Dr Solveig Glomsrød is Research Fellow in the Division of Petroleum and Environmental Economics, Research Department, Statistics Norway. Petter Osmundsen is Professor in the Section of Petroleum Economics, Stavanger University College, Norway.

'As the oil industry increasingly becomes global, the ability to understand and handle different aspects of host countries' tax and regulatory systems is critical for companies' competitive position. This book provides important insight on how the interplay between regulatory and tax policies and companies' actions affect government revenues and optimal location decisions.' Eirik Wærness, Chief Economist, Statoil, Norway

• Contents: Introduction, Solveig Glomsrød and Petter Osmundsen; Optimal petroleum taxation subject to mobility and information constraints, Petter Osmundsen; Critical factors in transnational oil companies localisation decisions - clusters and portfolio optimisation, Hans Jarle Kind, Petter Osmundsen and Ragnar TveterÃ¥s; The taxing task of taxing transnationals, Thomas A. Gresik; Substantial petroleum wealth: does monetary policy regime matter?, Torbjørn Eika and Knut Moum; Saving petroleum wealth: tales of three jurisdictions, Rögnvaldur Hannesson; Petroleum policy and prospects in the UK continental shelf, Alex Kemp and Linda Stephen; The petroleum tax system revisited, Nina Bjerkedal and Torgeir Johnsen; Index.