Tag: Ministry of Energy

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

after perusal of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials issued by Royal Decree D/139 dated 12 Rajab 1447 [1 January 2026],

and the Executive Regulation of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials issued by Ministerial Decision 2433 dated 12 Rajab 1447 [1 January 2026], which stipulates in article 8 that “the ministry may grant a license to practice the operation of establishing a refinery, jetty, or distribution station, when the general conditions mentioned in article 6 of the regulation are met, in addition to submitting a feasibility study that meets the requirements specified by the ministry”, and in article 23, which includes that the licensee shall comply with the requirements approved by the ministry for the packaging of petroleum materials, and in article 29 that the licensee shall comply with the requirements approved by the ministry in the event of importing packaged petroleum materials for the commercial sector, and obtain the prior approval of the ministry for import or export operations according to the requirements contained in the approved requirements manual and published on the website of the ministry,

the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes issued by Royal Decree D/126 dated 1 Dhu Al-Hijja 1438 [23 August 2017], as amended by Royal Decree D/112 dated 9 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1443 [8 June 2022],

and the Regulation of the Activity of Retail Sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders issued by Ministerial Decision 3497 dated 10 Shawwal 1444 [30 April 2023],

and in pursuance of the interest of work,

hereby decides

First

The Requirements Manual for Practising Operations and Activities Subject to the Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials Law and the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Second

The manual referred to in clause First must be published on the website of the ministry, and comes into force on the date of issuance of this decision.

Third

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 23 Sha’ban 1447
Corresponding to: 11 February 2026

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5147 issued on 5 March 2026.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

Based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

after perusal of article 17(5) of the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes issued by Royal Decree D/126 dated 1 Dhu Al-Hijja 1438 [23 August 2017] and its amendments,

article 10(2) of the Energy Supplies Law issued by Royal Decree D/80 dated 4 Jumada Al-Thani 1444 [28 December 2022],

article 20 of the Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials Law issued by Royal Decree D/139 dated 12 Rajab 1446 [12 January 2025],

Royal Order 32043 dated 5 Jumada Al-Awwal 1444 [29 November 2022],

and with reference to Ministerial Decision 3663 dated 10 Ramadan 1446 [10 March 2025], and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The Regulation for Policing Violations and Imposing Punishments attached to this decision is hereby approved.

Second

The Regulation of the Schedule of Violations of the Provisions of the Energy Supplies Law and Its Punishments is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Third

The regulations referred to in the above clauses must be published on the website of the ministry, and come into force from the date of issuance of this decision. They repeal any provisions in conflict with them.

Fourth

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 11 Sha’ban 1447
Corresponding to: 30 January 2026

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5146 issued on 27 February 2026.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

Based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

and after perusal of the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes issued by Royal Decree D/126 dated 1 Dhu Al-Hijja 1438 [23 August 2017], as amended by Royal Decree D/112 dated 9 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1443 [8 June 2022], which stipulates in article 7 that this ministry shall specify in the regulations the guarantees for the achievement of the public interest, including what is stated in paragraph 1, which stipulates the “rules for regulating the aspects of activity”, and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The Regulation of the Activity of Gas Network for Residential and Commercial Purposes is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Second

The regulation must be published on the website of the ministry, and comes into force from the date of issuance of this decision. It repeals any provisions in conflict with it.

Third

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 9 Sha’ban 1447
Corresponding to: 28 January 2026

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5146 issued on 27 February 2026.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

after perusal of article 20 of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials issued by Royal Decree D/139 dated 12 Rajab 1446 [12 January 2025], which stipulates that “the minister shall issue the regulations within 90 days from the date of publication of the law in the official gazette, and they come into force from the date of entry into force of the law,”

and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The Executive Regulation of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Second

The Regulation of the Schedule of Violations and Punishments of the Provisions of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Materials is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Third

The regulations referred to in the above clauses must be published on the website of the ministry, and come into force from the date of issuance of this decision. It repeals all that is in conflict with them.

