Meridian EVALUATE · Reference
Fiscal coverage.The catalogue, record by record.
Source-based fiscal logic across 118 live regime, contract-generation and overlay configurations in 27 jurisdictions and 4 cross-border arrangement areas, current and legacy-active contract generations alike.
118Live fiscal configurations
27Jurisdictions
4Cross-border arrangement areas
Meridian’s fiscal coverage spans 118 configurations in 27 jurisdictions and 4 cross-border arrangements across Asia-Pacific and its surrounding regions, with further configurations in live development. Each configuration is built from source-based fiscal research and governed by its applicable regime and version. Legacy (Active Contracts) records are built and supported for projects and contracts still governed by them; where a version boundary is agreement-specific it is shown as such.
| Jurisdiction | Configuration | Type | Status | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Material legacy / named-contract presetOnshore · Amu Darya / other material awarded acreage · Historical / project-specific — agreement-specific vintages | Project preset | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Afghanistan | Exploration and Production Sharing ContractOnshore · National / sedimentary basins · Present legal / contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Afghanistan | Service and Production Sharing ContractOnshore · Producing / rehabilitation assets · Present / project-specific framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Australia | Commonwealth crude-oil exciseOnshore + offshore — field-dependent · Commonwealth overlay · Present / legacy field-dependent (2026) | Overlay | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Australia | Commonwealth offshore petroleum — standard PRRTOffshore · Commonwealth waters · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | Offshore decommissioning trailing liability + cost-recovery levyOffshore · Commonwealth waters · Present — trailing-liability reforms effective 2 March 2022; applicable title population from 1 January 2021; levy from FY2021–22 | Overlay | Current | 2021– |
| Australia | NSW petroleum fiscal regimeOnshore · New South Wales · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | North West Shelf legacy fiscal regimeOffshore · North West Shelf / WA Commonwealth waters · Historical / active legacy (project vintage; active 2026) | Regime | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Australia | Northern Territory petroleum fiscal regimeOnshore / applicable coastal waters · Northern Territory · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | Queensland conventional gas, CSG and LNG-linked valuationOnshore · Queensland · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | Queensland conventional oil and condensateOnshore · Queensland · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | South Australian petroleum fiscal regimeOnshore / coastal waters · South Australia · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | Tasmanian petroleum fiscal regimeOnshore / state waters · Tasmania · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | Victorian petroleum fiscal regimeOnshore / coastal waters · Victoria · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | WA standard petroleum royalty regimeOnshore + coastal waters · Western Australia · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Australia | WA State Agreement / project-specific fiscal overlayProject-dependent · Western Australia · Historical + Present; agreement-specific vintages | Overlay | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Bangladesh | Offshore Model PSC 2023 — deepwaterOffshore · Deepwater · Present — 2023– | Contract generation | Current | 2023– |
| Bangladesh | Material legacy offshore PSC generationOffshore · Existing offshore acreage · Historical / active legacy — 2012/2019 etc. separated where material | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Bangladesh | Material legacy onshore PSC generationOnshore · Producing onshore acreage · Historical / active legacy — contract-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Bangladesh | Offshore Model PSC 2023 — shallow waterOffshore · Shallow water · Present — 2023– | Contract generation | Current | 2023– |
| Brunei Darussalam | Legacy Petroleum Mining Agreement / concessionOnshore + offshore — predominantly offshore · National · Historical / active legacy — agreement-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Brunei Darussalam | Modern PSCOffshore / applicable acreage · National · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Brunei Darussalam | Risk-service / JV / other distinct active contract formProject-dependent · National · Conditional Present — only if verified material | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Brunei–Malaysia Commercial Arrangement Areas | Malaysia–Brunei CAA fiscal frameworkOffshore · CA1 / CA2 Commercial Arrangement Areas · Present / active cross-border framework (2026) | Cross-border framework | Current | — |
