Civil Engineering September 2022 | Vol 30 No 8

Civil Engineering September 2022 49 O i l and gas A number of acts and regulations within the borders and territorial waters, including the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), of South Africa govern the production and distribution of oil and gas, both offshore and onshore. Most of the pipelines are land based and in commer- cial sea ports for ease of import and export. South Africa has approximately 503 km of offshore pipelines, with 491 km (97.77%) not operating because of the depletion of gas and condensate reserves offshore of Mossel Bay. The private sector owns 6 km (1.2%). Onshore the pipeline network measures approximately 5 161 km, with 550 km (10.65%) decommissioned and the private sector owning 1 743 km (33.77%). This report is a summary of a detailed technical report that was developed as part of the anticipated 2022 SAICE Infrastructure Report Card, and covers the pipelines within port limits, offshore pipelines and the cross-country pipelines in South Africa. It does not include public or private distribution network pipelines around municipalities and cities, such as Egoli Gas. APPlICABLE LEGISLATION The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) is a regulatory authority established as a juristic person in terms of Section 3 of the National Energy Regulator Act (No. 40 of 2004). NERSA’s mandate, among others, is to regulate the piped gas and petroleum pipeline industries in terms of the Gas Act (No. 48 of 2001) and Petroleum Pipelines Act (No. 60 of 2003). In this regard, the NERSA Licensing and Infrastructure Planning Division is responsible for onshore and offshore: A review of existing offshore and onshore oil and gas pipelines in SA Figure 1 The port limits for the Port of Saldanha Dave WWright Pr Eng Consultant dave.wright275@gmail.com Stefan Z Hrabar Pr Eng Consultant stefanzh@iafrica.com