Upstream Petroleum Legal Analyst, Africa

Cape Town (primary) or London · Full-time · A few years of relevant experience

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Checked and dated19 October 2026

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A research role in S&P Global Energy's Energy Terms and Risk team, interpreting legal, regulatory, contractual, fiscal and commercial developments in the African upstream oil and gas sector, and presenting regulatory risk findings to clients. Confirmed live on S&P Global's own careers site on 13 October 2026 (job 332013). No closing date is published.

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A direct use of legal research skills in the energy sector: reading African petroleum laws and contracts and explaining their investment risk, without practising as an attorney.

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Summarise in 200 words how a change to a fictional African country's petroleum fiscal terms would affect an upstream investor, written for a non-lawyer.

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