| Cambodia | Block A / Apsara PSCOffshore · Block A / Gulf of Thailand · Historical / project-specific legacy | Project preset | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Cambodia | Current negotiated PSC / model petroleum-agreement frameworkOnshore + offshore where awarded · National · Present framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| China | Coalbed-methane foreign-cooperation regimeOnshore · CBM acreage · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| China | Offshore foreign-cooperation petroleum contractOffshore · Chinese offshore areas · Present / contract-vintage dependent (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| China | Onshore foreign-cooperation petroleum contractOnshore · Chinese onshore areas · Present / contract-vintage dependent (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| China | Domestic conventional petroleum licence / tax regimeOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| China | Grandfathered pre-resource-tax cooperative contractOnshore + offshore · Qualifying cooperative contracts · Historical / active legacy — contracts signed before 1 November 2011 | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | –2011 |
| China | Shale / tight-gas / deepwater / EOR incentive overlayOnshore + offshore · Qualifying projects · Present (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| India | Coalbed Methane contractOnshore · CBM acreage · Present / active contract generations (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| India | HELP/OALP Revenue Sharing Contract — deepwater & ultra-deepwaterOffshore · Deepwater + ultra-deepwater · Present — 2016– | Contract generation | Current | 2016– |
| India | DSF Revenue Sharing ContractOnshore + offshore where offered · Discovered Small Fields · Present (2016-era programme onward) | Contract generation | Current | 2016– |
| India | HELP/OALP Revenue Sharing Contract — onshore & shallow waterOnshore + shallow offshore · HELP/OALP acreage · Present — 2016– | Contract generation | Current | 2016– |
| India | Production Enhancement Contract / mature-field contractOnshore / mature nomination fields · Mature fields · Present / project-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| India | Pre-NELP / discovered-field PSCOnshore + offshore · National / awarded acreage · Historical / active legacy — principally pre-1999 award generation | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | –1999 |
| India | NELP cost-recovery PSCOnshore + offshore · NELP acreage · Historical / active legacy — NELP 1999–2016 award framework | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | 1999–2016 |
| India | ONGC / OIL nomination blocksOnshore + offshore · Nomination acreage · Historical / active legacy — pre-NELP nomination era; producing assets remain | Regime | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Indonesia | Current cost-recovery PSC frameworkOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Indonesia | Gross Split PSC — 2017/2020 generationOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / grandfathered (2017/2020–2024 generation) | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | 2017–2024 |
| Indonesia | Gross Split PSC — 2024 generationOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2024–) | Contract generation | Current | 2024– |
| Indonesia | Later-generation cost-recovery PSCOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / active legacy — generation boundary to be locked | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Indonesia | Legacy cost-recovery PSC — tax-paid / assume-and-discharge generationsOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / active legacy — contract-vintage specific | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Japan | Mining-right / licence tax-and-royalty regimeOnshore + offshore · National + applicable prefectural / local overlays · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Kazakhstan | Improved Model Contract — complex offshore / deep projectOffshore / deep / complex · Caspian + qualifying complex projects · Present — in force 10 January 2023– | Contract generation | Current | 2023– |
| Kazakhstan | General hydrocarbon subsoil-use tax regimeOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Kazakhstan | Legacy Production Sharing AgreementsOffshore / project-dependent · North Caspian / other stabilised projects · Historical / active legacy — agreement-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Kazakhstan | Complex onshore project special regimeOnshore · Qualifying complex onshore projects · Present — 2026 treatment to be separately locked | Regime | Current | — |
| Kazakhstan | Alternative Subsoil Use Tax regimeOffshore + qualifying complex onshore · Qualifying projects · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Kazakhstan | Legacy stabilised concession / JV agreementOnshore · Tengiz / other qualifying mega-projects · Historical / active legacy — agreement-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Laos | Negotiated hydrocarbon concession / PSC frameworkOnshore · National · Present legal framework / conditional materiality (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Enhanced Profitability Terms / shallow-water PSCOnshore + offshore where awarded — predominantly offshore · Applicable Malaysian acreage · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Revenue-over-Cost PSCOnshore + offshore where awarded — predominantly offshore · Applicable Malaysian acreage · Present / active contracts (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Deepwater