The former head of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Puma Energy in Tanzania, has been appointed to serve as the country’s Commissioner for Petroleum and Gas.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has just picked Godluck Shirima to fill in the docket which operates under the Ministry of Energy.
As it happens, the Tanzanian government owns a 50 percent stake in Puma Energy’s National unit.
And now Shirima gets to replace Michael Mjinja, whose appointment as Tanzania’s Petroleum and Gas Commissioner was revoked by President Samia in January this year.
Godluck Shirima who previously worked as lead government negotiator in project agreements for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), holds a master of laws (LLM) in oil and gas from the University of Aberdeen.
He led the Tanzanian government team in negotiations for the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), Host Government Agreement (HGA) and Shareholders Agreement for the proposed Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline project.
The EACOP Project is being implemented at the cost of USD 3 billion.
The oil and gas lawyer led government negotiations for the EACOP pipeline project and helped to draft Tanzania’s oil and gas laws.
Before that, Shirima served as Company Secretary and Head of Legal at the state-run Tanzania National Oil (TANOIL) Investments Limited, which is a subsidiary of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Company (TPDC).
In fact, earlier in his career, Mr Shirima had worked at the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) as a legal officer.
The new commissioner was also part of the Tanzanian government team that drafted the Petroleum Act, 2015, the Oil and Gas Revenue Management Act, 2015 and the Extractive Industries (Transparency and Accountability) Initiative, 2015.
Among other responsibilities, the Petroleum and Gas Commissioner is supposed to oversee granting, renewal, suspension and cancellation of petroleum exploration and development licenses in the country.
The Commissioner is also responsible for attracting foreign investment and technology in the country’s petroleum industry.
Meanwhile the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation is undergoing massive reforms aimed at increasing the firm’s presence in the hydrocarbon value chain. TPDC intends to accomplish this through its two subsidiaries, that is, Gas Company Tanzania Limited (GASCO) and TANOIL.
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