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Divide and conquer: multiple leasing in common pool oil fields

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A theoretic model is developed to analyse strategic leasing behaviours of U.S. landowners in a non‐exclusively owned common oil pool. Oil field development is modelled as a simultaneous‐move two‐stage non‐cooperative game. The landowners choose leasing strategies in the first stage; independent lease operators choose extraction strategies in the second. Ownership structure is distinguished from operation structure and their relationship analyzed. It is shown that, in a non‐exclusively owned oil field, it is individually rational for a landowner to subdivide his landholding and delegate production rights to multiple independent firms, although more dispersed production control leads to heavier common pool losses. JEL classification numbers: L23, D23, Q24 Diviser pour régner : baux multiples dans des champs pétroliers construits sur une même nappe. Ce mémoire construit un modèle théorique pour analyser les comportements stratégiques des propriétaires terriens dans le cas de baux de forage quand le fond pétrolier à exploiter est en propriété commune. On modélise le processus de développement du champs pétrolier comme un jeu sans coopération à deux étapes avec décisions simultanées. Les propriétaires terriens choisissent des stratégies de baux dans une première étape et des opérateurs locataires indépendants choisissent des stratégies d’extraction dans un second temps. Ce faisant, on est capable de distinguer la structure de propriété de la structure des opérations, et d’analyser les relations entre elles. On montre que pour une nappe pétrolière qui est en propriété commune, il est rationnel pour un propriétaire terrien individuel de subdiviser sa propriété et de louer des droits de production à plusieurs entreprises indépendantes, même si cette dispersion du contrôle de la production entraîne des pertes beaucoup plus lourdes dans l’exploitation de la nappe pétrolière en propriété commune.

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  • Lasheng Yuan, 2002. "Divide and conquer: multiple leasing in common pool oil fields," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(1), pages 36-51, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:35:y:2002:i:1:p:36-51
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00119
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    1. Boyce, John R. & Nøstbakken, Linda, 2011. "Exploration and development of U.S. oil and gas fields, 1955-2002," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 891-908, June.
    2. Hikmet Gunay, 2008. "Strategic delay in market entry," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(3), pages 998-1014, August.
    3. Martzoukos, Spiros H. & Zacharias, Eleftherios, 2013. "Real option games with R&D and learning spillovers," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 236-249.

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    JEL classification:

    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land

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