Petroleum Act, 2015

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
Country	Tanzania, United Republic of
Year	2015
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type	Statute
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?, 1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?, 1.2.5b: Do rules specify the royalty rate(s) applying to extractive companies?, 1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?, 1.3.7a: Are there rules governing compensation to landowners or land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.4c: What is the name of the largest company in which the government has a controlling share (i.e. an SOE)?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	Government Printer
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Source or API link	http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/TZA-2016-HY
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute