Burkina Faso: Hydrocarbons law planned to kick-start E&P

The government is planning to introduce a hydrocarbons bill to give oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) its own legislative framework and kick-start investment in the undeveloped sector. The resources sector is legislated by the 2015 Mining Code – more than three-quarters of whose articles have yet to be brought into effect via the approval of implementing degrees – but that law specifically states that water, liquid hydrocarbons and gas are excluded. E&P is thus without any legislative framework.