Oil, gas and mining law in Africa

Part 1: Introduction; General background; The stakeholders; Natural resources exploitation activities; The permanent sovereignty of states; Ownership of natural resources; The legal and contractual framework for the exploitation of natural resources; The internationalisation of applicable standards; Part 2: Legal basis of the exploitation of natural resources; The concept of mining rights; The granting of mining rights; Agreements with the host state; The organisation of exploitation between operators; Mining rights over non-extracted resources; Mining rights over the extracted resource; Taxation; Financing; Host state participation; Part 3: Operational aspects of exploitation; Disciplinary rules; Surveillance rules; Contractual arrangements to manage risks specific to exploitation agreements; Rules not specific to exploitation agreements; Instruments to implement the transfer of technology; Variable effectiveness of technology transfer; Stimulating the local economy; Enriching national assets of the host state; Appendices; Main regulations applicable to the upstream Oil & Gas sector by country; Main regulations applicable to the upstream mining sector by country; Constitutions; Regional texts; International texts; Case law.