PSCOffshore · Deepwater acreage · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | EOR-specific PSC termsOnshore + offshore where applicable · EOR projects · Present / contract-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Risk Service Contract / marginal-field contractOnshore + offshore where applicable · Marginal / service-contract assets · Present + active legacy contracts (2026) | Contract generation | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Malaysia | Late Life Asset PSCOnshore + offshore where applicable · Mature / late-life assets · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Peninsular Malaysia fiscal overlayOnshore + offshore · Peninsular Malaysia · Present (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Sabah fiscal / state-participation overlayOnshore + offshore · Sabah · Present (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Sarawak / PETROS fiscal and state-participation overlayOnshore + offshore · Sarawak · Present (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| Malaysia | Small Field Asset PSCOnshore + offshore where applicable · Small-field acreage · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Malaysia–Thailand Joint Development Area | MTJDA PSCOffshore · Malaysia–Thailand Joint Development Area · Present / active cross-border framework (2026) | Cross-border framework | Current | — |
| Malaysia–Vietnam Commercial Arrangement Area | PM3 CAA PSC + Upstream Gas Sales Agreement frameworkOffshore · PM3 Commercial Arrangement Area · Present / active cross-border legacy framework (2026) | Cross-border framework | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Mongolia | Unconventional petroleum / coalbed-methane PSCOnshore · CBM / unconventional acreage · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Mongolia | Conventional petroleum PSCOnshore · Conventional petroleum basins · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Myanmar | Deepwater offshore PSCOffshore · Deepwater · Present / active-contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Myanmar | Improved-recovery or mature-field contractOnshore + offshore where applicable · Mature / improved-recovery projects · Conditional / project-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Myanmar | Onshore PSCOnshore · National onshore · Present / active-contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Myanmar | Shallow-water offshore PSCOffshore · Shallow water · Present / active-contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Nepal | Petroleum exploration and production agreement / licenceOnshore · National · Present legal framework / materiality check (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| New Zealand | Post-1986 material legacy licence generationOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / grandfathered — 1986 onward legacy permits | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | 1986– |
| New Zealand | Pre-1986 licence + Energy Resources Levy generationOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / grandfathered — pre-1 January 1986 discoveries / licences | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | –1986 |
| New Zealand | Current petroleum permit — AVR/APR regimeOnshore + offshore · National Crown minerals · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Offshore PSA — deepwaterOffshore · Deepwater · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Flare-gas / otherwise-wasted-gas policy overlayOnshore · Flare / wasted-gas projects · Conditional Present (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Low-BTU Gas PolicyOnshore · Low-heating-value gas projects · Present / policy-vintage controlled | Overlay | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Marginal and Stranded Fields PolicyOnshore · Marginal / stranded fields · Present / policy-vintage controlled | Overlay | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Tight Gas PolicyOnshore · Qualifying tight-gas projects · Present — 2024 policy generation | Overlay | Current | 2024– |
| Pakistan | Offshore PSA — shallow waterOffshore · Shallow water · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Offshore PSA — ultra-deepwaterOffshore · Ultra-deepwater · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Onshore concession — Zone IOnshore · Zone I · Present (2026; policy-vintage controlled) | Regime | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Onshore concession — Zone IIOnshore · Zone II · Present (2026; policy-vintage controlled) | Regime | Current | — |
| Pakistan | Onshore concession — Zone IIIOnshore · Zone III · Present (2026; policy-vintage controlled) | Regime | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Other / future material project-agreement frameworkOnshore + offshore · Future material projects · Present configurable framework (2026) | Project preset | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Standard Oil and Gas Act petroleum-licence regimeOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | P'nyang LNG / Gas Agreement presetOnshore · P'nyang project · Project-specific / active (2026) | Project preset | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua LNG Gas Agreement presetOnshore → LNG export chain · Papua LNG project · Project-specific / active (2026) | Project preset | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Pasca A project agreement / licence presetOffshore · Pasca A · Project-specific / active (2026) | Project preset | Current | — |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG LNG Gas Agreement presetOnshore → LNG export chain · PNG LNG project · Project-specific / active (2026) | Project preset | Current | — |
