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Methodical Instruction of the Ministry of Natural Resources on state geological inspection of the facilities for geological exploration and mining of oil, gas and underground gas storage facilities.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Oil Exploration Mining Minerals Inspection Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Methodical Instruction shall have as its purpose supervision over the observance by subsoil managers of the rules and regulations governing geological exploration, prospecting and extraction of minerals, the modalities of granting subsoil plots through licensing, mandatory payments for subsoil management and the modalities of cessation of subsoil management. The scope of geological inspection shall be exercise control over drilling technology, operation of boreholes, mining operations, terms and conditions of underground gas storage, subsoil and environmental monitoring. The goal of geological inspection shall be enforcement of norms regulating methods and technique of exploration and prospecting of subsoil. The main form of inspection shall be verification inspection oilfield and gas field development sites. Inspection certificate (Annex 3) and order on elimination of violations (Annex 4) shall be issued by state geological inspectors by the results of verification inspection.

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