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Petroplan Chief: Thousands of Jobs Heading to Mozambique

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
June 8, 2016
in Africa, Energy, Finance, Gas, Government, Mozambique, Natural Resources, Oil
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Mozambique will see a significant employment boom over the next four years, said Petroplan CEO Andrew Speers, who told Rigzone that many oil and gas projects would be kicking off in the second half of 2016.

The boom will be due in part to the Mozambique government’s decision to award six licenses for oil and gas exploration in October 2015, which have the potential to bring in $700 million in investment from now to 2020, he said.

“This will inevitably lead to significant employment opportunities in the country, predominantly for expats to begin with due to the skills gap in Mozambique,” said Speers. “Anadarko, for example, will need to employ 15,000 just to complete the construction phase of their LNG project, 60 percent of which will be expats and 40 percent locals.”

Headquartered in Houston, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company. The firm has discovered more than 75 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas resources in Offshore Area 1 of Mozambique’s deep water Rovuma Basin to date, marking “one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects,” according to a statement on Anadarko’s website.

Through its Mozambique LNG project, Anadarko has the opportunity to gradually build a sustainable, skilled national workforce, said Stephanie Moreland, the company’s senior public affairs representative.

“The project is committed to the employment of Mozambican citizens, with appropriate qualifications at all levels of its organization…and [the] implementation of effective training programs for Mozambican employees in each phase and level of operations in Mozambique or overseas,” she told Rigzone.

“We have already begun investing in training and support of higher education, as well with the first-ever Petroleum Engineering curriculum at the University of Eduardo Mondlane, and recently provided $100,000 of equipment to Pemba’s Lúrio University, which will benefit an estimated 400 students and teachers in the coming year,” Moreland added.

As a result of Mozambique’s flourishing hydrocarbon sector, there will be job opportunities across the full spectrum Speers said.

“The infrastructure and groundwork need to be completed and then there will be upstream, midstream and downstream projects and opportunities arising from each. Mozambique is a shining light in a time of doom and gloom because of the potential there,” said Speers.

But a lot of these opportunities won’t initially be available for younger workers in the country. The latest generation of oil and gas workers in Mozambique is currently “not equipped with the skill set of their peers elsewhere in the world” she explained.

In an effort to combat this, Speers said Petroplan’s clients are looking to bring in experienced workers to facilitate a skills transfer to those younger workers who are newer to the industry. This process would strengthen the skill set and knowledge of the next generation, he said.

Waiting For Mozambique’s Political Instability To Settle

Mozambique is undergoing a phase of political instability that Speers said could be turning off investors. The Petroplan chief predicted, however, that Mozambique’s oil and gas industry will begin booming well before the end of the year.

“The second half of 2016 should see a significant boom in Mozambique, in terms of the economy picking up and many oil and gas projects kicking off,” said Speers.

“At the moment there is an element of ‘waiting for the dust to settle’ with regards to political instability. The potential gas find in Mozambique is one of the largest in the world and once confidence increases in other parts of the energy market, it should be full steam ahead,” Speers continued.
In light of the anticipated boom in the country, Petroplan announced March 8 that it would be opening a new office in Mozambique.

“Petroplan has been working on its business in Mozambique for the past two years,” Speers said.

“Following the announcement in March that it had received its official business license in Mozambique, it is currently working on further establishing its presence there,” he added.

“We are confident that we will be expanding our client base further [in the country].”

Speers declined to specify specific companies that will be present in Mozambique, but he confirmed that the recruitment firm is supplying “a leading global oil and gas operator in Mozambique, which has several upcoming projects.”

And, Anadarko isn’t ruling out further acquisitions in Mozambique.

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“We are very excited by the progress we have already made, and therefore, we are confident that multiple fields will be developed over the coming years,” Moreland said.

“We are working toward an initial onshore LNG development of two trains from the Golfinho-Atum field, while maintaining future optionality with other development options.”

Source: RigZone

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Comments 4

  1. Avatar Esmeraldo G.Baruzo says:
    5 years ago

    SIR/Madam,hoping for future next job opportunity, prospect, when they demove us here Bechtel Angola LNG gas plant project

    Reply
  2. Avatar Gerado Agostinho Tembo says:
    5 years ago

    I hoppe to enjoy those oportunity of Jobs. I have some qualifications for that kind of companies . I have been trainned to operate industrials machiners fire brigate first aid HSEQ supervising and many others courses

    Reply
  3. Avatar Bercilio says:
    5 years ago

    Give us more details.

    Reply
  4. Avatar Alfeu Felizardo says:
    4 years ago

    Hope to enjoy those opportunities . I have experience with mine companies offshore and plant wide operation supervisor.

    Reply

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