Extractives industries digest Shell’s South African setback


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Issue 468 - 19 Sep 2022 - By James Gavin | 4 minute read

An early September judgement confirming the Eastern Cape High Court’s rejection of Shell’s attempt to conduct seismic surveys along South Africa’s eastern coast will leave the government – and oil companies – with plenty of food for thought, as South Africa and many other countries look to produce more hydrocarbons in sensitive environments, James Gavin writes.

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