comparative study of unitization of oil and gas fields in Iran and USA

One of main topics of oil and gas law as a branch of public law is shared/common/transbourdary reservoirs expanded across the borders of a country and located in common boundaries of two or more neighbor countries.this matter isn’t mentioned In Iran constitution provisions .The method of Management of these common resources has an important significance and various methods are employed in this relation .One of the most and best ways for operation and exploitation of these common fields is concluding unitization agreement between two neighbor countries by which beneficiaries of that common field conclude an agreement .In this research we surveyed the use of unitization of oil and gas analytically and descriptively and comparatively in the legal and executive procedures of both Iran and the United States and finally we suggested some offers with comparing these two legal systems. Since Iran has many shared oil and gas field with its neighbors this is necessary that oil ministry of Iran as the main arranger of upstream and downstream activities in Iran oil and gas industry should arrange and provide legal and political Requirements and structures for unitizing and operating these fields in best manner.