sec.15When petroleum is produced

### sec.15 When petroleum is produced Petroleum is produced when it is— recovered to ground level from a natural underground reservoir in which it has been contained; or released to ground level from a natural underground reservoir from which it is extracted. If, under the Mineral Resources Act a coal or oil shale mining lease holder mines coal seam gas, for this Act, the lease holder produces it. s 15 amd 2005 No. 3 s 105 sch ; 2007 No. 46 s 161 ; 2011 No. 2 s 101 (sec.15-ssec.1) Petroleum is produced when it is— recovered to ground level from a natural underground reservoir in which it has been contained; or released to ground level from a natural underground reservoir from which it is extracted. (sec.15-ssec.2) If, under the Mineral Resources Act a coal or oil shale mining lease holder mines coal seam gas, for this Act, the lease holder produces it. - (a) recovered to ground level from a natural underground reservoir in which it has been contained; or - (b) released to ground level from a natural underground reservoir from which it is extracted.