PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION LAW, 1984

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
Country	Ghana
Year	1984
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Commodity prices, Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, State-owned enterprises
Document Type	Statute
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?, 1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 1.1.5b: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the identity of the winning bidder or applicant?, 1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?, 1.3.7a: Are there rules governing compensation to landowners or land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.3.7b: Are there specific procedures governing the resettlement of land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.4.7a: Are there rules that govern how the SOE should select the buyers of its production?, 1.4.7b: Are there rules that determine the prices at which the SOE should sell its production?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	Parliament
Author
Source or API link	http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/GHA-2016-HY
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute