Acquiring and Maintaining Social License to Operate During the Lifecycle of Major Oil and Gas Operations

摘要

This paper addresses some of the key considerations and activities required in order to acquire and maintain a Social License to Operate(SLO)throughout the full life-cycle of major upstream oil and gas projects and operations(hereafter referred to as a Project or Operation).Operations in both Papua New Guinea and Chad,representing different phases of the lifecycle,were examined in order to identify key strategies and lessons learned.