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Resolution No. 216 Setting of the Fiscal Value of Associated Natural Gas
This resolution sets the fiscal value of associated gas in Venezuela, which is used to calculate royalties appurtenant to gas production. It changes on a monthly
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement (2022 Update) - Mexico
In Mexico's 2022 updated Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement, the country recognises the need to reduce economy wide emissions of methane and other short-lived climate pollutants by 30% in order to meet the IPCC target of limiting global warming to 1.5…
Decree №202 On further improvement of economic mechanisms for environmental protection in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The Decree defines a system for compensation for environmental pollution through compensatory payments. These apply to emissions of atmospheric pollutants from stationary and mobile sources. Compensatory payments are due for the entire emissions volume. The calculation of the…
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement (2022 Update): Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) reflects a 20% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 under the business-as-usual scenario compared to 2010 emissions. The NDC notes that the national government pays special attention to reducing methane…
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement (2022 Update): Viet Nam
Vietnam aims to reduce its GHG emissions by 15.8% relative to a business-as-usual trajectory by 2030, and by up to 43.5% by the same date, conditional on the provision of international support. In the update of Viet Nam's NDC, it announced that together with other countries, it…
State Commission of Ukraine on Mineral Reserves Instruction N 523
In 2009, the State Commission of Ukraine on Mineral Reserves at the Ministry of Environmental Protection approved "Instructions on the application of the classification of mineral reserves and resources of the state subsoil fund to the geological-economic assessment of general…
Policy for Early Monetisation of Coal Bed Methane Gas Marketing and Pricing Freedom
With the aim of promoting the gas economy and developing alternate sources of natural gas, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs released a policy framework to provide marketing and pricing freedom for coal bed methane (CBM) and streamline operational issues. The new…
(Colorado) House Bill 19-1261 Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution
The bill mandates that the goal of Colorado statewide greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions should reduce 26% GHG emissions by 2025 , 50% emissions by 2030, and 90% emissions by 2050, based on the 2005 statewide GHG emissions benchmark. The GHG include carbon dioxide, methane,…
Resolution 40687/2017. Technical Criteria for Offshore Hydrocarbons Exploratory Projects in Colombia
The resolution established the technical requirements for the execution of exploratory drilling projects for offshore hydrocarbons. Article 20 covers venting and flaring of gas, which allows operators to flare gas during well control operations and initial production tests.…
Call for Third-party Verifiers for the Guidelines for the prevention and comprehensive control of methane emissions from the hydrocarbons sector.
This call for third-party verifiers provides further details about the requirements that third parties have to meet to become verifiers of the compliance of the methane regulation , based on their expert assessment and verdict. The third party should consist of one technical…
Resolution 1447 – 2018. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification System for mitigation actions at the national level
The resolution describes the national monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions. It establishes the MRV methodology and inventory for GHG emission reduction actions. The MRV system is managed by the Institute of Hydrology,…
Mineral Leasing Act
The Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) is a United States federal law that authorizes the leasing of public domain lands for exploring and developing coal, oil, natural gas, and other minerals. Enacted in 1920, it has undergone numerous amendments. The Bureau of Land Management, a…
(Alberta) AER Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements
This directive sets out requirements for reporting volumetric data for wells, pipelines, and facilities and well status changes using Petrinex. Under Part 12 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Rules, each oil and gas licensee or operator in Alberta must file a record of the monthly…
(Australian Capital Territory) Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010
Establishes a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to achieve zero net emissions by 30 June 2045. Greenhouse gas emissions are defined to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, HFCs, and others. The law also sets an…
(Alberta) AER Directive 039: Revised Program to Reduce Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators
The licensee must provide public notification within 750 m of a glycol dehydrator, indicating the presence of the dehydrator and benzene emissions, and providing contact information if the public wants to know more. The directive sets benzene limits for dehydrators, based on…
