Patrichi Christian Tanasa, who was appointed by President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba to head Gabon Oil Company (GOC) on April 12, has just taken up residence there.
Prior to running this company, he was special adviser to the Head of State for 25 days during which he was in charge of the Industries, Mines and Hydrocarbons Division.
He replaces Arnaud Calixte Engandji Alandji in office since November 2015 and appointed to the government, on May 4, 2018, as Minister of Labor, Employment and Youth, in charge of vocational training. Mr. Engandji Alendji was the Secretary General of the National Organization of Petroleum Employees (ONEP), a powerful union that initiated strikes in the oil sector.
The new Executive Director of the GOC is a Junior Consultant in Petroleum Engineering at Lingua. He is a graduate of the University of Montpellier in economic intelligence and territorial governance and he excels in the design and development of structuring projects in the oil sector.
Created in 2011, “to strengthen the role of the State in the strategic area of hydrocarbons,” Gabon Oil Company, had initially focused on upstream oil, daring to even start operating the fields of Remboué and Mboumba. Before reviewing his copy in 2016 after his failures.
In contrast to his predecessor Serge Toulekima, Arnaud Calixte Engandji-Alandji, who was at the time director and CEO of the company, had favored non-operated assets. Under his leadership, the GOC shared the risks with the Canadian Touchstone Oil & Gas in Remboué and the Russian Zarubezhneft in Mboumba, to minimize costs, recalls.
Antoine Lawson
