Insight
South Africa’s petroleum resources bill leaves investors in the dark
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Report summary
South Africa published its draft Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill in late 2019 but progress stalled as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. The draft bill splits the country’s upstream sector from the mining industry and provides it with a separate legal framework. The bill proposes a 20% state participating interest in upstream projects, carried through both exploration and production licences. Exploration costs are not reimbursable. This carried participation is high, especially for costly deepwater frontier projects. A mandatory 10% interest for BEE companies could also increase the burden on deepwater investors.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- A long-awaited revision
- Minimum participation for the state and local companies is set in stone
- A step too soon?
- Fiscal assumptions
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Economic analysis
- Impact of state and BEE participation
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Comparison between current terms and draft billCreaming curve of emerging SSA deepwater basinsSouth Africa royalties
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PRRT scenariosGlobal comparison of state participationRegional comparison of state share
What's included
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