Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Regulations

(1)	A holder must ensure that drilling operations through shallow soils and local aquifers are always undertaken using air, water or water-based mud systems, details of which must be declared through material safety data sheets to the designated agency prior to commencement of drilling operations.

(2)	A holder may only use other forms of drilling fluids below cemented surface casing where it can be shown that the use of drilling fluids contemplated in subregulation (1) is technically infeasible and with the prior approval of the designated agency.

[Regulation 109 inserted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 466 dated 3 June 2015]