الطبيعة القانونية لعقود استكشاف و استغلال المحروقات : قراءة تحليلة على ضوء قانون المحروقات رقم : 13 19

Abstract EN

The contracts for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons are the legal tools for the exploitation of petroleum and gas resources, they are the most important contracts concluded by the state, as they differ from other contracts in civil and commercial matters because the contracting parties belong to different legal regimes, which raises the issue of the legal adaptation of these type of contracts, where The contracting state focusing on the contractual relationship to its internal law, on the basis of the two principles of ownership and sovereignty, and in return foreign companies consider that the contractual relationship is based on the principle of equality in contracting, so they seek to subordinate them to general international law, and through this research paper that we tried.

the legal nature of contracts for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons is based on defining their concept, presenting and analyzing the most important jurisprudential trends that dealt with their legal adaptation, to conclude the direction adopted by the Algerian legislator in adapting these contracts, in Law No° 19/13 related to hydrocarbons