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Ministerial Order No 04/2013 - Petroleum Operations Regulations
This regulation defines and establishes procedures and performance standards pertaining to petroleum operations in Equatorial Guinea, including exploration, evaluation, development, transportation, distribution, storage, refining, commercialisation and other related activities…
Critical Energy Minerals Roadmap
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's Critical Energy Minerals Roadmap is a strategy that aims to unlock the economic potential of Australia's energy minerals by creating and demonstrating breakthrough technologies. The roadmap identifies ways to…
UAE Federal Law No. 24 of 1999 on the Protection and Development of the Environment
This law aims to ensure the protection and conservation of the quality and natural balance of the environment as well as to control all forms of pollution and avoid any immediate or long-term harmful effects resulting from economic, agricultural and industrial developments. It…
Law No. 19 of 1973 Concerning the Conservation of Petroleum Resources
This law aims to promote efficient oil and gas recovery, prevent waste and pollution and to guarantee a safe work environment. It applies to the entire oil and gas sector, including petroleum exploration, development, transport, processing, refining, marketing and products…
Law No. 6 of 1980 Establishing the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
This law establishes a single institution that owns all companies operating in the petroleum industry, from exploration, drilling and production of oil and gas to transportation, refining, marketing and production of products derived from petroleum. The objectives of this…
Law No. 42 of 2014 as amended - The Environment Protection Law
This law aims to protect the environment and its natural resources, control environmental pollution and degradation in all its forms, and ensure the achievement sustainable development objectives and biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, it shall promote environmental culture…
Utilization and Selling Price of Gas Flaring in Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities
The document establishes rules that aim to increase the utilization of gas flaring, reduce the volume of gas flared as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from upstream business activities. The special task force for upstream oil and gas, SKK Migas, is authorized…
Executive Decree 21-330,2021
Executive Decree 21-330 of 2021 sets out the conditions for granting exceptional authorizations for gas flaring. Requests for exceptional gas flaring shall be submitted by operators or contracting parties to National Agency for the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources (ALNAFT)…
Executive Decree No. 08-312, 2008
Executive Decree 08-312 establishes rules regarding the Hydrocarbon Regulation Authority (ARH)’s approval of environmental impact assessments for hydrocarbon-related activities. It specifically mentioned that environmental impact assessments must include measures to eliminate,…
Industrial Development Corporation Mining and Metals Strategic Business Unit
The Industrial Development Corporation Mining and Metals Strategic Business Unit is a governmental organisation providing direct funding to a variety of mining and metals projects. Established in 1940 through the Industrial Development Corporation Act, the Industrial Development…
Critical Minerals Strategy Discussion Paper
Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy Discussion Paper is a strategic plan draft outlining Canada's approach to advancing leadership in the responsible, inclusive and sustainable production of critical minerals, from mines to manufacturing. The draft was launched in advance of a…
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
Section 3(1) states that the main purpose of the Act is “to help reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment.” The Act fulfills this purpose by enabling and regulating the granting of rights to explore for and use underground geological structures to store…
DEI+ Demonstration scheme Energy & Climate innovations
The energy innovation demonstration scheme (DEI) is expanded as much as possible from a scheme specifically for energy savings and renewable energy production to a scheme that supports all carbon emissions reduction options, in line with the scope of the Integrated Knowledge and…
(Colorado) Department of Natural Resources. Code of Colorado Regulations, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2 CCR 404-1 § 100, 903
The Commission’s Rules regulate oil and gas operations to protect and minimize adverse impacts to public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources resulting from oil and gas operations. These rules apply to the operator of any oil and gas location,…
Tax reform 2.0
A central element of the reform is a tax increase on both pollution and energy consumption, which includes raised taxes on energy used for heating and cooling, increased green taxes on electricity in general, and a tax on different kinds of fuels used for production. This…
Carbon Tax/Green Tax System
In 1999, at the end of the Green Tax Package scheme (introduced in 1995), the tax structure was maintained, but the tax rates on industries and households were revised. As with the previous system under the Green Tax Package (see separate database entry), the green tax system…
