The South Sudan Petroleum Act

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country South Sudan
Year 2012
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with 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?,
1.2.3a: Is the government required to publicly disclose data on payments from extractive companies to the government?,
1.2.6b: Is the national tax authority required to audit extractive companies?,
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?
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Publisher Government of South Sudan
Author Government of South Sudan Government of South Sudan
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