PETROLEUM EXPLORATION STUDY: A BASELINE SURVEY REPORT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0.Introduction
1.1 Background and Objective
Norwegian People’s Aid, (NPA), has a great interest in land and resource rights and
policy issues in many countries where it operates as a development partner and Tanzania
being one of them. There is currently a lack of knowledge among civil society organizations
and the general public on how oil companies operate in Tanzania.
The Norwegian company Statoil Hydro signed, in April 2007, an agreement on petroleum exploration on Block II offshore.
They agreed to spend a minimum of 65 million USD during the first phase of 11 years and promised to use all the available expertise and technology to perform the task.
The objective of this background survey is to understand the status of the oil and petroleum exploration and development industry in Tanzania.
Specifically the study aimed to;
• Assess the oil and petroleum exploration activities in the country.
• Assess the primary and secondary constraints affecting the performance in oil and petroleum exploration.
• Assess the policies, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks affecting the performance of the industry
• Assess the environmental impact and measures that have been undertaken by the government and the private companies in exploring petroleum in Tanzania.
• Perceptions of people on the petroleum and oil industry