Next Generation Energy Storage Program and Solar for Low Income Program
Under the Next Generation Energy Storage program, the ACT Government is supporting up to 5,000 battery storage systems in ACT homes and businesses. The program is delivered through battery storage providers, which were selected by the ACT Government after a competitive selection…
California Governor's Budget Summary: Lithium Valley Development
The California Governor's Budget Summary outlines budget provisions and general priorities for the State of California over a fiscal year. California has abundant untapped lithium reserves in geothermal brine under the Salton Sea. Experts indicate that these reserves could…
Estonian Recovery and Resilience Plan - Renewable Energy in Electricity Grids
As part of the EU Recovery and Resilience plan submitted to the EU Commission, Estonia would allocate 45 million EUR from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to promote the usage of renewable energies, including 30 million EUR to strengthen electricity grids and increasing…
(California) Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
A list of industries, including petroleum and natural gas systems with equal or exceed 10,000 metric tons CO2e in a calendar year, as well as the power generation sector, are required to report at least annually to the California Air Resources Board. Specific calculation methods…
(Pennsylvania) Framework of Actions for Methane Reductions from the Oil and Gas Sector
In 2019, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection published the Framework to outline its future methane actions, in accordance with certain new guidelines released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new actions include: Issue a General Permit to…
(Colorado) Regulation No. 22
Beginning January 1, 2022, each midstream segment owner or operator must participate in an emissions reduction program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from midstream fuel combustion equipment by twenty percent (20%) over the 2015 baseline. By September 30, 2023, each segment…
(Colorado) House Bill 21-1266 Environmental Justice Act
The bill addresses environmental justice issues and targets disproportionately impacted communities from climate change. It mandates the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission to adopt and start implementing rules to achieve the goal of reducing statewide oil and gas greenhouse…
(North Dakota) Industrial Commission Order 24665
By Order, the Commission established the following capturing targets of the share of associated gas for oil and gas operators in certain areas: 74% October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 77% January 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016 80% April 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016…
(New Mexico) Administrative Code Title 19 – Natural Resources and Wildlife, Chapter 15: Oil and Gas
Pursuant to New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Act, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) has promulgated the 19.15 NMAC (New Mexico Administrative Code) to regulate the venting and flaring of natural gas. 19.15.27 NMAC focuses on the oil and gas production and…
(British Columbia) Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
Outlines the administrative management for applications for drilling and well permits in BC. Governed by BC Oil and Gas
Carbon Capture and Storage Funding Act (Alberta)
The purpose of the Act is to encourage and expedite the design, construction and operation of carbon capture and storage projects in Alberta through the provision of funding not to exceed CAD 2
HB 17
This bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to specify insurance requirements for CO2 storage permits, establishes a CO2 storage fund for the costs associated with long-term storage site stewardship, and clarifies that the state does not automatically assume…
The Carbon Dioxide Reduction Act (HB 2419)
This bill directs the Kansas Corporation Commission to establish regulations for permitting CO2 storage facilities and creates a CO2 storage fund to cover expenses related to permitting, enforcement, long-term monitoring, and post-closure
Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act
This bill authorises the Department of Natural Resources to regulate CO2 transportation and storage. It grants the state government the power of eminent domain for CO2 storage projects, authorises the state to assume long-term storage site responsibility and liability, and…
An Act relating to the development of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in this state (HB 1796)
This bill gives the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission the authority to construct and operate an offshore CO2 geologic storage site. The bill covers topics such as permitting authority and long-term
An Act to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural resources (SB 442)
Declares the underground storage of carbon dioxide to be a public use and service, in the public interest, and a benefit to the welfare and people of Indiana. Authorizes the establishment of a carbon sequestration pilot project (pilot project) that will capture carbon dioxide at…
Barrow Island Act 2003
The purpose of the Act, according to the preface, is - "to ratify, and authorise the implementation of, an agreement between the State and the Gorgon joint venturers relating to a proposal to undertake offshore production of natural gas and other petroleum and a gas processing…
