Mozambique’s National Petroleum Institute and Tanzania’s Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding in Maputo to deepen cooperation and build regulatory capacity across the two countries’ oil and gas sectors.
The agreement sets up a framework for technical collaboration covering petroleum data management, cost auditing, operational oversight and regulatory harmonisation, updating an earlier cooperation deal to reflect Tanzania’s shift of regulatory responsibilities to PURA.
INP board chairperson Nazário Bangalane said the partnership’s real value will lie in effective implementation rather than the signing ceremony itself, while PURA director general Charles Sangweni said the tie-up would help both regulators sharpen sector governance through expert exchanges. The two institutions will set up a 10-member joint monitoring committee to track progress, with the MoU running for an initial five years and renewable for a further five.
Source: angolanminingoilandgas.com