Maybe it's a division order! Unfortunately, it's only a long agreement with the heading "Production Sharing Agreement" (PSA).The Contractor is responsible for the Petroleum Operations and consequently shall provide the following for performing these operations. How should the foreign firm become involved in the country? "Joint Operations" means all Petroleum Operations carried out jointly in the. 68 "Work Programme and Budget" means an itemised statement of Petroleum. (f) carrying out the Petroleum Works in the most appropriate way and generally implementing all appropriate means for carrying them out, while respecting the. While these agreements are not the only means for regulating the exploration and development of hydrocarbons, they have been used extensively in a number of. 1-Under the existing production sharing contract (PSC), the contractor first recovers his expenditure before sharing profit. Profit oil is divided between the investors and the government on the basis of the negotiated formula in the PSA.