# Petroleum Act 1998, Section 1: Meaning of “petroleum”.


In this Part of this Act “petroleum”—
(a) includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata; but
(b) does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-1
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