Legal Memorandum - A Primer on Equitable Distribution of Oil for Iraq

This document is part of a series of papers produced by PILPG experts seeking to provide legal counsel to the Iraqi government during the Constitutional Review Process in 2006. This paper serves as a primer on oil resource ownership and revenue allocation and distribution, and describes how these issues have been handled in various oil-producing countries with varied geography and governmental structures. Furthermore, the memorandum limits its discussion to the upstream oil sector.