The three types of well assistance agreements are dry contribution to holes, contribution to the ground hole and contribution to the surface. The use of a non-proprietary operator involves many complex and sensitive issues, such as the relationship between the owner and the non-owner operator, the ownership of the non-owner operator, compensation, authority, liability and obligations. These issues should generally be addressed in an agreement between the parties to the JOA and the non-proprietary operator, for example. B the “separate agreement” provided for in the new form of 2015. Indeed, the new provision of the 2015 form remains largely silent on the relationship between the parties, with the parties implicitly expecting to deal with these issues as part of their separate agreement. Tender agreements generally concern border or offshore areas where unleased public sector oil and gas interests may become desirable for a group of companies that share the high costs of auctioning and wish to offer them as a group. The group may have been created as a result of joint exploration and/or development activities, or it may simply be a case in which a financial party wishes to propose with an industrial partner or a more competent partner. These agreements can be extremely complex in terms of the methodology used to determine bids, with whom and when, as well as in the preparation of a competitive leasing sale. Post-sale participation formulas can also be complex. Federal and regional cartel and other collusion sanctions laws continue to refine procedures.

3. LIMITATIONS TECHNOLOGY: As has already been said, the world is slowly drifting from traditional onshore oil and gas areas to rougher regions such as deep water, which stretch the limits of technology. Thus, new companies, with more aggressive and concentrated research and development technologies, have developed advanced technologies to explore these demanding regions that were not possible with previous technologies. It is customary for a capital-rich company to enter into strategic and joint agreements with companies, using the company`s advanced technology to explore new frontiers. As noted above, the main advantage of an JOA is the protection it affords to the employees of the contract.