Natural Resource Wealth Optimization: A Review of Fiscal Regimes and Equitable Agreements for Petroleum and Mineral Extraction Projects

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[R. Weijermars]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Natural Resources Research, 24/4(2015-12-01), 385-441
Format:
Artikel (online)
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100 1 |a Weijermars  |D R.  |u Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3116 TAMU, 501 Richardson Building, 77843-3116, College Station, TX, USA  |4 aut 
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520 3 |a This review highlights the challenges of fiscal system optimization considering both the host government and extraction company perspectives. Countries around the world face an arduous task in determining the optimal fiscal system to maximize the capture of economic rents of natural resource extraction activities. The extraction industry is equally challenged to meet global commodity demand because the capital investments required for developing new hydrocarbon fields and ore mines are on the rise, while tax takes on extraction activities tend to rise too in many frontier jurisdictions. Normal profit must remain for the extraction companies, and returns must be large enough to replace for resource depletion. Companies use the benefits of resources produced in one country to finance capital investments for future field development in another country. One viewpoint is that profits are expatriated to the detriment of the host country and to the benefit of another country or the world supply chain as a whole. Another viewpoint is that all resource holders benefit because a foreign entity always starts in a new resource holding nation by investing in the development of an oil field or solid mineral mine using the profits from previous projects in other countries. A key question is What is a fair taxation regime for natural resource extraction in a particular geological setting and a given geographical location, taking into account subsurface uncertainty about the quality and volume of the resource, infrastructure needs and proximity to the world's major markets and trade centers? Tax distortion could go both ways: either incentivize, attract and stimulate or des-incentivize, repel and deter resource development. Additional factors to consider are external uncertainties such as political and fiscal stability, sovereign risk and even local weather conditions (mostly in offshore and Arctic petroleum operations). Governments must tax the upstream rents of petroleum and mineral resources, but not to the level that suppresses extraction activities. All stakeholders want at least an equitable share of the profits. Defining what is equitable is a matter of intensive negotiations, renegotiation of prior agreements and sometimes litigation and international arbitration. Several case studies, covering both petroleum and solid mineral extraction projects, are included to highlight the key points involved in fiscal policies designed to optimize the utility of geological resource endowments. For example, the offshore tax regime employed in the US pivots the trade-offs between fiscal incentives and long-term resource supply to ensure energy security. This review concludes with a call for further research. 
540 |a International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, 2015 
690 7 |a Fiscal regimes  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Oil and gas extraction projects  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Mining projects  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Equitable agreements  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a APR : Africa Progress Panel Report  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Bbl : Barrel  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a bcf : Billion Cubic Feet  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a BG : British Gas  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a boe : Barrel of Oil Equivalent  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a BP : British Petroleum  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a C-ENRD : Center for Equitable Natural Resource Development  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a COW : Contract of work system (Indonesia)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a CRIRSCO : Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a DD&A : Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a DL : Deloitte  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a DOI : Department of the Interior (U.S.)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a DRC : Democratic Republic Congo  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EC : European Commission  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a E&P : Exploration and Development  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EIA : Energy information Administration  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EIB : European Investment Bank  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EITI : Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a ENRC : Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EU : European Union  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a EUR : Estimated Ultimate Recovery  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a FASB : Federal Accounting Standards Board  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a FEP : Fiscal Entitlement Payment  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a GAO : Government Accountability Office (US)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a GDP : Gross Domestic Product  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a GEM : Global Economic Model (WoodMackenzie)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a GOM : Gulf of Mexico  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a GT : Grant Thornton  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a IMF : International Monetary Fund  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a IRR : Internal Rate of Return  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a JORC : Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a KPI : Key Performance Indicator  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a KPO : Karachaganak Petroleum Operating  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a LMTI : Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a LNG : Liquefied Natural Gas  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a MCM : Mopani Copper Mine (Zambia)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a MMbbls : Million Barrels  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a MMS : Mineral Management Service (US)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a MPRDA : Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (South Africa)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a NAM : Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (Netherlands)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a NPV : Net Present Value  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a NSR : Net Smelter Return  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a OCSA : Outer Continental Shelf Act  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a OCSLAA : Outer Continental Shelf Land Act Amendment  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a OECD : Organization of Economic Cooperation Development  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (India)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a OPEX : Operating Capital Expenditure  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a PRMS : Resources Management System  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a PSA : Production Sharing Agreement  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a PWC : Pricewaterhouse Coopers  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a RAND : Research and Development Corporation (US)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a RGI : Resource Governance Index  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a ROCE : Return on capital Employed  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a ROI : Return on Investment  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a RTA : Royalty and Taxation Agreement  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a RWI : Revenue Watch Institute  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SCA : Service Contract Agreement  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SEC : Securities and Exchange Commission (US)  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SME : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SG&A : Selling, General and Administrative Expense  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SPT : Special Participation Tax  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a SWF : Sovereign Wealth Fund  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a UAE : United Arab Emirates  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a UK : United Kingdom  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a UN : United Nations  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a US : United States  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a WACC : Weighted Average Cost of Capital  |2 nationallicence 
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