Employment Opportunities for Local Communities in Petroleum Activities

TLDR

• DODOMA: TANZANIA has explored only 30 per cent of its identified oil and gas prospective areas, leaving more than 370,000 square kilometres yet to be assessed for possible petroleum discoveries.
• The Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA) said yesterday that about 534,000 square kilometres had been identified as having potential for oil and gas, but preliminary exploration had so far covered only around.
• He said Tanzania had been conducting petroleum exploration since the early 1950s and that the identified prospective areas were largely covered by sedimentary rocks that can contain oil and gas deposits.
• Mr Sangweni said PURA was also ensuring that communities in areas where petroleum activities were taking place benefited from employment opportunities.
• He said the approach was intended to ensure that petroleum exploration and production generated wider economic benefits, created employment and strengthened local capacity.