The Petroleum Act, 2012

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country South Sudan
Year 2012
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Beneficial ownership, Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Sovereign wealth funds, State-owned enterprises, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Local impact
RGI Questions 1.1.7a: Are senior public officials required to publicly disclose their financial holdings in extractive companies?,
1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.2.5a: Do rules specify the income tax rate(s) applying to extractive companies? ,
1.2.5b: Do rules specify the royalty rate(s) applying to extractive companies?,
1.2.5c: Do rules specify the level of state equity (or options for state equity such as carried interest) in extractive companies ?,
1.2.6b: Is the national tax authority required to audit extractive companies?,
1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.3a: Are extractive companies required to prepare environmental mitigation management plans prior to development?,
1.3.3b: Is there a requirement for environmental mitigation management plans to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?,
1.4.3a: Is the SOE required to publicly disclose annual reports containing information on its finances and operations?,
1.4.10a: Does the SOE have a publicly available code of conduct?,
2.3.5a: Is the sovereign wealth fund required to produce annual financial reports?
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Publisher GOSS
Author Government of South Sudan GOSS
Source or API link http://mpmisouthsudan.org/docs/Petroleum%20Act,%202012%20-%20Signed%20-%20July%206.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute