Oil and Gas in Federal Systems Conference--Background papers

The Forum of Federations is undertaking a study of the factors that affect the management of petroleum resources in federal systems, of which these draft papers are part. These papers are informal documents which publication is intended to provide reference material for the Conference on Oil and Gas in Federal Systems, organized by the World Bank to further the dialogue on development and public finance issues that are common to federal and decentralized petroleum-producing countries. A revised version of the papers will be

included in a publication by the Forum of Federations which is expected to be completed by June 2010.  The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in these papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the World Bank or of the Forum of Federations and their affiliated organizations, or those of the executive directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank and the Forum of Federations do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. Oil and Gas in Argentina -- Juan Antonio Zapata Oil and Gas Management and Revenues in Federations: Australia -- Michael Crommelin Oil and Gas in Federal Countries: Brazil -- Helder Queiroz Pinto Junior,Juliana de Carvalho Sardinha,Sérgio Wulff Gobetti Oil and Gas in the Canadian Federation -- André Plourde Oil and Gas Management and Revenues in India -- Ligia Noronha and Nidhi Srivastava Gas Resources in the Federal Republic of Nigeria -- Wumi Iledare and Rotimi Suberu Management of Oil and Gas Revenues in Pakistan -- Gulfaraz Ahmed Oil and Gas in Russian Federation -- Galina Kurlyandskaya, Gleb Pokatovich, Mikhail Subbotin The Governance of Oil and Gas in the United States -- Peter Mieszkowski and Ronald Soligo Oil Fueled Centralization: The Case of Venezuela -- Osmel Manzano, Francisco Monaldi, Jose Manuel Puente, and Stefania Vitalev Negotiating Natural Resources for Peace: Ownership, Control and Wealth-Sharing --  Nicholas Haysom and Sean Kane, October 2009 Natural Resources and Development Strategy after the Crisis, Economic Premise Issue 1/2010 -- Milan Brahmbhatt and Otaviano Canuto Oil--The Long Goodbye: It's Still the One, Foreign Policy, Sept.-Oct. 2009, by Daniel Yergin