South Africa’s Top Court Blocks Shell Wild Coast Exploration
- Source
- Oilprice.com
- Source link
- https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/South-Africas-Top-Court-Blocks-Shell-Wild-Coast-Exploration.html
- Published
- 2026-08-14 16:30:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-14 16:54:43
- Category
- Commodities & Raw Materials
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has blocked Shell-led exploration along the country’s Wild Coast, adding another legal setback to an offshore sector already struggling to keep pace with neighboring Namibia. The country’s highest court on Friday overturned a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that had preserved a pathway for Shell and Impact Africa to conduct seismic surveys off South Africa’s east coast under an exploration right granted in 2014. Local communities and environmental groups had challenged the plans partly…
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