LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• Legal Regimes Alert: Libya's 2025 Bid Round - Initial Legal-Fiscal Considerations (2025) (with Pearson, T.) (for S&P Global Subscribers only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: Algeria Bid Round 2024 (2024) (for S&P Global Subscribers only)
• The Libya Gas Potential in the Spotlight: Balancing Promising Prospects and Lingering Obstacles (2024) (with Tome', C., and Hunter, C., Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain Magazine, for subscribers only)
• The Global Minimum Tax and Its Impact on the Oil & Gas (O&G) Industry (2024) (Kluwer International Tax Blog)
• Legal Regimes Alert: Force Majeure in Libya (2024) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Tax Credits and Tax Equity Project Financing in the USA: An Assessment Under Bilateral Tax Treaties and BEPS Actions (2023) (The Journal of World Energy Law & Business)
• Oil and Gas Exploration in Algeria, Libya, and Morocco: Legal and Fiscal Notes About Offshore Investment (2023) (S&P Global)
• O&G Exploration in Algeria, Libya, and Morocco: Legal and Fiscal Notes About Offshore Investment (2023) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: The UAE's Emiratization Rates (2023) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: Egypt - The Procedures for the EGPC 2023 Brownfields Bid Round (2023) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: Egypt - EGAS 2022 Bid Round "Procedures" and "Main Terms and Obligations" (2023) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: Algeria - Criteria and Rules of Pre-Qualification for Licensing Rounds (2023) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• The Israeli-Lebanese Border Agreement: A Legal Analysis (2023) (S&P Global)
• The Pros and Cons of a Global Carbon Tax at a Single Rate (2022) (The Journal of World Energy Law & Business)
• A Legal Analysis of the Israeli-Lebanese Border Agreement for Petroleum Investors (2022) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Algeria’s Law Governing Hydrocarbon Activities and Its Implementing Decrees: Notes for Investors (2022) (S&P Global)
• Legal Insight: Some Notes for Investors in Algeria About Law No. 19-13 of 11 December 2019 and Its Implementing Decrees (2022) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• Iraq’s Supreme Court Decision in Case 59 and Unified 110: What Should Investors in the KRI Do? (2022) (S&P Global)
• Legal Insight: Can Iraq's Supreme Court Decision in Case 59 and Unified 110 Negatively Affect Investors in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq (KRI)? (2022) (for S&P Global Subscribers Only)
• An Analysis of Whether Tax Systems Can Accommodate Financial Product Innovation — The Tax Issues Raised by Derivatives (2022) (SSRN)
• An Analysis of the Options Available for Countering Tax Avoidance Activities Based on Financing Techniques (2022) (SSRN)
• How Does Algeria Protect Foreign Investors in the Hydrocarbon Sector? (2022) (S&P Global)
• Legal Insight: Investor Protections in Algeria (for S&P Global Subscribers only)
• Legal Insight: Algeria's 2019 Hydrocarbons Law — An Assessment Two Years On (2021) (for IHS Markit Subscribers only)
• Legal Regimes Alert: EGYPT — EGAS 2021 Limited Bid Round — Bidding Procedures (2021) (for IHS Markit Subscribers only)
• Algeria's 2019 Hydrocarbons Law Two Years On (2021) (IHS Markit)
• Legal Insight: The Main Terms and Conditions Introduced in Egypt's 2021 Bid Round Held by EGAS and EGPC (2021) (for IHS Markit Subscribers only)
• Safeguarding Investments in Egypt - A Detailed Look at the Country's Stabilisation and Arbitration Terms (2021) (for IHS Markit Subscribers only)
• Egypt's E&P Investment Safeguards (2021) (IHS Markit)
• The MLI May Preserve the Essentially Bilateral Nature of Tax Treaties and Embrace a Strong Anti-Avoidance Approach to the Application of Treaty Provisions (2021) (SSRN)
• Countries Wishing to Reform Their Tax System Must Be Sure That Their Proposals Follow Both International Trade Law Principles and International Tax Law Principles (2021) (SSRN)
• Petroleum Framework Changes Needed for Sudan to Attract Investors (2021) (IHS Markit)
• The Sensitivity of Tax Law Highlights the Artificial Nature of the Corporation and Challenges the Corporation’s Separate Identity in Myriad Ways: The US Approach and the UK Approach (2021) (SSRN)
• The Practical Problems of Taxing Capital Gains: The US Approach and the New Zealand Approach (2021) (SSRN)
