Petrogas Workforce training block, design concept
About us
Built by people who do the work.
Petrogas Workforce is an industry-led training institute, set up by Petrogas Field Services to give Tanzania’s energy sector the skilled people it needs, trained at home and in shillings.
Our story
Year after year, our clients asked us to train their people too.
Tanzania’s energy sector is growing fast. New gas licences, more power on the grid, new terminals and storage, and an LNG project on the horizon all need people who can run, measure and maintain plant safely. Too often that training still happens abroad, in dollars, far from the equipment people actually use.
Petrogas Field Services has worked inside the country’s gas and power plants since 2013. We supply and service fiscal metering systems, gas chromatographs and calibration equipment, and since November 2022 we have held a six-year service contract for the gas chromatographs at TANESCO’s Kinyerezi I Gas Power Plant.
Petrogas Workforce is our answer: a training institute run with the same standards we apply on site, with trainers who still do the work every week.
Mission, vision and values
What we stand for.
Mission
To train Tanzanians to run, measure and maintain energy plant safely and well, and to help local businesses win work in the sector.
Vision
A Tanzanian workforce trusted to run every gas, power and petroleum asset in the country, and beyond.
Values
- Safety first, every time
- Practical over theoretical
- Honest about what we can certify
- Open to every young Tanzanian, with at least 40% of places for women
- Records employers can rely on
Why Mtwara
Mtwara is where Tanzania’s gas comes ashore.
Gas from Mnazi Bay is processed at Madimba and sent 551 km north to Dar es Salaam to power plants such as Kinyerezi. Our campus sits on a titled 7,200 m² site on the Lindi–Mtwara road in Pemba Mvita, close to the plant, the port and the planned Lindi LNG site. Learners train near the jobs, and employers do not have to send people away for weeks.
7,200 m²
titled campus site
551 km
gas pipeline to Dar
~100 km
to planned Lindi LNG
How the campus is being built
Opening in stages, from 2026 to 2029.
| Stage | What opens | When |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation and soft launch | Short courses at partner sites, client sites and hired venues in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara | Q4 2026 to 2027 |
| Stage I | Training block with classrooms, ICT and simulation labs, enterprise hub, admissions and student services | 2027 |
| Stage II | Technical workshops, calibration laboratory, maintenance and repair workshop (our teaching factory) | H2 2027 to 2028 |
| Stage III | Student hostel, 50-room campus hotel, conference and event centre, dining | 2029 |
One standard, many places
A certificate means the same thing wherever it was earned.
At full operation we aim to train about 4,000 people a year: around 1,000 on campus and 3,000 at partner colleges, hired venues and client sites. Every site follows the same quality manual, trainer vetting, equipment standards and independent assessment.
The Petrogas group
Three companies, one purpose.
Petrogas Field Services Ltd
Founder and majority owner. Metering, calibration, gas analysis, maintenance and OEM supply since 2013.
Petrogas Workforce Institute Ltd
The training institute: courses, programmes, admissions and certificates.
Petrogas Energy Ltd
Campus facilities: student hostel, campus hotel, conference centre and catering.
Leadership
Principal/CEO and directors for academics, industry partnerships and operations. Profiles coming soon.
Ready when you are.
Whether it’s one learner or a whole plant, we’ll help you find the right course and the right place to train.