Democratic Republic of the Congo Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory: New Legislation, Oil and Gas Fiscal and Regulatory Regime Undergoes Significant Change
The oil and gas fiscal and regulatory regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recently experienced significant change with the introduction of new legislation governing the sector in 2015-2016. However, the lack of any new contracts means that the implementation of the new regime is uncertain. While the country has significant open acreage available, environmental opposition to the government's efforts at opening up parts of two national parks and political issues internally and with neighboring countries could...
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