Fourth

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 12 Rajab 1447
Corresponding to: 1 January 2026

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5147 issued on 5 March 2026.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

after perusal of article 16(2) of the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes issued by Royal Decree D/126 dated 1 Dhu Al-Hijja 1438 [23 August 2017], as amended by Royal Decree D/112 dated 9 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1443 [8 June 2022], which stipulates that “the amount of the fine for each violation must be determined within the limit stipulated in this law, in accordance with a schedule issued by the minister, taking into account the nature of the activity, the violation committed, its gravity in each case, and the aggravating and mitigating circumstances for it”,

and Ministerial Decision 4173 dated 2 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1445 [10 May 2024],

and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The amendment of the Schedule of Violations of the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Second

The schedule must be published on the website of the ministry, and comes into force from the date of issuance of this decision.

Third

This decision replaces Ministerial Decision 4173 dated 2 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1445 [10 May 2024], and repeals all provisions in conflict with it.

Fourth

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 11 Rajab 1447
Corresponding to: 31 December 2025

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5147 issued on 5 March 2026.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

and after perusal of article 11 of the Energy Supply Law issued by Royal Decree D/80 dated 4 Jumada Al-Thani 1444 [28 December 2022], which stipulates that “the Minister shall issue the regulations and the allocation regulation within a period not exceeding 60 days from the date of publication of the law in the official gazette,”

and in pursuance of public interest, hereby decides

First

The Regulation of the Activities of Natural Gas and Its Liquids is hereby approved in the form attached to this decision.

Second

The Regulation of the Activities of Natural Gas and Its Liquids must be published on the website of the ministry.

Third

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 10 Ramadan 1446
Corresponding to: 10 March 2025

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5077 issued on 28 March 2025.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law,

after perusal of article 17(5) of the Law of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distribution for Residential and Commercial Purposes issued by Royal Decree D/126 dated 1 Dhu Al-Hijja 1438 [23 August 2017], amended by Royal Decree D/112 dated 9 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1443 [8 June 2022], stipulating that “the minister shall issue the controls for policing, proving, and investigating violations of the provisions of this law”,

and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The Controls for Policing, Proving, and Investigating Violations of the Provisions of the Law of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distribution for Residential and Commercial Purposes is hereby approved in the form attached.

Second

The controls must be published on the website of the ministry.

Third

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant orders, laws, regulations, instructions, policies, and procedures, and any further developments related to them.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 10 Ramadan 1446
Corresponding to: 10 March 2025

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5081 issued on 11 April 2025.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law, after perusal of the Energy Supply Law issued by Royal Decree D/80 4 Jumada Al-Thani 1444 [28 December 2022], and Ministerial Decision 1-1229-1440 of 27 Safar 1440 [5 November 2018], regarding the renewal of License 1 of the Natural Gas Distribution Company to Build, Own, and Operate a Dry Gas Distribution Network in the Second Industrial City of Riyadh, and in pursuance of public interest,

hereby decides

First

The service area is hereby modified according to the limits shown in the map attached.

Second

The terms and conditions applicable in the licence and its annexes apply to all that is not stipulated in the amendments issued in this decision.

Third

This decision is subject to all the provisions of the orders, laws, regulations, instructions, procedures, relevant decisions, and any of its amendments.

Fourth

This decision comes into force on the date of its publication in the official gazette, and continues to be applicable until the contrary is issued. It repeals all decisions in conflict with it.

Fifth

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it.

May Allah provide success.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 17 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1448
Corresponding to: 24 April 2027

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5037 issued on 5 July 2024.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law, and after perusal of clause Third of Royal Decree D/15 dated 11 Rabi Al-Awwal 1424 [13 May 2003], by which the Law of Expropriating of Real Estate for Public Benefit and Temporary Seizure of Real Estate (the Law) was issued, and the provisions of the law.

hereby decides

First

The procedures for expropriating a part of the plot of land owned under Instrument 394169002617 dated 14 Safar 1445 [31 August 2023], located in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, overlapping with the aerial line campus, with a voltage of 380 KV, which connects Rabigh Generation Station (1) with the line connecting the High Pressure Station in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the North of Makkah Al-Mukarramah Station, with a total area of 1,190.68 m2 (one thousand one hundred and ninety square meters and sixty-eight square centimeters), in accordance with the attached cadastral decision, hereby commence for the benefit of the Saudi Electricity Company.

Second

The Saudi Electricity Company shall notify this decision to the relevant entities referred to in articles 6 and 7 of the law, in order to nominate its representatives in each of the Real Estate Description and Inventory Committee and the Real Estate Compensation Assessment Committee, within a period not exceeding 15 (fifteen) days from the issuance of this decision. The company shall call for the meetings, prepare the minutes, and take the necessary measures to carry out the tasks of each committee.

