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Barbados upstream fiscal summary

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Concession fiscal regime with royalty, corporate income tax and an additional profits tax (APT). The State-owned Barbados National Oil Company (BNOC) is guaranteed a maximum share of 25% in any license so long as it chooses to do so prior to the exploration license being awarded. The State's interest is carried until a declaration of commerciality. Royalty and income tax rates are fixed; APT is levied at 30% for a specified period on net profit whenever wellhead oil and gas prices exceed...

Table of contents

  • Basis
  • Licence terms
  • Government equity participation
    • Ring fencing
    • Bonuses, rentals and fees
    • Indirect taxes
    • Royalty
    • Corporate income tax
    • Additional profits tax
    • Product pricing
    • Summary of modelled terms
  • Recent history of fiscal changes
  • Stability provisions
  • Split of the barrel and share of profit
  • Effective royalty rate and maximum government share
  • Progressivity
  • Fiscal deterrence

Tables and charts

This report includes 16 images and tables including:

  • Split of the barrel - oil
  • Split of the barrel - gas
  • Share of profit - oil
  • Share of profit - gas
  • Effective royalty rate - onshore, shelf and deepwater, oil and gas
  • Maximum government share – onshore, shelf and deepwater, oil and gas
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Bonuses, rentals and fees
  • Indirect taxes
  • Additional petroleum taxes - oil
  • Additional petroleum taxes - gas
  • Assumed terms by location - oil
  • Assumed terms by location - gas

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