CBIC Lists Oil
and Gas Operators under Ntfn No. 50/2017
·
DG Hydrocarbons Certification not
Removed
[CBIC Circular No. 06 /2022-Customs dated 17
March 2022]
Subject: Information regarding details of all Licensee,
Lessee and Contractor project-wise involved in Petroleum Operations.
As a part of the Budget exercise, items used in the
petroleum operations which are eligible for exemption under entry at S. No. 404
of notification No. 50/2017 dated 30th June 2017 as amended by notification No.
02/2022 dated 2nd February 2022, have been rationalized and conditions for
availing exemption under entry at S. No. 404 as well as the procedure for
disposal of goods imported under the exemption have been simplified.
Accordingly, the requirement of certification by DGH is done away with.
2. To facilitate implementation of this notification, DG
(Hydrocarbon) has created a web page (link as below) to provide the details of
the Contractors/ License /Operator for the Blocks currently under Petroleum
Operations which is given as below:
https://online.dghindia.org/upstreamindia/oil_gasblockdetails/info
2.1 Assessing officers may, if required, verify the
details of importer as available on this link
3. The contents of this circular may please be brought to
the notice of trade and industry through the issue of Trade/ Public Notices.
The field formations may also be suitably sensitized in this regard. The
difficulty, if any, in the implementation of this Circular may be brought to
the notice of the Board.
F.
No. CBIC-190354/45/2021-TRU
404. |
27, 31,
38,
39, 73, 82, 84, 85,
87,
89
or 90.
|
Goods specified in column (3) of List 33 when
imported by
a specified person,
in relation with petroleum operations or coal bed methane operations undertaken under: (a) petroleum exploration licenses or mining leases (b) the New Exploration Licensing
Policy (c) the
Marginal Field
Policy (MFP) (d) the Coal Bed Methane Policy (e) the Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing
Policy (HELP) or Open
Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) Explanation.-
- For the purposes of this notification, a specified person
is a licensee, lessee, contractor or
sub-contractor, as defined below:- (i) ‘licensee’
means a person authorised to prospect for mineral oils (which
include petroleum
and natural gas) in
pursuance
of
a petroleum exploration
license granted
under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 made under the provisions of the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 (53 of 1948) (ii) ‘lessee’ means
a person authorised to mine oils (which
include petroleum and natural
gas) in pursuance
of
a petroleum mining lease
granted under the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Rules, 1959
made under the provisions
of the Oilfields (Regulation and
Development) Act, 1948 (53 of 1948) (iii) ‘contractor’ means a company (Indian
or
foreign) or a consortium of companies
with which the
Central Government has entered into an
agreement
in
connection with petroleum operations (consisting of prospecting for
or
extraction or production of
mineral oils) to be undertaken by such company or
consortium (iv) ‘sub-contractor’ means a person engaged by licensee/lessee or contractor for the purpose of conducting petroleum operations on behalf of such licensee/lessee or contractor, as the case maybe [02/01.02.2022 – SNo. 404 amended] |
Nil |
5% |
48 |