Cameroon Oil and Gas report

This document is part of the source library for NRGI's 2017 Resource Governance Index, a comprehensive measure of the quality of natural resource governance in oil, gas and mineral-rich countries. To access the full dataset and all other index resources, visit https://resourcegovernanceindex.org.

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Cameroon
Year 2013
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Sovereign wealth funds
Document Type Report
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.4c: From 2015 onwards, and prior to each licensing process, did the licensing authority actually disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.1.10c: Who has the primary authority to monitor compliance with the operational aspects of licenses/contracts?,
1.3.6a: From 2015 onwards, have the procedures governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects been adhered to?,
2.3.2a: Does the sovereign wealth fund's most recent publicly available annual financial report specify the size of the fund?
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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law and
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Publisher Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer
Author Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer
Source or API link http://www.freshfields.com/uploadedFiles/SiteWide/News_Room/Insight/Africa_ENR/Cameroon/Cameroon%20oil%20and%20gas.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute