PETROLEUM ACT B.E. 2514 Bhumibol Adulyadej P.R. Given on the 26th Day of March, B.E. 2514 Being the 26th Year of the Present Reign. Section 1. This Act shall be called the "Petroleum Act, B.E.2514".Section 2. This Act shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.Section 3. Those provisions of all other laws, regulations and rules in so far as they are stipulated herein or are contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions hereof shall be replaced hereby.Division 1 : General ProvisionsSection 4. In this Act, "petroleum operation" means the exploration, production, storage,transport, sale, or disposal of petroleum; "petroleum" means crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquid, by-products and other naturally occurring hydrocarbons in a free state, whether solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous, and it shall include all heavy hydrocarbons which can be recovered in situ by thermal or chemical processes,but shal...