| Philippines | Bangsamoro petroleum fiscal / revenue-sharing overlayOnshore + offshore where applicable · Bangsamoro / BARMM · Present if applicable (2026); scope-confirmation record | Overlay | Current | — |
| Philippines | PD 87 petroleum Service ContractOnshore + offshore · National · Present / active framework (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| South Korea | Offshore concession / licence regimeOffshore · Korean offshore acreage · Present exploration framework (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Sri Lanka | Legacy offshore PSC / licence generationOffshore · Material legacy licensed acreage · Historical / active legacy if surviving — contract-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Sri Lanka | Current Petroleum Resources Act licence / model petroleum agreementOnshore + offshore — principally offshore · National · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Taiwan | CPC foreign-cooperation PSC / JVOnshore + offshore — predominantly offshore foreign participation · CPC cooperation acreage · Present / contract-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Taiwan | Domestic concession / licence regimeOnshore + offshore · Domestic acreage · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Thailand | Thai I concessionOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / grandfathered — awards before 1982; introduced 1971 | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | 1971–1982 |
| Thailand | Thai II concessionOnshore + offshore · National · Historical / grandfathered — 1982–1988 generation | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | 1982–1988 |
| Thailand | Thai III concession — including Special Remuneratory BenefitOnshore + offshore · National · Present / active generation — 1989– | Contract generation | Current | 1989– |
| Thailand | Thailand petroleum service contractOnshore + offshore where designated · National · Present legal framework / potentially dormant — 2017– | Contract generation | Current | 2017– |
| Thailand | Thailand Production Sharing ContractOnshore + offshore — currently particularly offshore · National / designated PSC blocks · Present — legal framework 2017– | Contract generation | Current | 2017– |
| Timor-Leste | Timor-Leste exclusive-area PSCOnshore + offshore · Timor-Leste exclusive jurisdiction · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Timor-Leste / Australia | Legacy JPDA PSC + taxationOffshore · Former Joint Petroleum Development Area · Historical / grandfathered — JPDA era to 2019; surviving project treatment retained | Cross-border framework | Legacy (Active Contracts) | –2019 |
| Timor-Leste / Australia | Greater Sunrise Special RegimeOffshore · Greater Sunrise fields / Special Regime area · Present treaty-created special regime (2026) | Cross-border framework | Current | — |
| Turkmenistan | Concession agreement — royalty & taxProject-dependent · Applicable acreage · Present / legacy where used (2026) | Contract generation | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Turkmenistan | Joint-venture agreementOnshore + offshore / project-dependent · Applicable JV acreage · Present / project-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Turkmenistan | Production Sharing AgreementPrimarily offshore foreign participation · Caspian / awarded PSA acreage · Present / negotiated contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Turkmenistan | Risk-service contract / onshore service arrangementPrimarily onshore · State-controlled onshore fields · Present / project-specific (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Uzbekistan | Material named PSA presetsOnshore · Kandym–Khauzak–Shady / South-West Gissar / Aral Sea etc. · Historical + Present active contracts — agreement-specific vintages | Project preset | Current + legacy vintages | — |
| Uzbekistan | Standard subsoil licence + tax regimeOnshore · National · Present (2026) | Regime | Current | — |
| Uzbekistan | State JV / negotiated investment-agreement overlayOnshore · Project-specific · Present / agreement-specific (2026) | Overlay | Current | — |
| Uzbekistan | Production Sharing AgreementOnshore · PSA acreage · Present / active-contract framework (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Vietnam | Material legacy or contract-specific PSC generationOnshore + offshore · Contract / project-specific · Historical / active legacy — agreement-specific vintages | Contract generation | Legacy (Active Contracts) | — |
| Vietnam | Standard petroleum PSCOnshore + offshore · National · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Vietnam | Investment-preferential PSCOnshore + offshore · Qualifying investment-preferential areas / projects · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |
| Vietnam | Special investment-preferential PSCOnshore + offshore · Special qualifying projects / areas · Present (2026) | Contract generation | Current | — |