GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Paper No. 308-12
Presentation Time: 11:20 AM

DEVELOPING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GEOTHERMAL DRILLING IN ETHIOPIA


CALLISON, Kathleen, Law Office of Kathleen Callison, 802 Irving Street SW, Tumwater, WA 98512, callison@callisonlaw.com

In 2015 and 2016 the author led a team to develop a draft regulatory framework for Ethiopia. This presentation will focus on development of drilling regulations for Ethiopia. The twin goals of the regulations were to incorporate best practices while offering flexibility and tools to support implementation by the government, which has limited available staff and limited technical capacity.