Risk and rewards dynamics: Measuring the attractiveness of the fiscal regime in the presence of exploratory risks

Lucas S. Furtado, Edson Gonçalves and Luciano A.R. Costa

Energy Policy, 2019, vol. 132, issue C, 1274-1287

Abstract: The government needs to consider risk when designing a fiscal regime and oil companies need to assess prospect's risks when facing investment decisions. This paper analyzes how the fiscal regime dictates the risk-reward partition between companies and the government in a portfolio of prospects. The expected monetary value is provided as the decision criteria, and a decision model is presented where all the prospects are graphically represented. The fiscal regime's contract is generalized as a mathematical function and plotted together with the exploratory opportunities. This type of representation helps the policymakers to fine-tune petroleum contracts. It is also of great value to companies because it helps to understand the risks and rewards of a portfolio. We used the recent Brazilian fiscal regime change from a royalty and tax contract (R/T) to a partition share contract (PSC) to understand the impacts of the fiscal regime in the risk-reward balance of the prospects located at the recently discovered Pre-Salt geologic province offshore Brazil. We show how the policymakers can fine-tune the fiscal regime and how companies can better understand the contracts considering both the rewards and the risks involved.

Keywords: Oil economics; Fiscal regime; Risk assessment; Pre-salt; Brazil; Exploration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.059

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