LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

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)

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)

Petroleum Framework Changes Needed for Sudan to Attract Investors (2021) (IHS Markit)

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)