Petroleum Mining Act · 2022 Revised Edition
4. Invitation to bid
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The State Party may invite persons to bid for a petroleum mining
State Party
“State Party” means — (a) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council; (b) the Government or any of its lawful authorities (including, without limitation, the Secretary to the Council of Ministers or a Minister) designated by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act on behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council; or (c) Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam or any of the Authority’s representatives acting on the Authority’s behalf.
Agreement in respect of any Onshore State Land or Offshore State Land for the purposes of exploration, prospecting for and the mining of petroleum or any of them, and any person so bidding shall conform to such terms and
Onshore State Land
“Onshore State Land” means State Land other than within the area of the Continental Shelf including the foreshores and submarine areas beneath the territorial waters of Brunei Darussalam;
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petroleum
“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;
conditions as are imposed by the State Party in the invitation to bid. Any person so bidding is referred to in the Act as the applicant.
person
“person” means and includes any individual or group of individuals and any company, corporation or other body;
Terms defined in s 2
Offshore State Land
Defined · s 2“Offshore State Land” means State Land within the area of the Continental Shelf;
Onshore State Land
Defined · s 2“Onshore State Land” means State Land other than within the area of the Continental Shelf including the foreshores and submarine areas beneath the territorial waters of Brunei Darussalam;
person
Defined · s 2“person” means and includes any individual or group of individuals and any company, corporation or other body;
petroleum
Defined · s 2“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;
petroleum mining Agreement
Defined · s 2“petroleum mining Agreement” means an agreement with regard to exploration, prospecting and mining for petroleum or any of them that the State Party enters into under this Act. For the avoidance of doubt, petroleum mining Agreements shall include, without limitation, any licences, leases, concessions, production sharing agreements and service agreements with regard to exploration, prospecting and mining for petroleum or any of them entered into by the State Party in accordance with this Act;
State Party
Defined · s 2“State Party” means — (a) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council; (b) the Government or any of its lawful authorities (including, without limitation, the Secretary to the Council of Ministers or a Minister) designated by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act on behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council; or (c) Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam or any of the Authority’s representatives acting on the Authority’s behalf.