UK Statutory Instrument 2018 United Kingdom

The Oil and Gas Authority (Offshore Petroleum) (Retention of Information and Samples) Regulations 2018

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Part 1 — General

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s.001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

s.002

Application

Part 2 — Retention of petroleum-related information

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s.003

Information acquired or created under an offshore licence

s.004

Information acquired or created under a production licence

s.005

Pipeline information

s.006

Information relating to relevant offshore installations and upstream petroleum infrastructure other than pipelines

s.007

Duration of retention

Part 3 — Retention of petroleum-related samples

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s.008

Interpretation

s.009

Petroleum samples

s.010

Strata samples

s.011

Duration of retention

Enforcement and responsible bodies

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NSTA

North Sea Transition Authority

Licenses and regulates the UK oil and gas, offshore hydrogen, and carbon storage industries. Issues petroleum production licences and CO2 storage licences. …

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Energy Act 2016 2016 Primary Act

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