• Policy

        • Australia

        • 2006

        Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

        The Act provides the legal framework for exploration and recovery of petroleum resources in offshore areas. The act is administered by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA). The Act provides that a permit or license is required for all petroleum exploration and exploitation activities. NOPSEMA may grant such permits or licenses under whatever conditions it deems appropriate.

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2019

        Executive Order on the Act on the Use of Denmark's Subsoil

        The Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities may, for a specific area and on specified terms, grant a permit with exclusive rights to explore for and extract one or more raw materials, including hydrocarbons.

        • Policy

        • Poland

        • 2011

        Geological and Mining Law Act

        The Act defines the terms for undertaking the following activities:Geological work;Minerals extraction from deposits;Non-reservoir storage of substances in the subsurface;Storage of waste in the subsurface; andStorage of carbon dioxide in the subsurface.It also sets out the requirements for the protection of mineral deposits, groundwater, and other environmental components in relation to the aforementioned activities. The Act distinguishes between State Treasury ownership and land ownership. State ownership includes hydrocarbons, hard coal, methane deposits accompanying hard coal, lignite, native metals, ores of radioactive elements, native sulphur, rock salt, potassium salt, potassium-magnesium salt, gypsum and anhydrite…

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        • Germany

        • 2021

        Exemptions from electricity taxes for electrolysis

        Germany’s electricity price includes several levies: the KWKG levy for promoting combined heat and power (CHP), the offshore grid levy for financing offshore wind connections, the StromNEV levy to reduce grid charges for energy-intensive industries, and general electricity grid charges. Electrolysis facilities with a commissioning date before 2030 are exempt from the KWKG and offshore grid levies under Section 25 of the Energy Financing Act. They are also exempt from the StromNEV levy and grid charges under Section 9a(1) of the Electricity Tax Act and Section 118(6) of the Energy Industry Act, respectively, with the latter…

        • Policy

        • Senegal

        • 2019

        Law No. 2019-03 on the Petroleum Code

        The Petroleum Code sets the state-owned enterprise Petrosen to be in charge of the research, exploitation and management of all industrial and commercial activities in the field of hydrocarbons. The company can use association permits and contracts with private actors to exploit specific fields.The Petroleum Code stipulates that production sharing contracts must include a clause specifying the obligation to conduct an environmental and social impact assessment. It also specifies that petroleum operations must be conducted in accordance with the Environmental Code and that operators must take the necessary measures to prevent and combat environmental pollution. Furthermore, the Petroleum…

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        • Qatar

        • 2007

        Law No. 3 of 2007 On the Exploitation of Natural Resources

        This law addresses the exploitation of natural wealth and resources, including oil and gas and associated operations. According to Article 2, all natural wealth and resources are owned by the state. As such, no exploitation, transfer or trade of these resources shall be permitted unless within the scope of this law.

         

        The law vests Qatar Petroleum with general and exclusive concession rights. These include rights of reconnaissance, exploration and production of oil and natural gas, as well as hydrocarbon materials and related substances. Qatar Petroleum also has the power to grant any natural or legal person a license to undertake…

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        • Czech Republic

        • 2022

        Emergency plan to mitigate and avoid the effects of natural gas supply

        The Ministry of Industry and Trade established a state of emergency protocol for the gas industry, along with a security of supply standard. This standard categorizes consumers into eight groups based on their gas consumption type and defines five levels to limit gas supplies and five levels to interrupt deliveries to specific customer groups. The final level, known as the emergency stage, involves temporary halting natural gas supplies.

        • Policy

        • Israel

        • 2022

        Fuel Economy Law (Emergency) 5782

        The purpose of this law is to maintain emergency stocks of fuels, notably petroleum and gas products. The emergency stock will be purchased by fuel companies.

        • Policy

        • Algeria

        • 2019

        Law No. 19-13 Governing hydrocarbon activities

        Art 121 states that the satisfaction of the national demand for hydrocarbons is a priority. Depending on the contract, the state-owned enterprise (Sonatrach)s share surpass 51% of the capital. The state-owned agency ALNAFT may ask co-contractor to increase production.

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        • Germany

        • 2023

        National hydrogen strategy (update)

        Target to install 10 GW of electrolysers by 2030, at least 1 800 km of pipeline infrastructure by 2027/2028, and import terminals on German coasts by 2030. This is to meet an increased demand in industry and transport to replace larger shares of natural gas which is estimated at between 95 - 130 TWh, of which 45 - 90 TWh (50%-70%) from imports. Industry total H2 demand estimated at 290 -440 TWh by 2045, power plants for H2 planned for 4.4 GW by 2028

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