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Oil giant Shell, Impact Africa, and energy minister Gwede Mantashe have on Thursday (22 September) applied for leave to appeal a court ruling that had blocked a seismic survey off the Wild Coast.
The Eastern Cape High Court has ruled that the exploration rights granted to Shell were unlawful - putting an end to any seismic survey in the ocean off the Wild coast.
A rig hired by Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas and partners is headed for waters off South Africa, where a surge of legal moves to block fossil-fuel exploration has taken place.
Oil headed for the biggest weekly gain in four months on interruptions to supply and speculation fuel switching will buoy demand.