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Oil and Gas in the Disputed Kurdish Territories : Jurisprudence, Regional Minorities and Natural Resources in a Federal System.

This book examines the historical and contextual background to the oil and gas resources in the Kurdish territories, placing particular emphasis on the reserves situated in the disputed provinces. The volume is singularly unique in focusing on an examination of the rules reflected in both the nation...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zedalis, Rex J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments and dedication; Part I Contextual background of oil and gas in disputed Kurdish territories; 1 Background regarding the question of Iraq's Kurdish territories; I Introduction; II A review of the early history of the Kurdish peoples; III The Iraqi Kurdish peoples from the overthrow of Faisal II to the present; IV The Iraqi Kurdish provinces or governorates and petroleum resources; V Conclusion: where things stand; 2 Oil and gas deposit location and extant contracts with International Oil Companies (IOCs); I Introduction.
  • II Oil and natural gas deposits in KRG territoryIII Reserves made available to international oil and gas companies; IV Position of the central government on Kurdish oil and gas; V Conclusion; Part II Federal constitutional allotment of oil and gas authority; 3 Articles 110-112, and 114-115 of Iraq's Constitution (2005): The respective powers of the central versus the Kurdish government when it comes to oil and gas; I Introduction; II The basic principles: an overview; III Articles 111 and 112: the Constitution's explicit provisions on oil and gas; IV The limited reach of article 112.
  • V Article 110's exclusive federal powersVI The significance of articles 114 and 115; VII Conclusion; 4 Articles 25(E), 26(B), and 54(A) and (B) of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL); I Introduction; II The general structure of the TAL; III The distribution of authority over oil and gas under the TAL: illuminating the meaning of relevant constitutional provisions; IV Some hypothetical situations; V Conclusion; 5 The matter of disputed territories: Articles 53 and 58 of the TAL, and articles 140 and 143 of the Iraq Constitution (2005); I Introduction; II Articles 53 and 58 of the TAL.
  • III Hypothetical oil and gas situations: the effect of articles 53 and 58 of the TALIV Article 143 of the 2005 Iraqi Constitution; V Article 140 of the 2005 Iraqi Constitution; VI Oil and gas situations under articles 140 and 143; VII Conclusion; Part III How the Kurdish Constitution and relevant federal and regional legislation address oil and gas in disputed territories; 6 The Kurdish Constitution and provisions of the Oil and Gas Law (No. 22) of the Kurdistan region of Iraq; I Introduction; II Relevant provisions of the KRG's 2007 Oil and Gas Law (No. 22).
  • III Relevant provisions of the 2009 Constitution of the Kurdistan region of IraqIV Conclusion; 7 Article 23 of the 2008 Provincial Elections Law and relevant articles of the proposed Federal Oil and Gas Law; I Introduction; II Article 23 of the Provincial Elections Law (2008); III Provisions from the proposed Federal Oil and Gas Framework Law; IV Conclusion; Part IV Disputed territories, the terms of the KRG's model and negotiated PSCs, and observations regarding federalism; 8 Language of both the KRG's Model PSC and its existing public PSCs; I Introduction.