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Tullow Oil

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

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Squabble over boundary continues, to dismay of oil companies

The first round of arbitration on the maritime boundary between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Uganda
New bone of contention between Total and Revenue Authority

In its fiscal tussle with Kampala, Total did not want [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

Spotlight | Kenya, Uganda
Museveni & Kenyatta struggle against oil price fall

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta, whose nations boast the biggest oil potential in East Africa, failed to anticipate the collapse in petroleum prices and could now face a highly difficult year.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2015

East Africa
Africa Energy, Lundin group's new wild card

The firm Horn Petroleum, majority-owned by Africa Oil Corp, part of Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum group, changed its name last week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2015

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Tempers flare in offshore boundary dispute

Already increasingly cool, relations between Ivory Coast and Ghana are beginning to pose serious problems to oil companies working near a disputed zone.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2015

Mauritania
Mamadou Kane still pins hopes on Banda

Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has named the boss of the defunct Societe de Production d’Electricite a Partir du [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2015

Uganda
The oil companies still oppose the pipeline route to Kenya

During the Northern Corridor Infrastructure Summit in Kigali on 7 [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.03.2015

Ghana
Gas to start flowing from Jubilee after four year wait

The tie-up between Jubilee’s gas reserves and processing plant at Atuabo is going to have a quick impact on oil companies.

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Uganda
CNOOC hesitates on Kingfisher

The China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) could well re-issue [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Spotlight | Benin
The people behind new exploration groups

Largely unnoticed, the recent arrival of a flock of companies to try to find oil in Benin's onshore and offshore shows to what extent successes in neighbouring Ghana and Nigeria have profited the country. Here's a rundown of exploration players [.

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

Ghana
OS Petro, a local junior on West Cape three Points

Ghanaian businessmen are intent on joining foreign companies like Socar and Elenilto ( AEI 739) in picking up some of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

Mauritania
Chevron plants its flag in the country's offshore

Even if the price of oil has fallen the American major is continuing to snap up acreage in West Africa in partnership with Kosmos Energy.

Free access Energy 17.02.2015

Ethiopia
Africa Oil starts year on a fresh footing

The Canadian company is raising $100 million and altering its portfolio in keeping with its new priorities.

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

Mauritania
Matthew Bowyer sees big for Sterling Energy

Barely had he been named exploration boss of Britain’s Sterling Energy in December than Matthew Bowyer displayed his interest in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

Kenya
National Oil wants part of the action

The state-owned National Oil Corp is hoping to cobble more [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria
Addax sorely hit by collapse in oil price

While Western majors are slashing their exploration and production budgets, China’s state-run oil companies are doing precisely the same

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Guinea
Tullow gets back to work

Africa Energy Intelligence understands Tullow Oil believes the sanitary situation in Guinea has stabilized and is poised to resume its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Mauritania
Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir, the new oil chief

Mauritania’s president has just dismissed Mohamed Khouna from the key post of oil, mines and energy minister. Total’s problems with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Uganda
Total slows down and starts to leave town

The departure of Total’s director general in Kampala, Francois Rafin, is being followed by a large part of his team.

Subscribers only Business 30.01.2015

Mauritania
SPEG and its gas projects down the drain

Following Tullow Oil’s withdrawal as operator of the Banda gas project (AEI 736) the Mauritanian government has wound up Societe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

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