English translation published by the NBR in its bilingual Regulations file (marked unofficial). The Arabic text published in the Official Gazette remains the legal reference in the event of any discrepancy.
Zero rating covers oil, gas and hydrocarbons; exploration and exploitation rights; field, refining, processing, transport, distribution and storage Services; and required specialist Services. Consumables and equipment qualify only where used directly and exclusively in those activities. Derived products such as fertiliser and plastics are excluded.
Energy companies, contractors, field Service providers, Suppliers and importers.
The key boundary is direct and exclusive use. A purchase by an oil company is not enough, and a derived plastic product does not follow crude oil treatment.
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Link Supply to covered activity
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Identify the covered activity.
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Evidence specialist Service necessity.
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Document direct and exclusive use of inputs and equipment.
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Separate general or multi-use assets.
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Exclude fertiliser, plastics and other derived products.
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Keep contract, work order and site-use evidence.
Connected provisions
Official guides and tools
Connected Madar tools
Drilling chemical and office laptop
A chemical documented for direct and exclusive use in covered drilling may be tested for zero rating. A general office laptop used across the business does not qualify merely because the buyer is an oil company.
Questions to help you apply it
- What covered activity?
- Is use direct?
- Is it exclusive?
- Is the item a derived product?
- What links it to the site?