Local Content Solutions
People. Places. Petrogas.
For companies engaged in East African oil and gas exploration and production, local content is an aspect that cannot be ignored. Tanzanian-owned and -operated, Petrogas understands these places and the people who call them home.
Petrogas Field Services acts as a local consultant and project manager for international (and domestic) entities navigating the intricacies of East African oil and gas exploration and production.
Often, companies new to the area can encounter a hostile environment, both natural and man-made. In circumstances like this, Petrogas can organize the local community into an accepting, trained labor pool that results in an efficient, enthusiastic workforce—at a substantial cost savings. Everybody wins.
Here are some specifics of our local content services:
Community Affairs
These are good pursuits, but they can also quickly go sideways if you make uneducated assumptions or unfounded judgement calls. The local community will be very interested in your activities. So, companies need to facilitate community meetings and awareness programs, discuss sustainability issues, facilitate environmental impact assessments, and so on.
Petrogas is a reliable and transparent local company that can assist with this mission-critical activity. From finding venues to ensuring community influencers and leaders are present to assisting executives in achieving local buy-in, we can help make sure your activities are welcomed and well-received.
Land and Buildings
Petrogas works with local developers, builders, and landowners to lease, purchase, and/or build suitable grounds and warehousing facilities for any aspect of oil and gas exploration, production, transportation, and distribution. Our capacity in this regard is generally limited by Tanzania's borders, and little else. We would be pleased to discuss any land acquisition or facility needs you may have.
Expatriate Assistance
When you first decide East Africa is worth exploring, you will send people. Petrogas can assist by arranging for visas, airport greetings and transportation, orientation to the host-country, safety briefings, housing searches, and even temporary accommodations. Let us be your guide.
Recruiting of local and international contract staff to work for international oil companies or oilfield contractors. We are familiar with the East African region, universities, and curriculums. We know how to find the right workers for the right job, and we can quickly and efficiently fill your personnel requirements with qualified (and quality) candidates.
Arranging for locals employed by international companies to attend local and foreign universities and colleges.
Many companies will establish educational and training programs designed to teach talented locals the intricacies of the petroleum business. Typically, this involves sending key people to universities and colleges abroad. Petrogas can help streamline this process, assisting with visas, tax compliance, living accommodations, cultural orientations, etc. We have prolific footprints in East Africa, the US, Europe and Asia, and are uniquely positioned to not only find exceptional people who can be your future leaders, but to help train them, as well.
And speaking of training...
Training of your staff, both local and expatriate.
Hiring local is one of the best ways to achieve area buy-in. However, training can be problematic if you are relying on courses and methodologies developed elsewhere, which do not take local laws, PSA’s, and local culture and norms into account.
We can train your local workforce to be effective employees for you, and we can also train your expat workforce on general regulations, petroleum commercial and legal topics, anti-discrimination, diversity and inclusion, understanding the industry participants, stakeholders and their roles, contracting processes, safety issues, FCPA and other compliance awareness training.
Training of Local Businesses/Potential Suppliers
You will need to do business locally. But local businesses are not aware of petroleum company expectations, business management, governance and transparency, how to structure bids and invoices, cash management, borrowing, accounting and controls.
We can overcome this by educating and training local businesses on the norms of international corporate expectations. This can save you considerable time and money, as we can ensure your local business partners are fully able to do business the way you need it to be done.
Local Procurement Services
Whether you rely on us to source directly, or engage us in an advisory role to better vet local suppliers (quality assurance inspections, reliability, financial strength, etc.), we can make certain you get what you need, when you need it.
Other Types of Local-Themed Services