New South Africa shale regulations ‘don’t protect trade secrets’

By Leigh Elston 16 October 2015
An observatory in South Africa’s Karoo Basin. By law, oil and gas explorers must prevent light pollution. (PA) An observatory in South Africa’s Karoo Basin. By law, oil and gas explorers must prevent light pollution. (PA)

Interfax spoke to Luke Havemann, a Johannesburg-based oil and gas specialist at law firm ENS, about the new hydraulic fracturing regulations published in South Africa this year.

Interfax: Are there any major problems with the regulations?