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The Economics of North Sea Oil Taxation. Authors (view affiliations) Chris Rowland; Danny Hann Search within book. Front Matter. Pages i-x.

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Authors: Rowland, Chris, Hann, Danny Free Preview. Alex Kemp is Professor of Petroleum Economics and Director, Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance (ACREEF) at the University of Aberdeen. He has published widely on the licensing and taxation aspects of the relationship between the oil companies and Governments, with particular reference to the North by: 1.

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Alex Kemp is Professor of Petroleum Economics and Director, Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance (ACREEF) at the University of Aberdeen.

He has published widely on the licensing and taxation aspects of the relationship between the oil companies and Governments, with particular reference to the North by: 3. Abstract. The impact of the British offshore oil taxation system on company rates of return is examined implicitly at various places in this book.

1 In Chapters 4 and 6 rates of return are estimated on several price assumptions and in Chapter 7 the effect on profitability of depletion controls is discussed: since all the net present value and internal rate of return computations are after tax Author: Colin Robinson, Jon Morgan.

Taxation of North Sea Oil and Gas Production. As a non oil business would only pay Corporation Tax of £20, North Sea oil outfits are clearly paying much more than their share. Wikipedia have a bit of the history: Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) is a direct tax collected in the United Kingdom.

North Sea revenues provide an opportunity for improvement but the extent to which this is realized depends on the reaction of the non-oil economy. Keywords: North Sea; Oil; Benefits (economic) The authors are with the Department of Political Economy, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, Old Aberdeen, AB9 2TY, Scotland.

by: 4. Taxation of oil and gas revenue in the UK is devilishly complex but to understand UKCS it is a necessary evil and the keystone to the North Sea’s future. But first let’s tackle the economic obstacles for the North Sea. By detailing the mechanisms through which taxation distorts the allocation of investment resources away from North Sea developments, the thesis stresses that individual tax clauses tend not to perform the roles allotted to them and that tax changes alter the economics of oil projects in ways and in magnitudes that do not seem to be by: 6.

North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the area known as "West of Shetland", "the Atlantic Frontier" or "the Atlantic Margin" that is not geographically part of the North Sea.

For Government. quantification of North Sea benefits influences policy in diverse areas such as taxation levels. exchange control and economic management in general. Loosening of economic restraints may benefit industry by reducing taxation levels, restoring business confidence and stimulating : Carol Cecilia Ferguson.

The task of extracting economic rent was assigned to taxation, notably the petroleum revenue tax (PRT) which was introduced in the Oil Taxation Act and from which BNOC was exempt. The PRT was levied prior to corporation tax, initially at a rate of 45% on the assessable profi t from each oilfi eld (Webb and Ricketts; Millward Author: Martin Chick.

Social peace had been bought by tax cuts and welfare benefits, and these had been largely enabled by government income from North Sea oil that by the mids was delivering the Treasury 10% of. Prior tothere had been oil & gas production in the UK, but only on a relatively minor scale onshore and, from the mids, gas production in the Southern North Sea.

Economic rent from the. Overall, corporation tax receipts from the North Sea (including the supplementary charge) are forecast to be £ billionin / PRT is only payable on oil fields approved before 16 March It is assessed every six months for each separate oil and gas field and then charged at a rate of 50% on the profits (less variousFile Size: KB.

The measure will be kept under review through regular communication with affected taxpayer groups and the monitoring of tax receipts from activity in the North Sea oil and gas sector. Further advice. Recent Changes to North Sea Taxation The Government in confirmed that over the last two years it has provided £bn in tax reductions for the oil and gas industry.

In Marchthe Treasury under George Osborne reduced the tax applied to North Sea oil companies by an estimated £bn over 5 years5 in a bid to boost production.

How does Norway generate revenue from North Sea Oil and Gas? Producers of Norwegian North Sea oil and gas are taxed in two ways: An income tax of 28% on profits. This is identical to the tax paid by every Norwegian Business. An additional 50% tax on profits is applicable to offshore producers of oil and gas only.In the central portions of the North Sea, offshore oil wells now stretch from north of the Shetlands for more than miles ( km) to the south, and the region accounts for a significant portion of the world’s total offshore oil production.The spring Budget promised a review of taxation on North Sea assets aimed at maximising exploitation of remaining oil reserves, and on the extra £m of “Barnett consequentials” coming Scotland’s way because of new spending on English measures.