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Bureau of Hydrocarbons

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The Bureau of Hydrocarbons is part of the Ministry of Industry.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CMI-02 Reg 02 of 05 ΰΌΆ Est 1947
Headquarters Curacao Commonwealth Petroleum Precinct
Scale 12 offices
33,340 staff
Bureau of Hydrocarbons
Bureau of the Ministry of Industry
Employees 33,340
Established 1947
Headquarters Commonwealth Petroleum Precinct, Curacao

The Bureau of Hydrocarbons regulates oil and gas in the Commonwealth, mostly through Commonwealth Oil, the national oil company. It licenses the offshore fields and assesses the royalty on what they produce, which is 55 per cent of receipts. It is part of the Ministry of Industry.

Since most of the country runs on nuclear power, the bureau is concerned mostly with exports, and the Commonwealth does well with them – oil and gas raised about ✦100 billion in 2063.

The bureau was established in 1947, and is the oldest in the ministry. Most of the oil it licenses is raised offshore, in the fields of the Kalina republics, off Kala and around Hetland, and is refined at Sullom Voe in Hetland and at the large refineries of Aruba and Curacao. There are very few pipelines over land, and so most crude oil moves between the islands by tanker. Undersea pipelines also connect the Commonwealth to the oil grids of the United States and South America. Commonwealth Oil moved its headquarters from Oslola to Kairi in 2044 to be closer to the West Indies fields.

Departments 3 departments, 12 offices, 33,340 staff

Department of Production & Refining

23,400

Crude oil and natural gas, and their refining.

  • Offshore Fields Office

    5 stations

  • Onshore Fields Office

    1 stations

  • Refineries Office

    2 stations

  • Testing Office

Department of Distribution & Reserves

8,620

Pipelines, depots, strategic stocks and emergency supply.

  • Pipelines Office

    1 stations

  • Depots Office

    4 stations

  • Strategic Stocks Office

    1 stations

  • Emergency Fuel Office

    2 stations

Department of Minor Hydrocarbons

1,320

Synthetic and substitute fuels.

  • Synthetic Fuels Office

  • Biomass Office

  • Office of Coal Liquefaction

  • Fuel Research Office

Constituents 5 bodies
Commonwealth Oil:
The national oil and gas company.
Commonwealth Petroleum Commission
Licensing of oil fields and the royalty on crude oil.
Commonwealth Natural Gas Commission
Natural gas and its liquefaction.
Fuel Distribution Service
Fuel depots and filling stations in the republics.
Synthetic Fuel Research Office
Research on synthetic fuels.