Joint Ventures Contracts Sample Clauses

Joint Ventures Contracts. When a company obtains the rights by the host State for execution of exploration and production operations, it faces with a new challenge that how to operate and is nervous about operations risks. As a result, with the host State entity (or a NOC) or/and a number of companies participate and enter into joint venture (JV).1 Iledare and Fubara state that “[t]he formation of a joint venture for the sole purpose of jointly applying or acquiring petroleum rights and conducting petroleum operations has been a standard practice among commercial oil enterprises. This financial option for developing petroleum assets helps mitigate corporate risks and reduce heavy frontloading cost in project development.”2 There is disagreement in the literature as to whether JVs should be regarded as a type of contract. JVs are generally divided into two categories: incorporated joint ventures and unincorporated joint ventures. JV contracts may involve creation of a jointly owned company incorporated in the host State, with a separate legal entity which governed by a board of parties representors and called incorporated joint ventures. In this type of JV, there is legal identity. Henceforward, the parties shall be liable only for responsibilities up to the value of their contributions in the company. In contrast, the contracts may also be executed on the basis of contracts alone, without the establishment of a separate legal entity owned by the parties and this called unincorporated joint ventures or contractual joint ventures. This type of JV, is commonly practiced in the petroleum industry and contrary to the incorporated joint ventures, it lacks legal identity and consequently limited liability.3 Generally, JV contracts involve a combination of two or more parties, private or/and public, usually one of whom is the State entity or a NOC as a part of the consortium*, to engage in oil and gas exploration, development and production activates.4 In other words, under JV contracts, a combination is established between the IOC(s) or investor(s) and the host State in order to explore for and develop oil and gas. In a JV, either the host State does not share in the cost and risk until a commercial field has been discovered, or it shares in costs and risks during exploration, development and exploitation operations and obtains larger share of net revenues.5 Hence, the IOC and the host State jointly operate the petroleum exploration and development activities. Therefore, the host State is...
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  • Joint Ventures The joint venture or partnership arrangements in which the Company or the Partnership is a co-venturer or general partner which are established to acquire or hold Assets.

  • Investments; Joint Ventures Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except: (i) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents; (ii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may (a) make and own Investments in any Loan Party, and (b) make and own Investments in any Subsidiaries of Borrower that are not Loan Parties in aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000; (iii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans to the extent permitted under subsection 7.1(iv); (iv) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by subsection 7.8; (v) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them as of the Closing Date and described in Schedule 7.3 annexed hereto; (vi) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in shares of capital stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other security acquired in consideration for or as evidence of past-due or restructured Accounts in an aggregate face amount of such Accounts at any time not to exceed $500,000; (vii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in non-cash consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale otherwise permitted hereby; (viii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments with respect to any obligation to indemnify their respective officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the corporation or limited liability company law of the jurisdiction of such Person's organization; (ix) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in loans and advances (a) to their respective employees for moving, entertainment, travel and other similar expenses in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, or (b) to their respective employees and to their respective independent sales representatives secured by the pledge of shares of Borrower Common Stock made to finance the purchase by such employees (or representatives) of such stock, not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (x) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make acquisitions permitted pursuant to subsection 7.7; and (xi) Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell inventory on credit in the ordinary course of business.

  • Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures Schedule 4.12 contains a complete and accurate list of (a) all Subsidiaries of the Borrower, including, with respect to each Subsidiary, (i) its state of incorporation, (ii) all jurisdictions (if any) in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company or foreign limited partnership, as applicable, (iii) the number of shares of its Capital Stock outstanding, (iv) the number and percentage of its shares of Capital Stock owned by the Borrower and/or by any other Subsidiary and (v) whether such Subsidiary is a Guarantor or an Unrestricted Subsidiary (and, if it is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, whether it is a Financial Services Subsidiary), and (b) each Joint Venture, including, with respect to each such Joint Venture, (i) its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) all other jurisdictions in which it is qualified as a foreign entity and (iii) the number and percentage of its shares of Capital Stock owned by the Borrower and/or by any other Subsidiary. All the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, except as otherwise provided by state wage claim laws of general applicability. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary as specified in Schedule 4.12 are owned free and clear of all Liens, security interests, equity or other beneficial interests, charges and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever, except for Permitted Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party owns of record or beneficially any shares of the Capital Stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, except Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

  • Operating Contracts Subject to the rights of the Timeshare Owners' Association as set forth in the Timeshare Documents, no Operating Contract shall be modified, extended, terminated or entered into, without the prior written approval of Agent, if any such modification, extension, termination or new agreement could have a material adverse impact on the operation of the Resort or the Collateral.

  • Management Contracts The Recipient agrees that from the date hereof until the date on which none of the Infrastructure Bonds, of which the proceeds were used to pay or reimburse the costs of the Project, remain outstanding (the "Agreement Term"): a. The Recipient will not contract with any Private Person to manage the Project or any portion thereof unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) at least 50% of the compensation of the Private Person is based on a periodic, fixed fee that contains no incentive adjustments, and no amount of compensation is based on a share of net profits; (B) the compensation is reasonable in relation to the services performed; (C) the term of the contract does not exceed five (5) years (including any renewal option periods provided for in the contract); (D) if the term of the contract exceeds three (3) years, the Recipient is able to cancel the contract without penalty or cause at the end of each three-year period of the contract; (E) any automatic increases in the periodic, fixed fee may not exceed the percentage increases determined by an external standard set forth in the contract for computing increases; and (F) any new contract with a Private Person which is subject to this subparagraph F.2. will be subject to the requirements of (A) through (F) of this subparagraph F.2.a.; and b. If the Recipient is subject to subparagraph F.2.a. above and it enters into contracts with Private Persons described in subparagraph F.2.a., and the Governing Body of the recipient numbers five (5) or more members, no more than one (1) member of the Governing Body of the Recipient may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Private Person. If the Governing Body of the Recipient numbers less than five (5), no member of the Governing Body of the Recipient may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Private Person. Similarly, if the Governing Body of the Private Person numbers five (5) or more members, no more than one (1) of those members may be an employee or member of the Governing Body of the Recipient. However, in no event may a member or employee of both the Recipient and Private Person be the Chief Executive Officer or its equivalent of the Recipient or the Private Person. Members of the Governing Body of the Recipient may not own a controlling interest in the Private Person.

  • Joint Venture Agreement The shareholder entity designated by each ASEAN country shall negotiate and conclude, as soon as possible, a joint Venture Agreement acceptable to Malaysia and the Parties, for the setting up of an ASEAN Urea Project in Malaysia. Such joint Venture Agreement shall set out among others: The name and capital structure of the joint Venture company; Constitution of the Board of Directors of the joint Venture company: Protection of minority interests; Scope of the project and its financing.

  • Operating Agreements The Partnership has performed all of its obligations under each of the Operating Agreements and no fact or circumstance has occurred which, by itself or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material default under any of the Operating Agreements. The Partnership shall not enter into any new management agreement, maintenance or repair contract, supply contract, lease in which it is lessee or other agreements with respect to the Property, nor shall the Partnership enter into any agreements modifying the Operating Agreements, unless (a) any such agreement or modification will not bind the Acquiror or the Property after the date of Closing or (b) the Contributors have obtained the Acquiror's prior written consent to such agreement or modification, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

  • Partnerships and Joint Ventures No Loan Party shall become a general partner in any general or limited partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture.

  • Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures Create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, or permit any Subsidiary of such Borrower to create, acquire or otherwise suffer to exist, any Subsidiary or joint venture arrangement not in existence as of the date hereof, except in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.

  • No Joint Venture Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.

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