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Ministerial Order No 04/2013 - Petroleum Operations Regulations
Equatorial Guinea 2020 In force National
Notice Further Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessments and Management of Coal Resource Development
People's Republic of China 2020 In force National
Impact Assessment Act
Canada 2019 In force National
Law No. 19-13 – Law governing hydrocarbon activities
Algeria 2019 In force National
Guidelines for industrial and operational security, and environmental protection in activities of exploration and extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons
Mexico 2017 In force National
Decree 2041/2014
Colombia 2014 In force National
Environmental Protection Regulations for Hydrocarbon Activities - Supreme Decree Nº 039-2014-EM
Peru 2014 In force National
Law 07/2014 on Environmental Protection
Gabon 2014 In force National
Law No. 42 of 2014 as amended - The Environment Protection Law
Kuwait 2014 In force National
Law 21/2013 of 9 December on Environmental Assessment
Spain 2013 In force National
(Western Australia) Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Environment) Regulations 2012
Australia 2012 In force State/Provincial
Decree No H45880T/214287 of January 23, 2012 - On General Conditions, Structure and Template of Upstream Oil and Gas Contracts
Islamic Republic of Iran 2012 In force National
Law No. 11/009 of 09 July 2011 on fundamental principles relating to the protection of the environment
Republic of the Congo 2011 In force National
IBAMA Normative Instruction No 12 of 2010
Brazil 2010 In force National
Law on Protection and Improvement of the Environment (Law No. 27 of 2009)
Iraq 2009 In force National
Executive Decree No. 08-312, 2008
Algeria 2008 In force National
Decree No. 2007-105 amending and supplementing certain provisions of Decree 2004-094 of 4 November 2004 on the Environmental Impact Assessment
Mauritania 2007 In force National
Energy Resolution 785/2005 - National Program for Control of Losses of Air Tanks for Storage of Hydrocarbons and their Derivatives
Argentina 2005 In force National
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (As amended in 2008)
South Africa 2004 In force National
Law No. 30 of 2002 – Environmental Protection Law
Qatar 2003 In force National
Federal Law on Environmental Protection No. 7-FZ and related decrees
Russian Federation 2002 In force National
Environment Code, Law No. 2001-01
Senegal 2001 In force National
Procedure Guide for the Design and Construction of Oil and Gas Surface Production Facilities
Nigeria 2001 In force National
Royal Decree 114/2001 - The Law on the Conservation of the Environment and Pollution Prevention
Oman 2001 In force National
Decree 39/00 - Oil Activities Environmental Protection Regulation
Angola 2000 In force National
UAE Federal Law No. 24 of 1999 on the Protection and Development of the Environment
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Law No 05/98 - Environmental Act
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Petroleum Act 1998
United Kingdom 1998 In force National
Regulations to Act Relating to Petroleum Activities
Norway 1997 In force National
Decree No. 84-CP 1996, detailing the implementation of the Petroleum Law
Viet Nam 1996 In force National

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