Chapter 26 of Russian Tax Code on the Extraction of Commercial Minerals
Commercial minerals extracted from the subsurface in the territory of the Russia Federation at a subsurface site, including from a hydrocarbon reservoir, are considered taxable objects in the Russian tax code (Art 336). These include oil shales, coal, gas condensate, and natural…
Law on Environmental Information
Provides the public with a right to access to environmental information, which includes information generated as a result of monitoring and measurements for environmental protection purposes. The public may request information from the holder, which may be a government…
Cold venting and fugitive emissions from Norwegian offshore oil and gas activities, Summary report prepared for the Norwegian Environment Agency
The Norwegian Environmental Agency initiated a study (2014-16) to survey methane and NMVOC emission sources at offshore oil and gas installations. All permanent offshore oil and gas facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (68) were surveyed, including 15 in-depth (full-day…
Recommended Guidelines for Discharge and Emission Reporting No: 44 (with 2019 updates)
This is an industry document, suggesting best practices in emissions reporting. It notes that offshore operators have had to submit emission reports in Norway since 1997. Air emissions reporting begins on page 42 (Sec. 7), and includes end-use combustion, flaring, and burning of…
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Audit) Determination 2009
This Determination is made under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 . Under this act, a person may be audited for compliance with one or more aspects of the act or the related regulations. Such audits are called greenhouse and energy audits. This regulation…
Decree on safety stocks of petroleum products
This decree sets the framework for emergency stocks of oil and petroleum products. Mandatory stocks are held and managed by PETROCI, a public agency with the federal State as sole
Petroleum Act
The Act aims to provide the regulatory framework of upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum activities. Among them, importers and distributors are set to maintain minimum security stocks of oil and petroleum products to ensure reliability of supply. The Tanzania Petroleum…
Law on Commodity Reserves
The Law on Commodity Reserves mirrors the European Union’s Directive 2009/119/EC and lays out a specific legal framework concerning the protection of Serbia's energy supply by stockholding oil and other petroleum products. Commodity reserves are managed by the
Regulation for the Marketing of Liquid Fuels and Other Products Derived from Hydrocarbons
This regulations sets the global framework over marketing activities of liquid fuels and derived products. It notably includes an obligation to maintain minimum stocks for all liquid fuels for producers and wholesale distributors based on their average daily sales volume in the…
National Strategic Stocks Regulations
The regulation sets a maximum strategic reserve equivalent to 60 days of national demand of petroleum products. The authority shall maintain the reserve established as national strategic
The Law on Energy (Энергетика туралы заң)
The law includes provisions for maintaining strategic reserves of energy, including oil, to respond to supply disruptions. The law was last amended in
Natural Gas Enterprise Act
The Natural Gas Enterprise Act sets the policy framework for the development of gas enterprises. It notably includes an obligation for natural gas production or import enterprises to store a minimum defined days of tank capacity on their
Petroleum Administration Act - Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The law sets the framework for strategic stocks of oil and petroleum products of not less than 60 days of average domestic petroleum sales and usage. Regarding article 24, Government Petrolum Fund is required to maintain an stock of 30-day demand for usage and the refining and…
Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP
The decree requires companies to adhere to the oil stockpiling regulations to meet national energy security
The Law on Petroleum
This Law outlines the responsibilities of the state in ensuring national energy security, which includes establishing and maintaining reserves of oil and petroleum products. The law was first introduced in 1993 and mainly amended in 2022 to open Viet Nam’s petroleum sector to…
Decision 1/23 on gas storage
This decision translates the EU Regulation 2022/1032 on gas storage to Ukraine's policy framework. The volumes vary every year and are decided by government
Law on Minimum Stocks of Oil and Petroleum Products
The Law on Minimum Stocks of Oil and Petroleum Products implements the European Union’s Directive 2009/119/EC and lays out a specific legal framework concerning the protection of Ukraine's energy supply by stockholding oil and other petroleum products. The volume of minimum…
Fuel Trade Act, B.E. 2543
The Fuel Trade Act, B.E.2543 requires all refiners, importers, and retailers in private sector to have oil stockpiles. Private sector parties are not allowed to use their oil stocks at their discretion without governmental permission even if their oil stockpile levels exceed…
