1. Nature of International Petroleum Contracts 2. Historical Development 3. Petroleum Agreements as State Contracts 4. "Internationalization" of Petroleum Contracts 5. ICSID Convention 6. OPEC and Issues of Contract Stability 7. Emergence of NOC's 8.
Doctrine of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources 9. Era of New International Economic Order 10. Development of BITs 11. Petroleum Policies of IBRD, IMF, IDA's 12. Natural Resource Cycles 13. Modern Resurgence of Resource Nationalism 14. Political Risks in Today's Global Energy Markets 15. Law Applicable to Petroleum Contracts 16.
Stabilization "Architecture" 17. Stabilization Mechanism in Host Government/NOL Contracts 18. Stabilization from Host Government Perspective 19. Host Government Stabilization "Counter Measures" 20. Issues Surrounding Forced Contract Renegotiation 21. Role of Arbitration in Contract Stabilization 22. Recent Investment Arbitration Case Law 23. Role of Arbitrators and the Law 24.
Stabilization in the 21st Century: Balancing Competing Interests.