Petroleum and Gas (Royalty) Regulation 2021
sec.20Petroleum royalty for supply gas
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sec.20 Petroleum royalty for supply gas
If petroleum produced by a petroleum producer in a royalty return period is supply gas, the producer must pay petroleum royalty for the period on the volume of supply gas produced in the period at the following rate— if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is not more than $3 per gigajoule—0.05 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $0 per gigajoule; if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is more than $3, but not more than $8, per gigajoule—15 cents per gigajoule plus 0.10 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $3 per gigajoule; if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is more than $8 per gigajoule—65 cents per gigajoule plus 0.125 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $8 per gigajoule.
- (a) if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is not more than $3 per gigajoule—0.05 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $0 per gigajoule;
- (b) if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is more than $3, but not more than $8, per gigajoule—15 cents per gigajoule plus 0.10 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $3 per gigajoule;
- (c) if the average sales price for supply gas for the producer for the period is more than $8 per gigajoule—65 cents per gigajoule plus 0.125 cents per gigajoule for each 1 cent per gigajoule more than $8 per gigajoule.