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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

South Africa court to rule on Shell offshore oil exploration

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A South African court is to rule on efforts to stop British oil giant Shell from conducting any further seismic surveys in the country’s Indian Ocean waters to explore for offshore oil and gas deposits.

Environmental and community groups in South Africa's Eastern Cape province won an urgent interdict to stop the surveys in December last year and are now asking the court to permanently halt the operations.

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