- Books

• Bekker, P. Dolzer, R. and M. Waibel (eds.) Making Transnational Law Work in the Global Economy: Essays in Honor of Detlev Vagts, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
• Bishop, Doak, International Arbitration of Petroleum Disputes: The Development of a Lex Petrolea, CPMLP, University of Dundee, 1997.
• Blinn, Keith W. Duval, Claude. Le Leuch, Honoré and Pertuzio, André International Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation Agreements: Legal, Economic, and Policy Aspects, 1^st ed, Barrows, New York, 1986.
• Boyle, Alan, "Soft Law in International Law-Making", in Malcolm Evans, International Law, 5^th ed, Oxford University Press, 2014.
• D’Amato, Anthony, ‘Soft Law’ in Anthony D’Amato and Kirsten Engel (eds), International Environmental Law, Anderson Publishing Company, 1997.
• Elizabeth A. Martin, ed, A Dictionary of Law, 6^th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Gao, Zhiguo, International Petroleum Contracts: Current Trends and New Directions, Graham and Trotman, 1994.
• Garner, Bryan A, Black’s Law Dictionary, 9^th Edition, West, 2009.
• Hallström, Kristina Tamm, "Organizing the Process of Standardization", in A World of Standards, Oxford Scholarship Online: 2010.
• Hughes, William E., Fundamentals of International Oil and Gas Law, PennWell Corporation, 2016.Jeffrey Lehman, Shirelle Phelps, West's Encyclopedia of American Law - Dictionary & Indexes Gacl, 2004.
• Lowe, John S., Oil, and Gas Law, in a Nutshell, West Academic Publishing, 2019.
• Martin, T., ‘Lex Petrolea in International Law’ in R. King (ed), Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector: A Practitioner’s Handbook, Globe Law and Business, 2012.
• Rudolf Dolzer, Petroleum Contracts and International Law, Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Sabater, A., and Stadnyk, M. (n.d.). International Arbitration and Energy: How Energy Disputes Shaped International Investment Dispute Resolution. Research Handbook on International Energy Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014. El-Kosheri, Ahmed Sadek, “Le régime juridique créé par les accords de participation dans le domaine pétrolier (Volume 147)”. in: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law, 1975.
• Scherer, Maxi, International Arbitration in the Energy Sector, Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Schill, S. W. (n.d.). The Interface between National and International Energy Law. Research Handbook on International Energy Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
• Smith, Ernest E., Dzienkowski John S., Anderson, Owen L., Lowe, John S., Kramer, Bruce M., and Weaver, Jacqueline L, International Petroleum Transactions, 3^rd edition, 2010.
• Talus, K., Research Handbook on International Energy Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
• Transnational Corporations, United Nations, Vol. 18 No. 1 April 2009.
• Zumbansen, Peer. The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Law, Oxford University Press, 2021.

- Articles

• Al-Ammari, Saud, "Saudi Arabia and the Onassis Arbitration – A Commentary", The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2010.
• Asante, Samuel B., "Stability of Contractual Relations in the Transnational Investment Process", The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 1979.
• Berger, K., "Renegotiation and Adaption of International Investment Contracts: The Role of Contract Drafters and Arbitrators". Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 36(4),
• Bowman, John P., "Lex Petrolea: Sources and Successes of International Petroleum Law", Section of the State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law, vol. 39, 2015.
• Childs, T. C. C. "Update on Lex Petrolea: The Continuing Development of customary Law Relating to International Oil and Gas Exploration and Production". The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, vol. 4(3). 2011.
• Childs, T., "The Current State of International Oil and Gas Arbitration". Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law, vol. 13(1), 2018.
• Chinkin, C. M. (1989), The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Oct, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 866-850.
• Daintith, T., "Against “Lex Petrolea”", The Journal of World Energy Law and Business, 2017.
• De Jesús O, Alfredo, "Prodigious Story of the Lex Petrolea and the Rhinoceros: Philosophical Aspects of the Transnational Legal Order of the Petroleum Society". TPLI Series on TPL. Vol. 1, No.1.35, 2012.
• Dow, J., "The Windfall Profit Tax Exposed". Mary's Law Journal, vol. 14(3), 1983.
• Gaillard, E., "Transnational Law: A Legal System or a Method of Decision Making?" Arbitration International, vol. 17(1), 2001.
• Gao, Zhiguo. "International Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation Agreements: Comprehensive Environmental Appraisal. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, vol. 12(2), 1994.
• Ketcheson, J., "The Law 42 Arbitrations: Ecuador’s Efforts to Capture “Extraordinary Profits” of Oil Companies". The Journal of World Investment & Trade, vol. 16(4), 2015.
• Lim, C. L., "The Function of the Transnational Chinese Contract", Journal of World Investment and Trade, vol. 20, issue 2-3, 2019.
• Martin, A. T., "Model Contracts: a Survey of the Global Petroleum Industry". Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2004, vol. 22(3).
• Martin, T. and Park, J., “Global Petroleum Industry Model Contracts Revisited: Higher, Faster, Stronger”, Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Vol. 3, No. 1, Oxford University Press, 2010.
• Ong, D. M., "Joint Development of Common Offshore Oil and Gas Deposits: Mere State Practice or Customary International Law". American Journal of International Law, vol. 93(4), 1999.
• Otero Garcia-Castrillon, C., "Reflections on the law applicable to international oil contracts". The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, vol. 6(2), 2013.
• Pierce, D. E., "Defining the Role of Industry Custom and Usage in Oil & (and) Gas Litigation. SMU Law Review, vol. 57(2), 2004.
• Talus, K, Looper, S., & Otillar, S., "Lex Petrolea and the Internationalization of Petroleum Agreements: Focus on Host Government Contracts". The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, vol. 5(3), 2012.
• Tienhaara, Kyla. "Foreign Investment Contracts in the Oil & Gas Sector: A Survey of Environmentally Relevant Clauses." Sustainable Development Law & Policy, vol. 11, 3, 2011.
• Weaver, J., & Asmus, D. F., "Unitizing Oil and Gas Fields Around the World: Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Private Contracts". Houston Journal of International Law, vol. 28(1), 2006.

