Oil project assessment using separate cashflow valuation (Jacoby and Laughton, 1992, Laughton and Jacoby, 1993 and Emhjellen, 1999), presume that the present value of the cost cashflow of oil projects can be calculated using a risk free rate. This paper examines whether this practice, at least...

Financial leasing is prevalent in LNG projects. Actually, in many LNG infrastructure projects, leasing is the only option for oil companies. A common approach in such settings is to treat financial leasing costs as operating cost and discount with the firm's weighted average cost of capital...

Petroleum administration can be regarded as a principal-agent problem. The government allocates exploration and production rights to petroleum companies on behalf of the population. The government is the principal and the companies are agents. With the aim of capturing revenue for the state, the...

The recent dramatic fall in oil prices has led to extensive capital rationing in international oil companies, and subsequent fierce competition between resource extraction countries to attract scarce investment. This situation is not adequately addressed by the large literature on international...

The recent dramatic fall in oil prices has led to extensive capital rationing in international oil companies, and subsequent fierce competition between resource extraction countries to attract scarce investment. This situation is not adequately addressed by the large literature on international...