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Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, 2016 🇬🇭


Coat of Arms
Republic of Ghana


The nine hundred and nineteenth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, 2016

  • Published by Government Gazette on 19 August 2016
  • Assented to on 19 August 2016
  • Commenced on 19 August 2016
AN ACT to regulate petroleum activities and to provide for related matters.PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:

General Provisions

1. Scope of the Act

This Act applies to petroleum activities within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana, including activities in, under and upon its territorial land, inland waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and its continental shelf.

2. Object of the Act

The object of the Act is to provide for and ensure safe, secure, sustainable and efficient petroleum activities in order to achieve optimal long-term petroleum resource exploitation and utilisation for the benefit and welfare of the people of Ghana.

3. Title to petroleum

Petroleum existing in its natural state in, under or …

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