Home

— Oil & Gas Local Content

All 14 producer countries.

Pick a country. Read the rule in plain English. See what qualifies you to bid.

Filter by region

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNGRefining
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNGPetrochemicals
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNGServices
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNGPetrochemicals
Deep dive

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.

OnshoreOffshoreLNGRefiningPetrochemicals
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreOnshoreLNGPetrochemicals
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNGOnshore
Deep dive

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.

OffshoreLNG
Deep dive

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.

LNGOffshorePetrochemicals
Deep dive
Safety Is Required at Every Location
ERUVOCHAIN Agent Safety & Professional Standards — PPE, site rules, and conduct.