Subsoil use contract. Drafting, approval, signing, amendment

Programme

General provisions on subsoil use contracts in the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Concept, features and essential terms of subsoil use contracts
• Types of subsoil use contracts
• Conclusion, amendment and termination of subsoil use contracts
• Content of a subsoil use contract
• Declaring a subsoil use contract invalid

The system of subsoil use contracts under the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Exploration contract
• Production contract
• Combined exploration and production contract
• Contract for the construction and (or) operation of underground facilities not related to exploration or production

Agreements related to subsoil use contracts

• Agreements for the purchase of goods, performance of works and provision of services in conducting petroleum operations: concept, types, significance
• Contracts for carriage by trunk pipeline transport

Petroleum operations

• Concept and specifics of individual petroleum operations
• Flaring of associated and (or) natural gas
• Specifics of exploration and production at cross-border fields
• Exploration or production at a field as a single object
• Safety requirements in conducting petroleum operations and transporting oil

Subsoil use contracts as types of investment contracts

• The state as a party to an investment agreement
• Culpa in contrahendo in investment agreements
• Choice of law in investment agreements with the state
• The stabilisation clause in investment protection agreements and its relationship to the guarantee of changing the terms of the investment agreement to protect the investor's property interests when legislation changes (adaptation clause)

Disputes under subsoil use contracts. Ways of protecting the rights of subsoil users

• Disputes under subsoil use contracts
• Protecting the rights of subsoil users
• Methods of dispute resolution: court or arbitration?