Comparative Study of the Dispute Resolution Boards of the Ministry of Oil and International FIDIC Contracts

Settlement of disputes in service contracts with regard to the economic importance of oil industry projects and the need for speed in settlement of disputes as well as the specialty of reviewing of dispute and reducing the costs of proceedings has particular importance for countries over the last few decades. FIDIC provides a unit model in service contract and launches a new institution called the “Dispute Board” in 1999 to resolve disputes. Iran’s Oil Ministry in four periods announced several instructions for resolving of disputes. The results of the comparative review of these instructions at the FIDIC Organization and the Petroleum Ministry indicates disadvantages such as the absence of Dispute Board members over the life of the project in the site, not mentioning specific dates for each process and also, failure to play the role of deterring these boards in the emergence of differences between the parties. the scope of this research is on general terms of contract in FIDIC for the settlement of disputes between contracting parties and Iranian models bugs. It should be noted that the present study has used a descriptive-analytical method.