EDITORIAL: SA must step on the gas
The country needs an attractive oil and gas legislative framework — fast
27 May 2021 - 05:10
After years in the making, SA’s oil and gas legislation is heading to parliament.
The redrafted bill builds on the legislative proposal released on Christmas Eve in 2019. But it is worth noting that legislation to regulate upstream oil and gas in SA has in fact been in the works for many years. At first, it was to be catered for in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, but after years of back and forth it was ultimately abandoned in favour of more suitable stand-alone legislation...
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