The Legal Dimensions of Oil and Gas in Iraq

Part I. The Contextual Background: 1. The facts regarding Iraqi oil and gas reserves and their legal status prior to self-governance; 2. The provisions of the Iraqi constitution addressing oil and gas activities: of the role of sub-central governing entities, handling of revenues, and 'present' v. 'future' fields; Part II. The Complications Associated with Iraqi Legislative Measures: 3. The federal oil and gas framework law and sub-central government responses; 4. A primer on the federal model production sharing agreement and the Kurdistan regional government's model production sharing contract; 5. The federal oil and gas revenue sharing law - its many problems; 6. Measures to reorganize the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) and the ministry of oil; 7. The matter of creditor claims: an examination of United Nations' Security Council Resolution 1790 (18 Dec. 2007) and its predecessors; 8. Central government authority to strike oil and gas development agreements in the absence of a federal framework law; 9. Distributing profits in the absence of a federal revenue sharing law; 10. Changing the mix: transition fails and the face of Iraq is altered.