Legal Regulation of the Use of Minerals in Foreign Countries

The paper analyzes the legal regulation of the use of adsorbed natural gas in foreign countries in terms of civil transactions and requirements related to fire and industrial safety. The following countries were selected as the research object: Azerbaijan, Botswana, India, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Namibia, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, the United States of America, Uzbekistan, Eswatini, South-African Republic, Japan.

The study highlights the differences in approaches to regulating this technology, which is new to the energy industry in the world, but very promising. In some countries, regulation does not yet allow for this type of fuel or leaves it outside the rationing framework, and in some, it allows for such technology to be put into circulation in an experimental mode. In general, various jurisdictions rely on the actual application of such technology in world practice as a criterion for its regulatory consolidation. The conclusion is made about the possibility of using foreign experience in regulating adsorbed natural gas in the Russian Federation, where this technology is not regulated by law.

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