General Surveys Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities - Implementation

The permission to undertake a general survey is granted by the Minister to a business entity to complete specific activities related to the collection, analysis, and study of geological data to determine the potential of a specified area. These types of general surveys may also be geophysical or geochemical in nature and are to be under the direction of the Director General.

The Regulation, No. 028 of 2006, sets out the procedures for application for a survey license. This process includes satisfying a number of administrative and technical requirements, among other matters, covering Company Deeds of Establishment, Registration, Tax File Numbers, Capability Statements, Work Plans, Survey Equipment and parameters, and Data collection.