Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill

The Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy invites you to submit written comments on the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill [B13B-2021] S76.

The Bill seeks to:
• provide for orderly development of petroleum resources;
• provide for equitable access to, and sustainable development of, the nation’s petroleum resources;
• provide for active State and black persons’ participation in the development of the nation’s petroleum resources;
• provide for a petroleum right that integrates the right to explore and to produce;
• provide for the facilitation of acquisition of petroleum geo-technical data;
• provide for a controlled application system through licensing rounds;
create an enabling environment for the acceleration of exploration and production of the nation’s petroleum resources;
• provide for third party access to upstream petroleum infrastructure;
• provide for a petroleum right holder to sell a percentage of petroleum to the State for strategic stock requirements;
• designate a state-owned company as an entity responsible for managing the State’s carried interest in petroleum rights;
• provide for the advancement of national developmental imperatives by the state-owned company through the development of petroleum resources;
• provide for the holder of a petroleum right to retain its empowerment status after the exit of black persons under circumscribed circumstances;
• provide for local content as a development strategy to enable skills development, local recruitment and national participation through supply of goods and services;
• designate the Petroleum Agency of South Africa as the regulatory authority for the upstream petroleum sector; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Comments can be emailed to Mr Asgar A Bawa [email protected] by no later than Tuesday, 30 January 2024.

Enquiries can be directed to Mr Asgar A Bawa on cell 083 709 8530

Issued by Ms TC Modise, MP, Chairperson of the Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy


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