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Hydrocarbons Law 34/1998 (last amended in 2015)
Spain 1998 In force National
Law No 05/98 - Environmental Act
Angola 1998 In force National
Petroleum Act 1998
United Kingdom 1998 In force National
Resolution 143/98 - Modification of Resolution No. 236/96, Approve the Rules and Regulations of Gas Venting
Argentina 1998 In force National
Law No. 9,478 - Dealing with national energy policy, oil monopoly activities, establishing the National Energy Policy Council and the National Petroleum Agency and making other arrangements.
Brazil 1997 In force National
Mineral Oil (Safety) Regulations
Nigeria 1997 In force National
Regulations to Act Relating to Petroleum Activities
Norway 1997 In force National
(British Columbia) Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
Canada 1996 In force State/Provincial
(Texas) Statewide Rule 32, Title 16, Part 1, Chapter 3, Rule §3.32
United States 1996 In force State/Provincial
Approbation to join the UN agreement on climate change Decree 47/1996
Qatar 1996 In force National
Decree No. 84-CP 1996, detailing the implementation of the Petroleum Law
Viet Nam 1996 In force National
Energy Resolution 05/96 - Approve Rules and Procedures for the Abandonment of Hydrocarbon Wells
Argentina 1996 In force National
Federal law on state regulation in the field of mining and use of coal, on the features of social protection of employees of coal industry organisations
Russian Federation 1996 In force National
Gas Safety (Management) Regulations
United Kingdom 1996 In force National
Law No. 182-I: On protection of the atmospheric air
Turkmenistan 1996 Ended National
Law on the Use of Energy Resources
Azerbaijan 1996 In force National
Petroleum Act (Act of 29 November 1996 No. 72 relating to petroleum activities)
Norway 1996 In force National
Pipelines Safety Regulations
United Kingdom 1996 In force National
General Mining Regulation (as amended by 2017)
Germany 1995 In force National
Prime Minister's Decree No. 338 of 1995 Issuing the Executive Regulations of the Environment Law 4/1994
Egypt 1995 In force National
(Tasmania) Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
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Coalbed Methane Outreach Program
United States 1994 In force National
Environmental Law (Law 4 of 1994)
Egypt 1994 In force National
Rules for Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law
People's Republic of China 1994 In force National
EPA Natural Gas STAR program
United States 1993 In force National
Hydrocarbons Organic Law as Amended
Peru 1993 In force National
Law 99 of 1993 - Creation of Ministry of Environment
Colombia 1993 In force National
Petroleum Law, 1993
Viet Nam 1993 In force National
Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Environmental Protection” No. 1982-XII of November 26, 1992 (as amended on December 29, 2020 No. 73-Z)
Belarus 1992 In force National
The Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoil
Russian Federation 1992 In force National

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