Deep Drilling - Gas Storages Mining Police Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Baden-Württemberg Document type Regulation Date 1981 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleMining Police Ordinance by the Minister for Economy on deep drilling, the extraction of minerals by drilling, as well as the construction and the running of gas storages. Subject Energy, Mineral resources Keyword Natural gas Transport/storage Mining Inspection Exploration Oil Offences/penalties Minerals Authorization/permit Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to deep drilling, the extraction of minerals by drilling, as well as the construction and the running of gas storages. The text consists of 109 articles divided into 14 chapters as follows: Sphere of application and definition of terms (I); Labour protection and protection of the environment (II); Technical devices (III); Explosion protection (IV); Fire protection (V); Management of gas protection (VI); Scaffoldings (VII); Drilling activities (VIII); Drilling promotion (IX); Caverns (X); Pipeline to transport petroleum, natural gas and other substances (XI); Monitoring of drilling activities (XII); Plan of drilling activities (XIII); Final provisions (XIV). Full text German Website www.baden-wuerttemberg.de