Race to the Bottom? How the Price Drop is Impacting Fiscal and Contract Terms

The oil price is the most obvious trigger of change in the relationship between host governments and investors.

by Carole Nakhle, Philip Daniel, Anthony Paul, Salli A. Swartz, and Satya Widya Yudha

published by

Natural Resource Governance Institute

on June 28, 2015

Source: Natural Resource Governance Institute

This year, the NRGI conference focused on the implications of falling commodity prices, bringing together policy makers, practitioners, academics and other leading experts (including many from developing countries) to discuss the salient policy and governance challenges and the latest analysis on these issues. The conference provided a forum for highly interactive debate, showcasing new thinking, policy experience and emerging practice.

Carnegie’s Carole Nakhle initiated the talk with a discussion on the oil price’s impact on the bargaining power between host governments and investors at the negotiating table.

This conference was originally published by the Natural Resource Governance Institute and was hosted at the University of Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College in partnership with OxCarre.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Race to the Bottom? How the Price Drop is Impacting Fiscal and Contract Terms

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