Bahamas: Bahamas Petroleum provides update on court process in The Bahamas - drilling of Perseverance-1 to continue
06 Jan 2021
Further to
BPC's announcements of 29 December 2020, 30 December 2020 and 31 December 2020, The Honourable Justice Petra Hanna-Weekes has provided her ruling on various matters (as referred to in those prior announcements).
In summary, the Court's ruling is as follows:
The Honourable Justice Petra Hanna-Weekes has refused to grant any orders that would affect BPC's current operations. This means that the drilling of Perseverance-1 will continue;
The application from Environmentalists against the Government of The Bahamas to seek leave to bring judicial review proceedings in respect of various decisions taken by the Government in relation to BPC's licences in The Bahamas has been granted; and