Sierra Leone upstream fiscal summary Report

Country Report 25 May 2023

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Report summary

Upstream petroleum licences are awarded under concession terms, governed by the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 2011 and the Extractive Industries Revenue Act 2018. Petroleum licences may be awarded through bids submitted via competitive bid rounds or direct negotiations. The state is entitled to an initial carried interest of at least 10%. Royalty rates are 10% for oil and 5% for gas. The income tax rate is 30% for petroleum operations. A Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) is payable at 40% over the IRR threshold of 15%.

Basis
Licence terms
Government equity participation
Fiscal terms
- Ring fencing
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Indirect taxes
- Royalty
- Corporate income tax
- Additional petroleum taxes
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
- Fiscal treatment of decommissioning
- Product pricing
- Summary of modelled terms
Recent history of fiscal changes
Stability provisions
Split of the barrel and share of profit
Effective royalty rate and maximum government share
Progressivity
Fiscal deterrence