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Tullow Oil

Tullow Oil is an Irish oil company with substantial operations in Ghana, Uganda and Kenya.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

The British junior's shareholders want the firm to act soon on finding a more dynamic stock market, making new acquisitions and rapidly developing Kenyan reserves.

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.2024

Rahul Dhir, Tullow Oil CEO, at Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, South Africa, 4 October 2022.

Nigeria
Tullow Oil eyes maiden venture in Niger Delta

After 40 years of prospecting in Africa, the British junior is working behind the scenes to acquire a stake in Nigeria's oil-producing region for the first time in its history.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2024

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co faced with wave of departures at Assala Energy

Having succeeded in raising the necessary funds to buy Carlyle's oil assets, Libreville must now ensure production does not fall by recruiting personnel with the necessary skills.

Subscribers only Energy 04.07.2024

Ghana
Ghana Gas seeks investors for second gas processing plant

Ghana Gas is still working on the fine print of its project, announced with great fanfare in February 2023.

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2024

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Several of the Norwegian firm's junior oil clients in Africa have taken the company to task over the repeated failures of its sole drilling unit, the Island Innovator. Kosmos, Trident and Tullow have all found fault with the rig.

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2024

Spotlight | Gabon
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

The next few weeks will be decisive in determining whether Gabon's junta is able to raise the necessary $1.3bn to clinch the transaction with the American company.

Subscribers only Energy 01.04.2024

Gabon's Transition President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, 29 February 2024.

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

The Angolan oil and gas regulator has authorised eight oil companies to take shares in 12 blocks that featured in a recent tender call. Once again, firms with close connections to the Dos Santos administration have been amply rewarded.

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2024

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Shell's announcement of the sale of its Nigerian onshore subsidiary is a sign that President Bola Tinubu has made a break with the policies of his predecessor. The buyer, a consortium led by Samuel Dossou-Aworet, had previously failed to get presidential approval.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2024

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Kenya's oil minister has approached the British oil company about the possibility of processing future crude from the Turkana fields to supply domestic consumption. However, the project promises to be complex and costly.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2024

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

The Nigerian group has done little to develop its permits in Uganda and some of them are shortly due to expire.

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2023

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot and Tullow Oil hone their drilling plans

Several operators will be embarking on new offshore drilling campaigns in 2024, while Italy's ENI develops its huge Baleine reserves.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2023

Nigeria
Seplat founder banks on buying assets from TotalEnergies and Equinor to revive his career

French oil major TotalEnergies is reportedly on the verge of selling part of its Nigerian oil assets. The former CEO of Seplat, Austin Avuru, is in pole position to acquire them.

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2023

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2023

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

Tim O'Hanlon, who headed up Tullow Oil's African operations for thirty years, is starting a new chapter with True North, a service provider that is working with TotalEnergies in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Energy 18.08.2023

Spotlight | Uganda
Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Uganda's aim of building its own crude refinery seems further than ever from fulfilment. Tired of delays by the Western companies tasked with the project, President Museveni is considering turning to Chinese partners to get it off the ground.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 11.07.2023

Ivory Coast
Potential buyers waiting for Tullow Oil to pull out of Espoir

Ivory Coast | Oil | The British company Tullow Oil, which owns just over 20% of Ivory Coast's two main crude oil fields, Espoir and Baobab, is looking for buyers for its shares in Espoir.

Subscribers only Energy 27.06.2023

South Africa
Africa Oil Week loses its captain

Paul Sinclair, who had been at the helm of Africa Oil Week for the past seven years, stepped down in mid-June. His departure is bad news for the event's organiser, the Hyve Group, which is also battling to keep its sponsors from defecting to the rival Africa Energy Week.

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2023

South Africa
TotalEnergies takes step back from offshore block 3B/4B

TotalEnergies is growing weary of dealing with complications in South Africa. For the time being, it is easing off of block 3B/4B and focusing on exploring Namibian waters.

Subscribers only Energy 20.06.2023

Gabon
Maurel & Prom still in the running for Carlyle's assets

The Indonesian oil group Pertamina's international arm Maurel & Prom (M&P) announced on 13 June that it was still in the running to purchase deposits owned by Carlyle in Gabon.

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.2023

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

The Ghanaian authorities are still refusing to approve a transaction authorising PetroSA to increase its stake in the offshore permit Deepwater Tano. GNPC seems to have taken sides with the South African firm, which has teamed up with the discreet local firm Bluestar Exploration for the transaction.

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2023

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Tullow Oil

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Nigeria
Tullow Oil eyes maiden venture in Niger Delta

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co faced with wave of departures at Assala Energy

Ghana
Ghana Gas seeks investors for second gas processing plant

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Spotlight | Gabon
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot and Tullow Oil hone their drilling plans

Nigeria
Seplat founder banks on buying assets from TotalEnergies and Equinor to revive his career

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

Spotlight | Uganda
Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Ivory Coast
Potential buyers waiting for Tullow Oil to pull out of Espoir

South Africa
Africa Oil Week loses its captain

South Africa
TotalEnergies takes step back from offshore block 3B/4B

Gabon
Maurel & Prom still in the running for Carlyle's assets

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Tullow Oil

Spotlight | Nigeria Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Nigeria Tullow Oil eyes maiden venture in Niger Delta

Spotlight | Gabon Gabon Oil Co faced with wave of departures at Assala Energy

Ghana Ghana Gas seeks investors for second gas processing plant

Africa Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Spotlight | Gabon National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Angola Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Nigeria Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Kenya Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Uganda Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

Ivory Coast Foxtrot and Tullow Oil hone their drilling plans

Nigeria Seplat founder banks on buying assets from TotalEnergies and Equinor to revive his career

Gabon Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Mozambique Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

Spotlight | Uganda Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Ivory Coast Potential buyers waiting for Tullow Oil to pull out of Espoir

South Africa Africa Oil Week loses its captain

South Africa TotalEnergies takes step back from offshore block 3B/4B

Gabon Maurel & Prom still in the running for Carlyle's assets

Spotlight | Ghana PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Nigeria
Tullow Oil eyes maiden venture in Niger Delta

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co faced with wave of departures at Assala Energy

Ghana
Ghana Gas seeks investors for second gas processing plant

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Spotlight | Gabon
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot and Tullow Oil hone their drilling plans

Nigeria
Seplat founder banks on buying assets from TotalEnergies and Equinor to revive his career

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

Spotlight | Uganda
Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Ivory Coast
Potential buyers waiting for Tullow Oil to pull out of Espoir

South Africa
Africa Oil Week loses its captain

South Africa
TotalEnergies takes step back from offshore block 3B/4B

Gabon
Maurel & Prom still in the running for Carlyle's assets

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry