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Tullow Oil

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

Africa
Alan Linn, Afren's new white knight

Afren hopes to finally climb out of the morass following the departure of several of its top executives in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

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 [.