- Awards

• The American Independent Oil Company v. The Government of the State of Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia v Arabian Am Oil Co (Aramco) (1963) 27 ILR
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/06, Final Award, October 5, 2012).
• Government of the State of Kuwait v American Independent Oil Co (AMINOIL), Award of 24 May 1982, 21 ILM (1982) 976, Yearbook IX (1984).
• Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/05), Decision on Liability of Ecuador, December 14, 2012.
• Texaco Overseas Petroleum Co. v. Libya
• Wronski v. Sun Oil Co., 279 N.W.2d 564 (Mich. App. 1979).
• Desert Line Yemen v. Yemen, Award 6 February 2008.
• Wintershall AG v. The Government of Qatar (Ad hoc tribunal), 28 ILM 795 1989.
• F-W Oil Interests, Inc. v. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/14.
• Sapphire International Petroleums Ltd. v. National Iranian Oil Company

- Laws

• The Libya Petroleum Law No. 25 of 1955.
• Republic Of Kenya the Petroleum ACT No. 2 of 2019.

- Contracts

• Azerbaijan (ACG) Limited, BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited, Chevron Khazar, Exxon Azerbaijan Limited, INPEX Southwest Caspian Sea, Ltd, ITOCU Oil exploration (Azerbaijan) Limited, ONGC Videsh Limited, Statoil Absheron AS, Turkiye Petrolleri A.O., PSA, 2017.
• Kerr-McGee of Indonesia Inc., Quintana Indonesia Ltd., Wainoco International Inc., Samedan Oil of Indonesia, Inc., Pertamina, Bawean Block, Concession, Amendment, 1981.
• Model Production Sharing Contract Block Kurdistan Region 2007.
• Petroleum Agreement Among Government of The Republic OF Ghana Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and Tallow Ghana Limited Sabre OIL And GAS Limited Kosmos Energy Ghana HC IN Respect of The Deepwater Tano Contract Area, March 10, 2006.
• Production Sharing Contract Between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Equatorial DE Petr Oleos And Company for Block 2018.
• State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, Amoco Caspian Sea Petroleum Limited, BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited, etc, PSA, 1994.
• The Model Contract between Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobris) and Private Contractors for Offshore Exploration/Exploitation of 1977.

- Websites

• https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/resources.pdf
• http://law.uh.edu/assignments/spring2020/20601.pdf
• http://www.ogp.org.uk
• https://www.imo.org/en/About/Conventions/Pages/ListOf Conventions.aspx

- Reports

• OGP Report “Regulators’ use of standards” No. 426, of March 2010 https://cupdf.com/document/426.html
• OPEC Resolution XVI 90 of 1968.

- Thesis

• Makato, Tisungane Brian, Lex Petrolea: Does it Exist? Harvard Law School, 2018.

- Workshop

A.R. JOHANSEN, Moving towards global standards for the benefit of the oil and gas industry OGP presentation to the International Standards Workshop, Mexico City, May 11, 2010.