countries, has supplied Americans with a constant flow of both oil and jobs
government revenue, have increased external debt, and have resulted in deaths of more than one million people. The war has intensified the impact of such basic problems as an uncertain legal framework, inflation, and lack of openness in government economic policy and financial operations. Foreign businesses have curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, and the difficult
to identify the different risks faced by the company, and to develop efficient risk managing or hedging techniques to handle them. In this report, the risks faced by energy companies will be studied. More specifically, this report will focus on the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company: ExxonMobil. First, the main risks faced by ExxonMobil will be outlined, and then the risk management and hedging techniques of the company will be briefly explained. Finally an evaluation
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