Research and Markets: California Upstream Oil & Gas Fiscal Regime 2010 - an Essential Source for Information

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Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:00am EDT

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b13a1e/california_upstrea) has
announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "California Upstream Oil &
Gas Fiscal Regime: 2010" to their offering. 

United States, California upstream oil and gas fiscal regime report is an
essential source for information related to the upstream fiscal system enacted
in United States, California's oil and gas industry. This report contains
information related to various types of payments that are to be made by any oil
and gas producing company to the host government. The report provides the most
recent laws and tax policies in the country. Each fiscal report is supported by
a fully editable and interactive Excel model, where all the fiscal terms are
applied on a hypothetical base asset. This interactive Excel model, with the
latest fiscal term information, is the most appropriate tool to evaluate the
profitability of operating oil and gas fields under the country's fiscal
environment. 

Scope:

* The report provides detailed information on governing laws, licensing
authorities, type of contracts and licensing information in country's upstream
oil and gas industry. 
* The report provides information on the latest fiscal terms applicable in the
country's upstream industry. These range from exploration obligations,
relinquishments to royalties and taxes. 
* Deductions, depreciation and amortization related information is also covered
in the report. 
* Covers sample cash flows and the methodology to apply a fiscal system on an
oil and gas field in the country. 
* Base asset valuation with government take, contractor take, gross revenue
split is provided in the report. 
* Sample asset NPV sensitivities to discount rates are also provided in the
report. 
* Interactive Excel models can be used to derive valuations, sensitivities and
cash flows based on the custom inputs by the user in the model. These custom
inputs vary from field production data, cost information, price information and
fiscal terms information.

Reasons to buy

* The report provides a detailed scenario of upstream oil and gas laws and their
impact on the cash flows. 
* The report will allow you to value a prospective investment target through a
comprehensive and real-time fiscal analysis and focused methodologies. 
* The report with interactive model will enhance your decision making capability
in a more rapid and time sensitive manner 
* Decide on market entry strategies in specific markets and understand the
impact a country's fiscal policies on your future assets.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Table of Contents 

2 California, Introduction 

3 California, Key Upstream Development Areas 

4 California, Fiscal System 

5 California, Fiscal System - Economic Modeling Methodology 

6 California, Fiscal System - Sample Economics 

7 California, Fiscal System - Sample Asset Valuation 

8 Appendix 

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b13a1e/california_upstrea

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager,
press@researchandmarkets.com
U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907
Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716 

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