International Petroleum Fiscal Systems and Production Sharing Contracts

• Introduction
• Petroleum fiscal systems
• Concessionary systems
• Production-sharing contracts
• Risk service contracts
• Threshold field size analysis
• Global market for exploration acreage
• Production-sharing contract outline
• Accounting principles
• Double taxation
• Commentary
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Index

• Field level personnel
• Management
• Energy lending and finance professionals
• Students

Daniel Johnstonhas a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Northern Arizona University and graduated with the Dean's Award from the University of Texas at Austin with an M.B.A. (Finance). He started his career in 1977 as an open-hole logging engineer for Gearhart Industries in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1981 he went to work for Gaffney, Cline and Associates, an international petroleum consulting firm. In 1984 he was hired as an evaluations engineer with Santa Fe Minerals for the Special Projects Group. He founded his private independent consulting practice in 1985. He has published a numerous articles and lectures on the subjects of Economics and Risk Analysis, Petroleum Fiscal Systems, and Financial Analysis.