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Presentations on the day will cover: Major Oil and Gas exploration in KZN

Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration South Africa (Pty) Ltd has lodged an application for an exploration right to the Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA) in terms of section 79 of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002. Rhino Oil and Gas will make an application to PASA for environmental authorisation of exploration activities as set out in the Listing Notices made in terms of Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA).

Rhino Oil and Gas proposes to undertake early-phase exploration for oil and gas which may be located underground within suitable geological strata. The purpose is to determine the presence of a petroleum resource which could be investigated further. The initial 3-year exploration work programme will be restricted to non-invasive techniques, seismic surveys and the drilling of less than 10 core boreholes. Rhino will require access to only a few farms for exploration activities and will agree terms with those land owners. No hydraulic fracturing or tracking is proposed.

SLR Consulting (Africa) (Pty) Ltd has been appointed as the independent environmental assessment practitioner responsible for undertaking the required environmental assessment and conducting the public participation process. The application will be subject to a scoping and environmental impact assessment process as stipulated in the EIA Regulations (GNR 982, 8 December 2014) made under Section 24(5) of the NEMA. A draft Scoping Report will be available shortly for public review.
The following public scoping meetings have been arranged. All stakeholders are invited to attend:

All stakeholders are invited to register as Interested & Affected Parties (IAP).

26- 10-15 | 09:00 - 11:00

This session is offered free of charge