Emergency Decree of the Remedy and Prevention of Shortage of Fuel OIls (B.E. 2516)
The Emergency Decree enforced in 1973 gives the Prime Minister the right to direct companies to prevent all types of fuel shortages. While the Emergency Decree specifically provided powers to address fuel shortages during times of crisis, the Fuel Trade Act, B.E. 2543 introduced…
National Energy Act - Strategic stocks petroleum policy and implementation plan
This plan amended the National Energy Act of 2008 to maintain reserves equivalent to 60 days of net imports in both crude oil and refined products for the Strategic Fuel Fund. Licensed manufacturers and wholesalers are required to hold 14 days of refined
Transmission Code - Regulation on emergency fuel inventory
The regulation requires all generation companies to maintain fuel reserves to cover at least 60 days of generation companies' normal operations. This requirement was reduced from 90 to 60 days of emergency fuel supplies in 2013 to reduce business
Law 09-71 on Security Stocks
This law sets the framework for "security stocks" of specific sensitive products, including pharmacetical, agricultural and oil products. Security stocks must be hold by rafineries (30 days), distributors (60 days) and filling centres (60
Public Policy on Natural Gas Storage
The Public Policy on Natural Gas Storage establishes the obligation to create a minimum of 5 days of strategic natural gas inventory (45 trillion cubic feet) by
Public Policy on Minimum Storage of Petroleum Products
This document sets out the general framework for the storage of oil and petroleum products in Mexico. The minimum storage policy is mandatory for marketing and distribution permit holders that sell gasoline , diesel and jet fuel to service stations or end users. These policies…
The Petroleum (Minimum Operational Stock) Regulations
These regulations aims at providing a strategic reserve of petroleum products in the country, along with ensuring the continuity of supply of petroleum products in case of disruption of supply of the products, and stabilising domestic prices of petroleum products. The minimum…
Law No. 96 of 2024 regarding energy buffer reserves
The purpose of this law is to regulate the energy buffer reserves, including the amount of reserves, their procurement, maintenance, use and recovery. The expected reserves is 51 days of oil
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Programme
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas created the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Programme and the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited in 2004 to construct Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) facilities as well as a Special purpose vehicle (SPV) to build and…
Seven Year Action Plan to Enhance Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Efforts
The Seven-Year Action Plan to Enhance OIl and Gas Exploration and Development Efforts aims at increasing China's oil and gas strategic reserves between 2019 and 2025 by bolstering China's upstream development. Oil companies are entitled to increase reserves and production from…
State Commodity Reserves Act
This Act transposes the EU Directive 2009/119 on the obligation of Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products. The Republic of Slovenia is responsible for the maintenance of
Law No. 85/2018 on the establishment and maintenance of minimum reserves of crude oil and/or petroleum products
This law establishes the conditions for establishing and maintaining a minimum level of stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products, in order to guarantee security of supply, in the event of major supply disruptions, special emergency situations or local crisis situations.…
Maintenance of Minimum Stocks of Crude Oil and, or Petroleum Products Regulations
These regulations implement the European Union’s Directive 2009/119/EC and lays out a specific legal framework concerning the protection of Malta’s energy supply by stockholding oil and other petroleum products. The regulator appoints economic operators to maintain stockpiling.…
Petroleum Products Stocks Conservation Law
This law establishes rules aimed at ensuring a high level of security of oil supply through reliable and transparent mechanisms, the maintenance of minimum stocks of crude oil and petroleum products and the creation of the necessary procedural means to address a serious…
Regulation on mandatory stocks of oil and petroleum products
This Regulation determines the parties responsible (i.e. importers with net imports of at least 25 tonnes of cruide oil and petroleum the previous year) for ensuring mandatory stocks of oil and oil derivatives, the method of ensuring mandatory stocks of oil and oil derivatives,…
Law on oil and oil products reserves
This law regulates the creation, storage, renewal, use and restoration of emergency stocks of oil and oil products and target stocks of oil products, as well as introduces the necessary procedures for overcoming a possible serious shortage. The State Agency "State Reserve and…
Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
This regulation aims to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas throughout the European Union. It notably includes that the competent authority of each member state to ensure enough gas supply equivalent to: - Extreme temperatures during a 7-day peak period occurring with a…