Third

The Saudi Electricity Company shall notify the holders of the rights over the real estate whose expropriation is decided of the compensation assessed for them, and it shall also inform the owners and occupants of the real estate that it must be vacated within the period specified by the company, provided that it is not less than 30 days from the date of notification of the eviction, in accordance with the provisions of articles 16 and 17 of the law.

Fourth

The Saudi Electricity Company shall pay compensation to rights holders in accordance with the decision of the Real Estate Compensation Assessment Committee, and the disbursement procedures shall be carried out before the date specified for vacating the real estate, provided that the amount of compensation is not delivered to its owner until after the delivery of the real estate, and it is documented by the notary public or the court. The compensation must be disbursed within two years from the date of the decision approving the commencement of the expropriation procedures in accordance with the provisions of article 18 of the Law.

Fifth

The concerned parties may file a grievance before the Board of Grievances against the decisions made by the committees in accordance with the law, within 60 days from the date they are notified of the decision.

Sixth

This decision must be published in the official gazette and in two daily newspapers distributed in the region. A copy of the announcement must also be posted at the headquarters of the company, at the headquarters of the project, in the court, in the principality, governorate, or centre, and in the municipality in whose jurisdiction the property is located.

Seventh

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it.

Minister of Energy
Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 6 Shawwal 1445
Corresponding to: 15 April 2024

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5035 issued on 7 June 2024.

Arabic

The Minister of Energy,

based on the powers entrusted to him by law, and after perusal of clause Third of Royal Decree D/15 dated 11 Rabi Al-Awwal 1424 [13 May 2003], by which the Law of Expropriation of Real Estate for Public Benefit and Temporary Seizure of Real Estate (the “law”) was issued, and the provisions of the law,

hereby decides

First

The commencement of the procedures for expropriating a part of the plot of land owned under deed 371404012110 dated 3 Rabi Al-Thani 1445 [18 October 2023], located in the city of Abha, overlapping with the buffer of the aerial line of the voltage 132 kV, connecting Al-Qurair Station with the Abha Cooperative Housing Station, with a total area of 304.72 m2 (Three hundred and four square meters and seventy-two square centimeters), in accordance with the attached cadastral decision, for the benefit of the Saudi Electricity Company is hereby approved.

Second

The Saudi Electricity Company shall notify this decision to the relevant entities referred to in articles 6 and 7 of the law, in order to name its representatives in each of the Real Estate Description and Inventory Committee and the Real Estate Compensation Valuation Committee, within a period not exceeding 15 (fifteen) days from the issuance of this decision. The company shall call for the meetings, prepare the minutes, and take the necessary measures to carry out the tasks of each committee.

Third

The Saudi Electricity Company shall notify the owners of the rights over the real estate whose expropriation is decided of the compensation determined to them, and it shall also inform the owners and occupants of the real estate that it must be vacated within the period specified by the company, provided that it is not less than 30 (thirty) days from the date of notification of the eviction, in accordance with the provisions of articles 16 and 17 of the law.

Fourth

The Saudi Electricity Company shall pay compensation to rights holders in accordance with the decision of the Real Estate Compensation Valuation Committee, and the disbursement procedures shall be carried out before the date specified for vacating the property, provided that the amount of compensation is not delivered to its owner until after the delivery of the property and its documentation by the notary public or the court. The compensation must be disbursed within two years from the date of the decision approving the commencement of the expropriation procedures in accordance with the provisions of article 18 of the Law.

Fifth

Stakeholders may file a grievance before the board of grievances against the decisions made by the committees in accordance with the system, within 60 (sixty) days from the date they are notified of the decision.

Sixth

This decision must be published in the official gazette and in two daily newspapers distributed in the region. A copy of the announcement must also be posted at the headquarters of the company, at the headquarters of the project, in the court, in the emirate, governorate, or centre, and in the municipality in whose jurisdiction the property is located.

Seventh

This decision must be communicated to those who are required to implement it and act on it.

Minister of Energy
 Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Issued on: 6 Shawwal 1445
Corresponding to: 15 April 2024

Published in Umm Al-Qura 5035 issued on 7 June 2024.