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Tullow Oil

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

Spotlight | Uganda
Total/Tullow Oil: why Yoweri Museveni turned his oil commando unit on its head

Wanting to push ahead with the development of the Lake Albert fields that Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil discovered since 2006 and are presently under Tullow/Total and Cnooc's watch, President Yoweri Museveni made pivotal changes to Uganda's top oil staff [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Gabon
Tullow oil gambles everything with Dussafu

The head of Tullow Oil's Gabonese branch Jean-Medard Madama is ready to bet everything to save a few million dollars [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Africa
Kosmos/Trident: Boru's Aidan Heavey playing matchmaker

The former Tullow Oil chairman is seeking well-heeled allies to form duos able to win blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Kenya, Uganda
Embattled Tullow Oil enlists African experts to steer it into smoother waters

Ever since Tullow Oil's CEO Paul McDade jumped ship, the company has been relying on its African execs to negotiate its departure from key countries and refill its coffers.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Uganda
Lake Albert crude oil: Total and Museveni cross swords over tax

The head of Total is demanding another tax cut on the development of Lake Albert's oil fields.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Africa
Tullow's leadership crisis spells bad business for Aidan Heavey's Boru

Tullow Oil's hasty replacement of former chief executive officer Paul [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Zafiro: ExxonMobil serves Obiang with an ultimatum

The American major no longer wants to play ball with Malabo and has laid down the terms of its departure.

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Uganda
How a cornered Museveni gave in to Total and Tullow Oil

With 2021 elections approaching the Ugandan president felt it best to keep the oil firms happy.

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Ghana
Local content: who can now sway Tullow-ENI-Kosmos' future?

The acting director of the Petroleum Commission (Petcom), Egbert Faibille, the former lawyer for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Kenya
Tullow tax: Treasury puts Kenyatta's team under maximum pressure

With the National Treasury unhappy about being left out of the tax negotiations with Tullow, the oil ministry is bending over backwards to get a new deal signed.

Free access Energy 17.12.2019

Kenya
Why Tullow/Total/Africa Oil's second oil lifting will have to wait

The second lifting of 200,000 barrels of Kenyan oil from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Ghana
Aker Energy: Ghanaians have less and less say in company business

The news was eclipsed by Aker Energy's managing director Jan [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Africa
Change/BEAC: Exxon-Perenco under pressure from Déby's nephew

In its fight against a drain of foreign currencies, the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) governor, Abbas Mahamat Tolli, [...]

Subscribers only 03.12.2019

Gabon
Total and Tullow flounder, Shell cautious at Mboumba meetings

When in Cape Town for the Africa Oil Week, the now former minister met with the oil firms to take stock of their activities in Gabon and get a feel for their interest in his licencing round.

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

Kenya
Lokichar: who can operator Tullow Oil offload to?

The junior is keen to shed a large portion of its shares in blocks 10BA, 10BB and 13T that sit in Kenya's northwest Lokichar basin.

Free access Energy 03.12.2019

Namibia
Kudu: why does BW Offshore want Namcor off the permit?

Norway's BW Offshore is warming up to the idea of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Trident/Kosmos Energy duo in full blown cold war

While the Kosmos Energy and Trident Energy duo that owns Equatorial Guinean block S may have recently discovered oil on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2019

Kenya
Politics could get the better of Total's interests in Lokichar

The Kenyan treasury is being extremely slow in implementing tax changes negotiated with exasperated majors.

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2019

Gabon
Carlyle plays havoc on Assala Energy's nerves

If the trend is to expand, Carlyle's financial logic could cause a sudden stop to the small group's activities in Gabon.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 19.11.2019

Kenya
Flush with WB cash, oil minister Munyes hires Beicip-Franlab experts to win buyers

Three months after selling the first cargo of crude oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2019

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