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South African shale gas production gets Cabinet thumbs up

18th October 2013

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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The Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the gazetting of globally benchmarked technical regulations for the exploration for and production of shale gas in South Africa’s Karoo, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said last week.

In a special post-Cabinet media briefing, Shabangu told journalists that the public would be given 30 days to comment on the regulations, which had been based on global best practice in international shale gas jurisdictions.

Applicable to both onshore and offshore activities, the regulations ensures that all petroleum exploration and exploitation meet the highest global standards.

She said their gazetting had followed a comprehensive international bench- marking exercise by six government departments, including Water, Environmental Affairs, and Science and Technology, to ensure that hydraulic fracture did not impact on fresh water resources, biodiversity and palaeontology and provided buffer zones to shield specific sites like the Square Kilometre Array project.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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