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Safety & Environment

Legislation

The following pieces of legislation are used to regulate the upstream industry:

  • Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002) as amended 
  • Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2004 
  • Regulations for Petroleum Exploration and Production, 2015 
  • Mineral and Petroleum Royalty Act, 2008 (Act No. 28 of 2008) 
  • Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967 (Act No. 16 of 1967) as amended 
  • Mining Titles Registration Regulations, 2004
  • National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) 
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2014
  • National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998) as amended
  • Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act No.3 of 2000) 
  • Environment impact assessment regulation
  • Legislation protected areas 
  • Mineral & petroleum resources development act
  • regulatory requirements prior to drilling


Studies

  • A review of the impact of seismic survey noise on narwhal and other arctic cetaceans
  • Sonic impact report


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