Rules and regulations for the energy industry - Saudi national portal

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
Country	Saudi Arabia
Year	2016
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, State-owned enterprises
Document Type	Web Page
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?, 1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.5a: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the list of companies that submitted license applications (in the case of a first-come, first served; or negotiation round) or bids (in the case of an auction)?, 1.1.5b: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the identity of the winning bidder or applicant?, 1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?, 1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?, 1.4.7a: Are there rules that govern how the SOE should select the buyers of its production?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	Saudi National Portal
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Source or API link	http://www.saudi.gov.sa/wps/portal/saudi/RulesandRegulations
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute