oil-revenues

All oil revenues, he said, should and would flow to the central government, to be disbursed as it thinks fit.

It's time to stop spending billions of dollars a week on a blank check for an Iraqi government that won't spend its own oil revenues.

His generous investment of Libyan oil revenues around the continent, of course, was a more venal inducement to African fealty.

Much of the country's $400 billion in oil revenues earned during its time in office has ended up in the hands of a small elite.

Indeed, if properly implemented, the law could help lift millions of Chadians out of poverty through a sound management of oil revenues.

Most of the oil revenues, which should be paying for public goods, end up in the pockets of officials.

This bodes well for the country's chances of handling the vast oil revenues that ought to come its way within the next decade.

The Security Council should also demand that the Sudanese government support the fund with a portion of its oil revenues.

But he said tumbling global oil prices had halved the oil revenues the government expected to pour into the budget.

Numerous political scientists point to Russia's current abundance of oil revenues as the main source of its remaining authoritarianism.

Cambodia does not, and Mr Hun Sen and Mr Sok An have still not come up with a coherent plan for managing the oil revenues.

Only unshackled private enterprise and a fairer distribution of oil revenues can halt the slide towards all-out conflict.

The national government is sharing oil revenues with provinces despite the absence of a hydrocarbon and revenue-sharing law.

And there is no agreement between Scotland and London over what share of national oil revenues, if any, should be attributed to Scotland.

But other laws seen as important in that regard, one on provincial elections and another on sharing oil revenues, have yet to be passed.

We have, after all, already had an experiment with the consequences of unconditional finance: oil revenues.

He's even believed to have used his vast wealth, thanks to oil revenues to finance politicians in the former colonial power France.

Norway's huge oil revenues have cushioned it against the effects of a severe downturn.

But Iran, perched on a cushion of high oil revenues, is betting on staring them out, all the while perfecting its enriching skills.

Mr. Bashir's northern government and leaders in the south have been unable to reach an agreement on how to share oil revenues.

The fact that most Arab states rely on oil revenues rather than the taxation of consenting citizens is another oft-cited cause.

Some countries even disburse some oil revenues directly to every household, thereby ensuring that ordinary folk see tangible benefits.

He remains popular, continues to command all the institutions of state and controls record oil revenues.

Armed with hefty oil revenues, Middle Eastern investors are searching for investment opportunities.

Insiders and profiteers are increasingly using oil revenues to take over service industries.

The Mexican windfall will be scrutinised by other producers suffering a drop in oil revenues, and particularly by Opec's members.

"While higher prices have boosted oil revenues, operating costs have also increased. "

The key dispute is over sharing oil revenues. Oil is the lifeline of both countries' economies.

On October 18th they set up the country's first sovereign-wealth fund, hoping to curb the perpetual plunder of oil revenues.

He ordered all Canadian flags removed from provincial buildings when the row over offshore oil revenues first broke out.

Rather than foster industries, successive governments have relied on the oil revenues of Africa's largest energy producer for their income.

High oil revenues have brought double-digit budget surpluses to the Gulf oil producers and pushed Russia's surplus over 6% of GDP.

In Sudan and Angola, the struggle to control oil revenues contributed to lengthy civil wars.

And the devaluation of the peso means that dollar oil revenues will go further in pesos.

The terms of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 included a 50-50 split of oil revenues between the north and the south, until 2011.

But officials have other models in mind, such as democratic Norway, which has saved much of its oil revenues.

In 1973 and 1979 many OPEC countries already had current-account surpluses, and most of their extra oil revenues were saved.

Iraq's cabinet agreed last month on how to share oil revenues between the regions.

Several issues remain unresolved, including how to divide oil revenues.

The contract, which gives the government 51 per cent of oil revenues, was endorsed at last November's China-Africa summit in Beijing.

They didn't use their massive oil revenues to build infrastructure.

Some reckon oil revenues will fall off before 2020.

Oil revenues finance more than 90 per cent of the government budget.

After the sharp fall in the price of oil last year, the GOSS suffered a collapse in its oil revenues, which make up 98% of its income.

The government was short of money because of falling oil revenues.

Russia is a failed state, kept on life support by oil revenues and Western petro-science and technology.

They are racing to build an economy based on something other than oil revenues.

Reduced oil revenues and cuts in oil output will restrain GDP among oil exporters to 2. 9 percent from 4. 5 percent in 2008.

The Opec oil cartel will have pocketed a record of more than $1 trillion in net oil revenues in 2012, the Financial Times reported.

As a result, the capacity of oil revenues to ease the government's fiscal constraints is becoming more and more limited.

However, if average prices remained around $100 a barrel, Opec's oil revenues will still reach a record of $1, 000bn this year.

this solution is based on splitting oil revenues from the disputed area and suspending border negotiations for a further 40 to 50 years

convert the oil revenues into other forms of wealth