Oil development and production contracts come in many flavors. Among the most common is called production sharing.

关于油田开发和产量，行业内有很多种类的合同，其中最常见的合同是产量分成。

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Successful bidders for the blocks located in shallow water of the Gulf of Mexico will sign a production sharing contract for 30 years with two possible extensions of five years.

墨西哥湾潜水区块的中标方将签订一份生产分成合同，合同期限30年，包括两个选择性五年延期。

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That year Petronas was given exclusive rights to the nation’s hydrocarbons; it forced the foreigners to switch to production-sharing contracts while it learned the ropes from them.

就在这一年马来西亚国家石油公司被赋予该国碳氢化合物的专有权，迫使外国人转向产品分成，然而它仍需向外国人借鉴学习。

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Since 1997, Lukoil has had a 68.5% stake in a production sharing arrangement with the Iraqi government.

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Our economic relationship with China, characterized by transnational supply chains and disaggregated production sharing, is more collaborative than competitive.

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In contrast, the production sharing contracts offered by the Kurds do allow the booking of reserves and no cap on profit potential.

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