State Oil Assures Clients For High Quality Petroleum Products, Transportation -

By Senior Reporter VALENTINE OFORO

STATE Oil Tanzania Limited has assured their clients including Geita Gold Mine Limited (GGML), Barrick and others that they will continue provide a high quality petroleum products and transportation.

Giving an exclusive at the ongoing Geita International Mining Expo, Jakogola Kevin, the Health Safety, Environment and Quality Manager at the State Oil Tanzania Limited said:

“State Oil Tanzania is equipped with a number of highly qualified technical personnel ranging from technicians to engineers and we are very happy to work with Geita Gold Mine Limited (GGML), Barrick, Trafigura and Puma Energy.”

Kevin has also expressed confident to the safety of their drivers due to the fact that all of their trucks are equipped with mobile phones and satellite tracking.

“If the driver is over-speeding, unlawful behavior or carrying a passenger, the Artificial Intelligence cameras that installed to the trucks constantly monitoring the moves and the company is currently owning more than 120 trucks that transporting oil in East and Central Africa,” he said.

He concludes: “State Oil Tanzania was founded on the premise that there is a great future for Tanzania and Africa. In a near future we want to be one of the best oil transporting company in the country.”

On her part, Lorraine Shipella, the Business Development Manager at State Oil said that the company was also mulling to open other fuel refiling stations in the country in the near future.

“Current, we’re working to finalise with some necessary protocols, as well as expanding our experiences ahead to embark on bulk importation of fuel in the country,” she briefed.

She detailed, the local- based company has since 2008 been registered and operating in the country as fuel logistic and retail seller of petrol and diesel products.