Inward foreign investment is believed to boost the economic growth of host countries directly through employment creation and capital formation, and indirectly through knowledge, technology, and information spillovers. Multinationals have superior technologies, technical know-how, and managerial and marketing experiences than domestic firms. Similarly, exporting firms, domestic or foreign, have advantages over non-exporting firms regarding access to advanced technologies that are more productive…

1. O INTRODUCTION The purpose of this chapter is to give an introduction to the motive for selecting the implications and importance of oil and gas investment as the main subject of this project work. The background and history of this project are followed by the subject, providing an introduction to the main theme of this work. The problems for discussion are further presented in order to illustrate the main problems of this study. This chapter was completed by illustrating the structure of…

exploration and production one like Cairn Energy, operate in the oil and gas industry. Each of these companies faces some financial, commercial or contractual considerations similar throughout the industry, and some peculiar to the area of operation within the industry. Problems within the oil and gas companies have occurred in the past due to askew interests and these problems are likely to occur in the future. Managers within the oil and gas industries requires essential working knowledge of the concepts…

SCHOOL O F ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT COURSEWORK COVER SHEET FOR THE ATTENTION OF LECTURER: DR Paul Doughan Student Name: OLUFEMI BALOGUN Matriculation Number: S1433528 Year of Study: 2014-15 Assignment Title: Coursework 1 Module: Oil and Gas Contract and Dispute Student Declaration This piece of work is not plagiarised. It is my own original work and has not been submitted elsewhere in fulfilment of the requirements of this or any other award. Signature: Date:20NOV. 2014 Your mark could…

Inward foreign investment is believed to boost the economic growth of host countries directly through employment creation and capital formation, and indirectly through knowledge, technology, and information spillovers. It is argued that multinationals have superior technologies, technical know-how, and managerial and marketing experiences than domestic firms. Similarly, exporting firms, whether domestic or foreign, have advantages over non-exporting firms regarding access to advanced technologies…

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial and a growing role in the modern world and in global businesses. It helps third world countries to over-come their problems by sharing their resources with other countries in exchange of an investment. More formally FDI is defined as a company from one country making an investment on another country that are known as the host countries. Recently, due to the rapid growth and alternative global investment patterns, this definition has been developed to…

Procurement in Oil and Gas Industry in Developing Countries A Case of AGIP Nigeria Name Course Professor Date Abstract This is a thesis about procurement process in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria with specific stress on AGIP Nigerian AGIP Energy and Natural Resource.” The report starts with an introduction to the country Nigeria itself. It develops with the research on the oil and gas sector in the country and then focuses on the AGIP and its operations. Thus the first section comprises…

As we discuss in the second chapter, inward foreign investment is believed to boost the economic growth of host countries directly through employment creation and capital formation, and indirectly through knowledge, technology, and information spillovers. Multinationals have superior technologies, technical know-how, and managerial and marketing experiences than domestic firms. Similarly, exporting firms, domestic or foreign, have advantages over non-exporting firms regarding access to advanced technologies…

results obtained from the two statements on transparency presented in 10.5.5.1 and 10.5.5.2 above, the majority of the stakeholders have a neutral opinion on this statement, (median = 3.00) (table 7.5). Although it may be understood that the oil and gas contracts may contain commercially sensitive information, information on core aspects of local content should be released to the stakeholders (NGRI, Publish What You Pay, Global Witness, & others, 2012). Where such information is confidential, there…

Accounting for Uncertainty in Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Upstream Oil and Gas Investments∗ by William H. Knull, III, Scott T. Jones, Timothy J. Tyler & Richard D. Deutsch∗∗ Valuing future income streams from the production of oil and gas is a welldeveloped discipline within the industry and among sophisticated investors. Valuations drive companies’ investment decisions and market transactions every day. In the context of resolving disputes, especially international ones, arbitral tribunals…