Jurisprudence - Legal Review of Oil Companies Financing through VPP Contracts and Product Pre -Sale in IPC Contract Structure

In the implementation of upstream oil and gas projects, the proceeds from the oil contracts are the most important asset of an exploration and production company. With an oil contract, the exploration and production company will generally be entitled to receive oil or natural gas. One of the favorable financing strategies and tailored to the conditions of upstream oil and gas projects is the use of oil and gas pre -sale contracts or the issuance of oil securities. One of the most common contracts in the world is Volume Production Payment (VPP). In this study, it was specified in an analytical way that the VPP method is not available from the jurisprudential and legal perspective, but the contractor or project company as the second party to the contract and on the basis of long -term oil sales contracts that are joined by the IPC contract. They can sell oil or natural gas for their financing. Oil and gas pre -sale in the exploration phase and the commercial uncertainty of the field is restricted.