Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Law, 2016

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Ghana
Year
RGI Edition Year 2021
Topic Commodity prices, Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, State-owned enterprises, Tax policy and revenue collection
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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?,
1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?,
1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?,
1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?,
1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?,
1.2.5c: Do rules specify the level of state equity (or options for state equity such as carried interest) in extractive companies ?,
1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?,
1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?,
1.3.1c: Are extractive companies required to prepare an SIA prior to development?,
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?,
1.4.7b: Are there rules that determine the prices at which the SOE should sell its production?
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Source or API link https://www.petrocom.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Act-9190001.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
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