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An introduction to SA Energy Law

15th April 2015

  

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AN INTRODUCTION TO SA ENERGY LAW   
The Professional Development Project and the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Town, in collaboration with leading firms of South African attorneys, are pleased to present an introductory course on South African Energy Law. On 15, 16 and 17 April 2015.

ABOUT THE COURSE
The three-day course is designed to give participants an understanding of the new and broad area of energy law given the development of new and rapidly emerging potential sources of energy and related developments in the field. These range from oil and gas law, including the potential of shale gas, to renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind energy. The course will cover commercial law, revenue law, and environmental law as well as other related areas of law. It will give participants a basic comprehension of the law relating to energy and will provide a broad understanding of the legal environment in which international transactions occur in South Africa.

Energy-related transactions, both locally and internationally, occur within a complex legal environment. Energy professionals often lack the broad understanding of what makes up this legal environment. This course will put into perspective the legalities ranging from authorisation requirements to interpreting and enforcing agreements to avoiding liability under environmental laws.

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS COURSE?
- Government officials, legislators, policymakers and industry regulators
- Professionals from the upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum, (un)conventional gas and power sector looking to get a better sense of the legal and institutional framework regulating the entire value chain of upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum operations in the South African industry and gain global perspective of the sector
- Lawyers and investment consultants wanting to understand the span of the legal systems and contractual agreements governing energy operations in South Africa
- Banking and financial services professionals looking to play a key role in financing energy and thus seeking a pragmatic understanding of the sectors, the fiscal systems, investment opportunities, risks and solutions
- Investors and entrepreneurs wanting to venture into upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum, natural gas and the power sector and who therefore need a detailed understanding of the sector as well as insight into the legal and policy dynamics to explore investment opportunities as well as possible implications for planned investments
- Every player and stakeholder involved in energy and environmental issues in the energy sector wanting to broaden their knowledge of the dynamics of the sector and gain insight into current international best practices of the upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum sector

In the course of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Network with key industry players and make long-standing business contacts
- Develop comparative insights into the energy sector in a leading African economy
- Discuss international best practices suited to Africa in the energy sector in particular

COURSE OUTLINE 
The topics to be covered will include the following:

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN ENERGY LAW LANDSCAPE
An overview of the South African energy landscape

- Primary energy sources (coal, oil, gas, nuclear, renewables, biomass)
- Final energy consumption by energy type / carrier
- Electricity: current generation capacity by type
- The Integrated Resources Plan (IRP2010)
- Coal: domestic consumption of thermal & coking coal; coal exports; SA Coal Roadmap
- Liquid fuels: imports (sources) & domestic synfuels (Sasol & PetroSA); offshore petroleum exploration; oil refining; fuel pipelines
- Gas: domestic production (PetroSA); Mozambique imports; options for additional regional pipeline imports and LNG; shale gas; offshore potential
- Nuclear: Koeberg; nuclear expansion plan
- Renewables: current status of renewable projects under the REIPPPP, including a case study
- Energy prices: historical, current & projected prices of liquid fuels & electricity

An overview of the South African energy legal landscape
- Common Law: the nature of energy
- Constitutional law aspects
- Governance: national departments and parastatals
- Legislation: National Energy Act, 34 of 2008; National Energy Regulator Act 40 of 2004; Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 MPRDA (ch 6); Nuclear Energy Act 46 of 1999; Nuclear Energy Regulator Act 47 of 1999; Gas Act 48 of 2001; Gas Regulator Levies Act 75 of 2002; Petroleum Products Act, 120 of 1977; Petroleum Pipelines Act, 60 of 2003, others

OIL AND GAS LAW
- Recent discoveries across the region
- Putting the recent discoveries into context
- Route to market: monetising the resources
- Opportunities and challenges
- Potential impacts
- Relevant international experience
- Gas commercialisation: key oil and gas commercial contacts with an emphasis on transportation and processing agreements, gas sales agreements, shared infrastructure and LNG regasification

ENVIRONMENTAL AND REVENUE ASPECTS
- The role and mechanism of environmental assessment 
- Revenue laws and the energy sector
- The green economy: opportunities and challenges
- Lessons from relevant international experience

REGISTRATION DETAILS
Programme and venue information: 
Signing in will commence at 9:00 on the first day unless otherwise advised and each day will end at approximately 17:00. Instructions regarding the programme and directions to the venue will be sent to you electronically a week prior to the event.

Award of certificate:   
A certificate of attendance from UCT will be issued to those who attend all three days. Please ensure that you sign the attendance register every day.

Course fee:    
R7,500 per delegate. The fee includes parking, lunches, course materials.

Closing date for registration: 
One week prior to the course.

Registration and enquiries:                      
To book a place on our course or for more information, please visit our website www.lawatwork.uct.ac.za or email andrea.blaauw@uct.ac.za

 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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