‎Here’s what you need to know about amendments to dry gas, LPG distribution law

‎Here’s what you need to know about amendments to dry gas, LPG distribution law

The Saudi Cabinet approved in June the amendments to law of dry gas and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distribution for residential and commercial purposes.

The official gazette, Umm Al Qura, published the amendments, including the following:

First: Amending Article (1) to read as follows:

The following words and phrases - wherever they are in this law - shall have the meanings stated next to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:

Ministry: The Ministry of Energy

Minister: The Minister of Energy

Executive Regulations: The executive regulations for this law

Regulations: The technical and procedural regulations as well as guidelines issued by the ministry and referred to in Article (7) of this law.

Dry gas: It consists mainly of methane, and may include some ethane and small amounts of heavier hydrocarbon compounds and others.

Liquid petroleum gas (LPG): Hydrocarbon products, including a mixture of propane and butane, sold separately or as a mixture, as a fuel or as a feedstock.

Alternative natural gas: Gas produced by mixing LPG with air, and the mixture is similar to the combustion properties of dry gas.

Dry gas distribution network: A network that starts from the entrance to the main pressure-reducing station, and receives dry gas from a pipeline that transports it under high pressure