An Act relating to the implementation of projects involving the capture, injection, sequestration, or geologic storage of carbon dioxide (SB 1387)
This bill instructs the Texas Railroad Commission to write regulations for CO2 geologic storage and clarifies regulatory issues such as CO2 ownership and property rights. This bill also creates a CO2 storage trust fund to cover the costs associated with long-term monitoring of…
The Energy Act 2008
The UK Energy Act establishes a high-level framework for the regulation of offshore CO2 sequestration activities (activities in the United Kingdom territorial sea and other specifically designated waters). In this context, the Act provides for much of the detail of this…
Oil and Gas Conservation Act (Saskatchewan)
The purposes of this Act are: "(a) to minimize waste and prevent wasteful operations; (b) to regulate all operations for the production of oil and gas in such manner that the greatest possible ultimate recovery thereof by prudent and proper operations and practices may be…
Regulations to Act relating to petroleum activities
The regulations provide rules to capture, transport and storage of CO2 in the petroleum activities that are initiated according to plan for development and operation approved pursuant to the Petroleum Activities Act Section 4-2 (If a licensee decides to develop a petroleum…
The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) implement Articles 2.3, 2.4, 3, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and Chapter 3 (storage permits) (except Articles 18 and 20) of the CCS Directive. The Regulations implement those provisions of the Directive…
The Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000
The main features of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 are: - Establishment of a co-regulatory regime focused on achieving environmental, public safety and resource management objectives, and reduced compliance costs - Licence allocation and management mechanisms to…
Nebraska Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act
This bill establishes a legal and regulatory framework for the geologic storage of CO2 in the state. The framework assigns a relevant authority to oversee and regulate facilities that inject and store CO2, aligns injection well permitting requirements with state and federal…
An Act relating to property; declaring the mineral estate dominant over pore space; and providing for an effective date (HB 57)
This bill states that the surface owner is presumed to own the geologic pore space below the surface, but adds that mining and drilling rights will be given a higher priority than geological storage
An Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of subsurface pore space (SB 2139)
This bill declares pore space the property of the surface
An Act Regulating Carbon Sequestration (SB 498)
This bill authorises the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation to regulate CCUS activities. It specifies that pore space ownership rests with the surface owner, and authorises the state to assume liability for closed geologic storage sites. Additionally, this bill creates a…
Underground Injection Control Program
The Underground Injection Control (UIC) regulations mandate the consideration of a variety of measures to assure that injection activities will not endanger underground source of drinking water (USDWs). The program consists of six classes of injection wells. Each well class is…
Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 (Victorian Onshore Act)
The purpose of the Victorian Onshore Act is stated in section 1 as being “to facilitate and regulate the injection of greenhouse gas substances into underground geological formations for the purpose of permanent storage of those gases, including to facilitate and regulate the…
EU CO2 Storage Directive
This Directive establishes a legal framework for the environmentally safe geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) "to contribute to the fight against climate change. The purpose of environmentally safe geological storage of CO2 is permanent containment of CO2 in such a way as…
Regulations relating to exploitation of subsea reservoirs on the continental shelf for storage of CO2 and relating to transportation of CO2 on the continental shelf
The regulations provide rules for surveying and exploration for subsea reservoirs for storage of CO2, as well as exploitation, transportation and storage of CO2 in such reservoirs in areas subject to Norwegian
Green Households Programme
Family homes and apartment blocks can apply for support in the form of a voucher for the installation of small installations for the use of renewable energy sources, thanks to a national project of the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) called Zelená domácnostiam (Green…
Belgium-Namibia MoU on green hydrogen
The Minister of Energy of Belgium and the Minister of Mine and Energy of Namibia signed, during the COP26 in Glasgow, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of green hydrogen. Belgium aims at importing hydrogen from Namibia, taking advantage of its…
(Texas) 30 TAC 115.720-115.729: Vent Gas Control
The rule targets highly-reactive volatile organic compound (HRVOC) in flaring and venting in Texas. Most sites are subject to a 10-ton HRVOC emissions cap per year. The rule also lays out specific monitoring and testing guidelines, including an requirement to install, calibrate,…