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Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | Volume 2

December 06 -07, 2018 | Dubai, UAE

Pet roleum Engineer ing, Oil and Gas

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A legal study on the term of observance of environmental considerations in international oil and gas

contracts, focusing on new Iranian Petroleum Contracts (IPC)

Ehsan Sarkhosh

Imam Sadiq University, Iran

he right to have a healthy environment is one of the

fundamental rights of humanity and nowadays, the

necessity to ensure the exercise of this right is felt more than

ever. In this regard, exploration, development and operation

contracts of oil and gas are important because of the extent of

damages that these operations cause to the environment. In

addition, a considerable part of the world’s oil and gas reserves

is located in developing countries, which most of them do

not have the necessary legal regimes to apply international

standards. In this article, we study the different environmental

clauses contained in various oil and gas contract patterns,

including the new generation of Iranian PetroleumContracts. In

this regard, when we study older contracts it is understood that

the environment issue has not been considered appropriately

and it is since the middle of the twentieth century that the

terms and conditions about protecting the environment are

gradually inserted in these contracts. However, most of these

terms are often too general and sometimes vague; in addition

in most cases there are no specific responsibilities for those

who violate these provisions. The present study is conducted

based on the analysis of content of international oil and gas

contracts and related provisions. The purpose of this article

is to study the strategies available in international contracts,

to analyze the current situation of relevant provisions in Iran,

and finally to provide appropriate and efficient solutions about

environmental issues in light of the current status of oil and

gas fields. According to the results of this paper, it is imperative

that countries which have oil, including the Islamic Republic of

Iran, in addition to drafting laws and regulations for monitoring

and controlling oil operations, shall provide a comprehensive

monitoring system for the implementation of environmental

conditions.

Oil & Gas 2018 &

Petroleum Engineering 2018, Volume 2

DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C2-006