Petroleum Act

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Year 2014
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?,
1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring? Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law
Publisher Ministry of Legal Affairs
Author TTParliament
Source or API link http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/TTO-2016-HY
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute