The Public Contract for the Concesion of the Rights of Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons
Spiliopoulou, Vassiliki
This dissertation was written as part of the LLM in Transn ational and European Commercial Law, Mediation, Arbitration and Energy Law of the International Hellenic University. The selection of this specific topic, as described in the title of the thesis, aims to highlight the ways of exercising the rights of exp loration an d exploitation of hydrocarbons and more specifically, how these rights are connected with the action of the Public . Hydrocarbons constitute a public good and as such, they cannot be transferred or seized. Their ownership belongs to the State and is directly linked to the exercise of state sovereignty. They can be characterise d as the key – factor under economic and geopolitical view as well . For these reasons, a thorough review of the legislative framework which is applicable in the hydrocarbon s ector proves to be essential and necessary, so that the legal nature of the contracts for the rights of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons is clarified . The simultaneous study of European and Greek jurisprudence contributes to this result