• A Discussion on the Extent to Which Financial Accounts Should Be Used for Tax Purposes Considering the OECD’s Reliance on the Consolidated Financial Accounts (2021) (SSRN)
• Guyana Must Roll Out Sovereign Wealth Fund as Soon as Possible (2019)
• A Snapshot of South Sudan’s Oil Sector (2018)
• Algeria’s and Libya’s Petroleum Fiscal Frameworks (2018)
• Iraq’s Fifth Licensing Round: Some Preliminary Considerations After the Auction (2018)
• Current Trends Concerning Petroleum Service Contracts in the Middle East (2018)
• Kuwait’s Petroleum Sector: What Is the Right Strategy? (2018)
• Lebanon’s Petroleum Sector: The Correct Expectations (2018)
• Three Questions About Egypt’s Oil and Gas Sector (2018)
• Iraq Petroleum 2018 — Enhancing International Investment in Iraq's Energy Sector (2018)
• Iraq Petroleum 2018 — Natural Gas Must Be an Asset for Iraq (2018)
• Iraq Petroleum 2018 — The Importance of Improved Fiscal Terms (2018)
• Comments About OPEC and Oil Prices to AzerNews (2018)
• Iraq’s Fifth Licensing Round (2017)
• Iran’s Oil and Gas Potential (2017)
• The K.R.G. and Iraq: The Time of Oil Diplomacy (2017)
• Basra Governorate’s Petroleum Cluster (Part B) (2017)
• Basra Governorate’s Petroleum Cluster (Part A) (2017)
• Are Oil Markets Finally Rebalancing? (2017)
• Developing Energy Infrastructure in Basra Governorate (2017)
• Lebanon Launches Its Offshore Oil and Gas Sector (2017)
• The U.S. Vision of Iraq's Oil Production (2017)
• A Neutral Stance Doesn’t Help Energy Companies in Iraq – Paper (2017)
• A Neutral Stance Doesn’t Help Energy Companies in Iraq – Video (2017)
• Protecting Iraq’s Oil-Producing Areas (2017)
• Modeling the Libra Oil Field (2016)
• OPENOIL — Interview With Alessandro Bacci (2016)
• Libra Project, Brazil — Fiscal Model (2016)
• Libra Project, Brazil — Presentation (2016)
• Libra Project, Brazil — Narrative Report (2016)
• OPENOIL – Brazil’s $90 Billion Libra Field in Trouble – Says Public Data (2016)
• The Islamic State’s Oil Industry Is a Pipe Dream (2016)
• Brazil’s Petroleum Regulatory Framework and the Necessity to Develop a Methodology to Assess the Economic Viability of the Libra Field P.S.C. (2016)
• The Necessity to Develop a Methodology to Assess the Economic Viability of Brazil’s Libra Field P.S.C. (2016)
• A Crude Oil Glut, Low Oil Prices, and the Problematic Fiscal Budgets of Many Oil-Producing Countries (2016)
• The Importance of Regular Export Payments to the I.O.C.s Producing Oil in the K.R.G. (2015)
• Are I.O.C.s Still Interested in Lebanon's Offshore Natural Gas? (2015)  
• Interview With Alessandro Bacci About Lebanon's Oil & Gas Future (2015)
• Lebanon's Offshore Natural Gas: The Importance of Two Decrees (2015)
• Will Lebanon Start Producing Offshore Natural Gas? (2015)  
• Lebanon's Offshore Natural Gas: A Complicated Story (2015)   
• My Interview With the Organizers of the Arab Governance Energy Forum – Lebanon 2015 (2015)  
• An Analysis of the K.R.G. Oil Sector According to the Five Forces Framework (2015)  
• Why Do I.O.C.s Have to Invest in Iraqi Kurdistan and/or Southern Iraq? (2015) 
• The Geopolitics of Energy in the Middle East (Video) (2014)
• The Iraqi-Kurdish Oil Deal (2014)  
• Syria's Oil Sector in the Fall of 2014 (2014)  
• How Does the U.S. Have to Intervene in Syria? (2014)  
• The Emergence of the K.R.G. as an Oil-Exporting Area (2014)   
• Iraqi Kurdistan's Occupation of Kirkuk Oil Field Will Deeply Affect the Iraqi Oil Sector (2014)  
• Why Have I Added the Section "Books Worth Reading" on Alessandro Bacci's Middle East (The Geopolitics of Energy in the Middle East) (2014)  
• Confidential Memorandum (Fictional) — What Should the U.S. Position Be With Reference to the Current Tense Relations Between the K.R.G. and Iraq? (2014) 
• Alessandro Bacci’s Interview About Renewable Energy in the MENA Region with Al Mayadeen’s Economic Bulletin (2014)   
• Saudi Arabia's Crude Oil Exports to Asia Might Be Affected by the 2014 Crimean Crisis (2014)  
• Only Political Stability May Provide Lebanon With the Long-Awaited Energy Sector (2014)   
• The Kurdistan Regional Government's O&G Riches Play a Significant Role in the K.R.G.-Iraq Fault Line Conflict (2014)  
• Shell's Majnoon Oilfield and the Company's Other Operations in Iraq (2013)
• BP Continues Investing in Iraq. With T.S.C.s the Devil Is Always in the Detail(s) (2013)
• The Years-Long Story of Iraqi Kurdistan's Oil Trucked to Iran (2013)
• Video I - Part II - Chevron and Total Continue Investing in the K.R.G. (2013)
• Video I - Part I - Chevron and Total Continue Investing in the K.R.G. (2013)
