Developing Industry of Oil and Gas Upstream Equipment Production in Iran: Assessment of the legal Regime within the framework of the overall policy of "science and technology"

The oil industry is the most effective and largest industry in Iran and is without a doubt the most important industry of the country in terms of economic, political and national security. However, the country’s upstream oil industry manufacturing sector is still remarkably dependent to abroad. There are several reasons to convince us that the production of oil industry equipment’s inside the country is consequential, among them; reducing the costs of oil industry, endogenous growth of national economy and expansion of export markets. In the study of science and technology policies as a framework for evaluating the legal system governing the industry in a conceptual model, due to severe entanglement equipment used in the upstream with the principles of design and production technology. Assessment states that the legal system's weaknesses and provide recommendations in support of the country's upstream oil industry equipment.