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South Sudan calls tender for

environmental audit of oil sector

SOUTH SUDAN SOUTH Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has company we select must ensure that the report is
launched a tender for an environmental audit of based on facts,” he told reporters. “We will make
the country’s hydrocarbon sector. the report public and provide details as to why
The ministry opened the first round of bid- we selected the specific company in order to be
ding for the audit project earlier this week, at an transparent.”
event in Juba. It said during a presentation of He also highlighted the South Sudanese gov-
the tender that the eventual winner of the con- ernment’s effort to secure passage for new laws
tract would be responsible for making accurate and regulations that gave local companies and
assessments of South Sudan’s crude oil and gas workers the opportunity to contribute to oil
condensate production levels, as well as the size development. This campaign calls for the estab-
of the country’s reserves. The contractor will also lishment of a single human resource policy for
have to report on investment and revenue flows both South Sudanese employees and expats,
– and make recommendations on proposed he said. This application of this unified policy
solutions to the fiscal, regulatory and technical should help ensure that local workers and com-
challenges facing stakeholders in the hydrocar- panies have access to new opportunities, he said.
bon industry, it stated. “We have also come up with local content
As of press time, the ministry had not made laws to protect the local people and companies.
all details of the bidding process public. How- In the procurement department, opportunities
ever, Energy Minister Puot Kang Chol said in a should be available for local companies, and
press conference after the event in Juba that the they should have the priority in the sector,” he
winner of the audit contract would be expected told reporters at the press conference.
to formulate a report that was transparent, as “We are not chasing foreigners away,” he
well as accurate. added. “We are simply prioritising local partic-
“When the report does come out, whichever ipation.” ™

PROJECTS & COMPANIES
ReconAfrica says working petroleum

system discovered in Kavango Basin

NAMIBIA CANADA’S Reconnaissance Energy Africa
(ReconAfrica) and Namibia’s Ministry of Mines
and Energy (MME) have reported that a prelim-
inary analysis of data from a well drilled earlier
this year points to the presence of a working
conventional petroleum system in the Kavango
basin.
ReconAfrica, which is exploring the deep
Kavango basin in north-eastern Namibia and
north-western Botswana, said in a statement
that the two sides had analysed the well sample
log from the company’s first drilling site, known
as the 6-2 well. The company’s first well targeted the deep Kavango basin (Image: ReconAfrica)
It also noted that the parties had been
working with three Texas-based contractors – extracted liquids and source rocks; and Neth-
including Core Laboratories, which analysed erlands Sewell & Associates, which provided
potential reservoir rocks; GeoMark Research, petrophysical and additional geological analy-
which carried out geochemical analyses of ses – for this purpose.

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