• Chevron and Total Continue Investing in the K.R.G. A Brief Analysis of Baghdad's T.S.C.s vs. Erbil's P.S.C.s. (2013)
• Shall Libya Develop Its Unconventional Gas Reserves? Some Preliminary Considerations (2013)
• Oil & Gas in Lebanon: Interview With Egypt's Citadel Capital's Managing Director, Mr. Mohamed Shoeib (2013)
• Lebanon's Offshore Gas Resources: It's Time to Decide (2013)
• Forty-Six I.O.C.s Will Bid for Lebanon's Offshore Hydrocarbon Exploration (2013)
• Will Oil in the End Divide Iraq? (2013)
• Internal Politics May Thwart the Development of Lebanon's Offshore Gas Fields (2013)
• ExxonMobil Caught Between Erbil and Baghdad (2013)
• Is Iraq on the Brink of Another Civil War? (2012)
• Does Lukoil Enter the Fray for Kurdistan's Oil? (2012)
• Rising Tension in Lebanon After Friday's Car Bombing (2012)
• Hydrocarbons Tensions Between Erbil and Baghdad Don't Seem to Abase (2012)
• Fujairah: A Slumbering City May Become a Major Gas Terminal (2012)
• The U.A.E.'s Alternative Oil Exporting Route Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz (2012)
• Kuwait Moves from Seasonal to Year-Round Imports of L.N.G. (2012)  
• Egypt and Israel: Just Rising Gas Tensions or Something More? (2012)
• Qatar and India: A Gas Relation Due to Continue (2012)
• Qatargas' December 2011 S.P.A. With Chubu Electric and Shizuoka Gas (2011)
• Kuwait's Oil and Gas Contractual Framework and the Development of a Modern Natural Gas Industry (2011)
• Kingdom Holding and Batelco Scrapped Their Joint Bid for Zain Saudi Arabia's 25 Percent Stake (2011)
• Batelco and Viva Received Notices by Bahrain’s TRA (2011)
• International Code +211, Zain Sudan Is Already There! (2011)
• What Future for Zain? A Rosy One (Part II) — The Reason: Balance Sheets Are Good (2011)
• What Future for Zain? A Rosy One (Part I) – Is the Etisalat-Zain Deal Definitively Over? (2011)
• Syria’s Third Mobile License: A Middle Eastern Saga? (2011)
• Are the Four Remaining Telecoms Companies Committed to Bidding for Syria’s Third Mobile License? (2011)
• Syria: Facebook Is Again Directly Accessible Without Proxy Servers (2011)
• The Regional Cable Network (R.C.N.), a Reliable and Powerful New Communications Infrastructure for the Middle East (2011)
• Third Mobile License: Syria Shortlists Five Companies but Disappointment Looms Out (2010)
• Six Telecoms Companies Go at War for Syria’s Third Mobile License (2010)
• S.T.C.’s Interest for Syria’s Third Mobile License (2010)  
• Syria’s Third Mobile License (2010)
• The New Syrian Telecommunications Law (2010)
• U.S. Trade Delegation to Syria (2010)  
• When a New Licensing Regime for Mobile Operators in Syria? (2010) 
• The System of Justice in Syria: Current Organization and Future Challenges (2010)
• Retail Market Changes in Syria (2010)
• The Significant Demand for Microfinance in Syria (2009)
• Comment — Damascus' December 2009 Bus Explosion (2009)
• Syria and Higher Education a Battle to Win (2009)
• Arabic Language in Damascus: A Natural Blend (2009)
• Lingua Araba a Damasco: un connubio pressoché naturale (2009)
• Europe and the Recession (2009)
• The Integrated Framework: Institutional Conflict Over Mandate, Role and Responsibility (2009)
• Possible Advantages & Disadvantages of G-8 Expansion (2008)
• Is the E.U. Energy Policy Reliable Facing the European Dependence on Russian Gas — Paper (2008)
• Is the E.U. Energy Policy Reliable Facing the European Dependence on Russian Gas? — PowerPoint (2008)
• Sovereign Wealth Funds (S.W.F.s): Are These Funds Friends or Enemies of the North American and European Economies? (2008)
• What Does the U.S. Have to Do in Dealing with Climate Change? (2008)
• Private Oil Companies and Governments: Today a Very Complex Net of Different Actors. The Mossadegh Case (Iran) and the Kashagan Case (Kazakhstan) (2007)
• Kazakhstan's Internal Power Games and the Multi-Vector Foreign Policy Based on Oil and Gas (2007)
• An Analysis of the E.U.-Asean Free Trade Agreement (F.T.A.) Currently Under Negotiation (2007)
• Chinese Civil Nuclear Energy (2007)
• Realism or/and Liberalism: What Is the Role of States in Today’s World? (2007)
• Why Have the Powers Given to the W.T.O. Appellate Body Evolved Since the W.T.O. Inception? (2007)
• Policy Note: How to Improve South-South Trade (2007)
• La questione della liceità dell'uso e del possesso delle armi nucleari (Thesis Excerpt) (2005)
• La questione della liceità dell'uso e del possesso delle armi nucleari (Complete Thesis) (2005)
• Nuclear Arms and International Humanitarian Law (2004)