The Transfer and Development of Technology in Iranian Upstream Oil Sector: Considerations on the Concepts, Requirements, Challenges and Remedies

Masoud Derakhshan; Atefeh Taklif

Volume 4, Issue 14 , April 2015, , Pages 33-88

https://doi.org/10.22054/jiee.2015.1063

Abstract
  We have shown that the reliance on foreign investment within the framework of oil contracts with international oil companies has not been and will not be productive in the transfer and development of technology in Iranian upstream oil industry unless the following conditions are satisfied: i) adequate ...  Read More

Desired Properties in Oil Contacts: Economic and Historical Approach in the Performance of Iranian Oil Contracts

Masoud Derakhshan

Volume 3, Issue 9 , January 2014, , Pages 53-113

Abstract
  After reviewing briefly the Iranian oil contracts from Reuter and D’Arcy concessions to buy-back contracts, we have examined the desired properties of oil contracts as follows: sovereignty and ownership over oil resources, national rights and interests in the chain of oil operations, transfer of ...  Read More