Regulatory
Chile: oil import rules
These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Chile-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.
Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.
Product-by-product
- Crude oilRESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo) state-controlled and dominates crude imports / refining (Aconcagua, Bío Bío, Gregorio). Private crude trading possible but commercially marginal.
- Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)ALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeSEC registration required for fuel marketers/distributors. Copec, Shell, Petrobras, ENEX active in private downstream.
- LPGALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeSEC licence for LPG distributors (Lipigas, Abastible, Gasco).
- LNGALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeGNL Quintero and GNL Mejillones terminals operate; private LNG import allowed under SEC and CNE oversight.
Frequently asked
- Can private companies import crude oil into Chile?
- ENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo) state-controlled and dominates crude imports / refining (Aconcagua, Bío Bío, Gregorio). Private crude trading possible but commercially marginal.
- Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Chile?
- SEC registration required for fuel marketers/distributors. Copec, Shell, Petrobras, ENEX active in private downstream.
- Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Chile regulations?
- Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Chile are gated against these rules automatically.
Use this jurisdiction
This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into Chile? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.
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Counterparty Screen$95
One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.
Counterparty File$500
One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.
Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.