Government Widens Access to Oil-and-Gas Data

In a bid to encourage a greater amount of oil-and-gas exploration and exploitation activity, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“Minister”) recently issued Regulation No. 7 of 2019 on the Management and Utilization of Oil-and-Gas Data (“Regulation 7/2019”), which updates procedures relating to the management and utilization of various facts, information, hints and indications which are generated through activities such as general surveys, as well as the exploration and exploitation of oil-and-gas resources (“Data”).[1]