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Host Government Agreements and the Law in the Energy Sector: The case of Azerbaijan and Turkey

Host Government Agreements and the Law in the Energy Sector: The case of Azerbaijan and Turkey

Author: Hakan Sahin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138591332
Published In: December 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The Energy industry is a key source of growth stimulation for developing states. Understandably, developing states are eager to enter into petroleum investment contracts with international investors, with the expectation that this will benefit their countries. Some developing states’ domestic law provides a welcoming investment environment in the form of guarantees and stability, while others provide these opportunities by agreeing to investment contracts or treaties drafted by international organisations established to facilitate such agreements.

This book determines the political risks, particularly of indirect expropriation, that arise from unilateral actions of host governments during the life span of energy investment projects. Focusing on stabilisation clauses as a political risk manager, it examines what influences host states to agree stability in their long term host governmental agreements. Proposing a framework for the role to be played by both internal forces and external forces, it examines political regimes and state guarantees to foreign investors in Azerbaijan and Turkey from a comparative perspective, assessing how effective internal factors in Azerbaijan and Turkey are in facilitating contractual stability in their energy investment projects.

Providing a comprehensive analysis of stabilization clauses and the internal and external factors that compel host states to commit to them, this book will appeal to practitioners, students and scholars in international investment law and energy law.

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Part I: Political Risk in the Energy Sector

Chapter 1: General Introduction and Framework of the Research

1. Introduction

2. Expropriation or nationalisation

3. Why are stabilisation clauses a controversial issue?

4. Host government agreements

5. Scope and objectives of the research

6. The gap in conventional Literature

7. Research questions

8. Methodology

9. Overview of Azerbaijan and Turkey

10. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline Project: timeline, importance and issues

11. Structure of the book

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Indirect Expropriation

1. Introduction

2. Distinguishing between direct and indirect expropriation

3. The types of host state measures that may constitute indirect expropriation

4. Criteria for distinction between legitimate regulation (non-compensable regulation) and indirect expropriation

5. Sole effect versus police power

6. Bilateral investment treaties in Azerbaijan and Turkey and their treaty provisions concerning indirect expropriation

7. Tools for mitigating indirect expropriation risk

8. Conclusions

Bibliography

Part II: Mitigating political risks through stability provisions

Chapter 3 Stabilisation clauses as a legal tool in the management of political risk

1. Introduction

4. General implications of stabilisation clauses

3. Typologies of stabilisation clauses

4. The legal importance and functional value of stabilisation clauses

5. Do stabilisation provisions constitute a threat to environmental protection and human rights?

6. The BTC Pipeline Project (I): reactions to the project

7. Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 4: Lenders, Political Risk Insurers and Credit Rating Agencies

1. Introduction

2. The main financial institutions engaged in project finance

3. The role of lenders in the inclusion of stabilisation clauses

4. Political risk insurance providers

5.The role of political risk insurance providers in the inclusion of stabilisation clauses

6. Credit rating agencies

7. The role of credit rating providers in the inclusion of stabilisation clauses

8. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project (II)

9. Conclusions

Bibliography

Chapter 5: Political systems and laws on foreign investment in Azerbaijan and Turkey

1. Introduction

2. Azerbaijan

3. Turkey

4. A comparison of the guarantees available under FDI Laws and political regimes in Azerbaijan and Turkey

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

Part III: Conclusion and recommendations

Chapter 6: Conclusions and recommendations

1. Research findings and conclusions

2. Recommendations

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