The Legal Framework for the Authority of the Oil Products Distribution Company to Monitor the Implementation of Oil Contracts، an Analytical Study

Abstract

The oversight authority during the implementation of oil contracts cannot be reviewed as a license for the petroleum products distribution company that it can use whenever it wants or leave it whenever it wants. Rather، this authority is a duty for the oil products distribution company to exercise by virtue of its hegemony over the regulation of the public utility، and what this requires in terms of application of principles that governs the functioning of the facilities as a guarantee of their regular and steady functioning.

 Manifestations of management authority in oversight during the implementation of oil contracts are clear when stipulated in laws، regulations، instructions or in the contract، and this typical picture of the management's exercise of this authority، and we find the authority of control echoed outside the texts، that is، even in the case of silence of the contract and the regulatory texts. The distribution of petroleum products is responsible for regularly performing services and satisfying public needs through the contractor constructing and operating filling stations and distributing point products. Also, it is the original authority and an important guarantee for the benefit of the public utility.