Guidelines on petroleum legislation in African countries aimed at assisting member states in the maximization of revenue from petroleum operations (Exploration and production contracts)

Abstract

This paper seeks to put the matter in overall perspective, chiefly from a legal point of oil companies – host government relations. An attempt was made to show the range of techniques both administrative and legal which could be available to African member states for coping with the problem of allowing petroleum exploration programmes to proceed whilst taking steps to ensure that the interests of all parties are observed.