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South African appeal court throws lifeline to Shell’s Wild Coast exploration

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The court on Monday suspended a previous ruling that halted offshore exploration by Shell along the Wild Coast and allowed oil companies another chance at public consultation

along the unspoilt Wild Coast and allowed oil companies another chance at public consultation, court documents showed.

Exploration interest in South Africa, sandwiched between petroleum hotspots Namibia and Mozambique, has risen following TotalEnergies’ discovery of two large gas fields off the country’s east coast from 2019. “In the circumstances … considerations of justice, equity and the principles of finality and certainty dictate that the harshness of the exploration right being set aside can and should be ameliorated,” the judgment seen by Reuters said.

 

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