— Oil & Gas Local Content
All 14 producer countries.
Pick a country. Read the rule in plain English. See what qualifies you to bid.
United States
Americas
Buy American Act & Jones Act · 1933 / 1920
The US has no single oil & gas local content law. Instead, sector-adjacent statutes (Buy American on federally funded projects, the Jones Act on coastwise shipping, state severance and content preferences) apply.
Mexico
Americas
Hydrocarbons Law (Ley de Hidrocarburos) · 2014
Post-reform Mexican hydrocarbons contracts include a minimum national content requirement that ramps over the contract life, tracked by CNH and audited by the Ministry of Economy.
Brazil
Americas
ANP Local Content Policy · 1999, revised 2017/2023
Brazil's local content commitments are set per bid round and audited by ANP. Current rounds emphasize competitive local supply; older concession blocks still carry firm percentage commitments.
Canada
Americas
Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Benefits Plans · Atlantic Accord (1985)
Atlantic Canada requires each offshore project to file a Benefits Plan committing to first-consideration procurement, employment, and R&D in the region.
United Kingdom
Europe
North Sea Transition Deal & Supply Chain Principles · 2021
The UK uses voluntary supply chain commitments rather than a hard local-content quota. Operators publish share-of-work targets and are held to them through NSTA stewardship.
Norway
Europe
Petroleum Act & Competitive Tender Regime · 1996 (amended)
Norway does not impose numerical local-content quotas. Instead, transparent competitive tenders combined with a highly developed domestic supply cluster produce strong national participation.
United Arab Emirates
Middle East
ADNOC In-Country Value (ICV) Program · 2018
ICV scores every ADNOC supplier on local goods, services, Emiratization, and investment. Scores directly weight bid evaluation across the ADNOC group and, increasingly, the wider UAE economy.
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
IKTVA — In-Kingdom Total Value Add · 2015
IKTVA measures the localization of goods, services, workforce, training, and supplier development. Aramco targets 70% IKTVA by 2030 and drives its supply chain toward that target through scored evaluation.
Nigeria
Africa
Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act · 2010
One of the world's most prescriptive local-content regimes. Sets minimum Nigerian participation across engineering, fabrication, materials, services, and workforce, with a Nigerian Content Plan required for every project.
Angola
Africa
Presidential Decree 271/20 — Local Content Regulation · 2020
Angolan regulation classifies goods and services into exclusive, priority, and competitive regimes. Exclusive-regime items must be provided by Angolan companies.
Malaysia
Asia-Pacific
PETRONAS Licensing & Registration + Vendor Development · Ongoing
PETRONAS operates a mandatory licensing and registration regime for any company supplying its upstream, downstream, or LNG operations, coupled with a Vendor Development Program favoring Bumiputera-owned SMEs.
Australia
Asia-Pacific
Australian Industry Participation (AIP) Plans · 2013
Major projects (typically ≥ AUD 500m) must file an AIP Plan giving Australian suppliers full, fair, and reasonable opportunity to bid. State AIP variants apply to onshore LNG and gas processing.
Ghana
Africa
Petroleum (Local Content & Local Participation) Regulations · 2013 (L.I. 2204)
L.I. 2204 sets minimum Ghanaian equity participation, ramping goods and services localization targets, and mandatory joint ventures for foreign suppliers in defined categories.
Qatar
Middle East
Tawteen — In-Country Value Program · 2019
Tawteen scores suppliers on in-country manufacturing, services, and workforce localization, and channels QatarEnergy demand toward higher-ICV suppliers, especially in LNG expansion tenders.
