Requirements of Kazakhstan legislation for contract management and regulation in the oil and gas industry

Programme

Day 1

General issues of contract management in the oil and gas sector

1. General provisions of contract law
   1. Concept and types of contract
   2. Contract terms
   3. Concluding a contract
   4. Performing a contract
   5. Amending and supplementing a contract
   6. Terminating a contract
   7. Liability for non-performance of contractual obligations
2. Contract management
   1. The concept of contract management
   2. The content of contract management activities
   3. Contractual risks
   4. Managing contractual risks

Day 2

Subsoil use contracts

1. Concept, features and essential terms of subsoil use contracts
2. The system of subsoil use contracts under the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
   1. Contract for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, contract for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons under complex projects
   2. Contract for the production of hydrocarbons, contract for the production of hydrocarbons under complex projects
   3. Contract for the production of uranium
   4. Types of contracts under the previously applicable subsoil use legislation
3. Problems of qualifying a subsoil use contract
4. Concluding a subsoil use contract. Requirements for a potential subsoil user and a potential acquirer of subsoil use rights
5. Content of a subsoil use contract. Mandatory terms of a subsoil use contract. Consequences of violating the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the mandatory terms of a subsoil use contract
6. Amending a subsoil use contract: grounds and procedures. Unilateral amendments on the initiative of the competent authority. Amending and supplementing previously concluded subsoil use contracts
7. Terminating a subsoil use contract: grounds and procedures. Consequences of terminating a subsoil use contract. Specifics of terminating previously concluded subsoil use contracts
8. Issues of the stability of subsoil use contract terms
9. Declaring a subsoil use contract invalid and the consequences
10. Managing legal risks in subsoil use contracts
11. Discussion of court practice materials

Day 3

Other agreements concluded in the oil and gas sector

1. Agreements for the purchase of goods, works and services in conducting subsoil use operations
   1. Requirements of the subsoil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the procedure for purchasing goods, works and services
   2. Methods of purchasing goods, works and services
   3. Requirements for an agreement on the purchase of goods, works and services
   4. Securing performance of an agreement on the purchase of goods, works and services
   5. Managing risks in agreements for the purchase of goods, works and services
   6. Consequences of violating the procurement procedure for goods, works and services
2. Agreements for the alienation of subsoil use rights (objects related to subsoil use rights)
   1. Transfer of subsoil use rights as a basis for the emergence of subsoil use rights
   2. Legislative requirements for the procedure for transferring subsoil use rights (objects related to subsoil use rights)
   3. Exercising the state's priority right
   4. Safeguarding national security interests in the transfer of subsoil use rights (objects related to subsoil use rights)
   5. Consequences of violating the legislative requirements for the procedure for transferring subsoil use rights
   6. Managing risks in agreements for the alienation of subsoil use rights (objects related to subsoil use rights)