Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream Storage) Act, 2013

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Uganda
Year 2013
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, State-owned enterprises
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?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.5a: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the list of companies that submitted license applications (in the case of a first-come, first served; or negotiation round) or bids (in the case of an auction)?,
1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?,
1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?,
1.4.7d: Are there rules that require the SOE or government to publicly disclose information on the sale of production by the SOE?
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Publisher Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation
Author Republic of Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
Source or API link http://www.petroleum.go.ug/uploads/resources/9.ThePetroleum(RefiningConversionTransimissionandMidstreamStorage)ActNo4of2013_.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute