Tullow Oil PLC New licences in Côte d'Ivoire (4090T)
October 12 2017 - 2:00AM
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Tullow Oil PLC
12 October 2017
News Release
Tullow awarded four licences in Côte d'Ivoire
12 October 2017 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce
that it has acquired 90% stakes in four onshore blocks in Côte
d'Ivoire. Petroci, the national oil company of Côte d'Ivoire, holds
the remaining 10%. The four blocks - CI 518, CI519, CI301 and CI302
- cover 5,035 square kilometres and located on the coastline of
Côte d'Ivoire mostly to the west of Abidjan.
Tullow believes that this acreage will complement the Group's
existing exploration portfolio as the blocks are located in a
proven petroleum system, indicated by multiple oil seeps and past
production from the Eboinda Oil Sands. If commercial discoveries
are made, the maturity of Côte d'Ivoire's oil industry suggests a
relatively short and low-cost path to production. Tullow intends to
initiate work immediately on these licences to allow a full tensor
gradiometry (FTG) survey to start in early 2018. This early survey
data will be used to assess the potential of the licenses and guide
future acquisition of seismic data.
Tullow has worked in Côte d'Ivoire for 20 years both as an
explorer and as a producer and holds a non-operated position in the
Espoir field which produces approximately 4,000 bopd net to
Tullow.
Paul McDade, Chief Executive Officer, commented today:
"I am very pleased to have signed the licences for these blocks
and look forward to exploring again in Côte d'Ivoire. We have a
long history in Côte d'Ivoire having been in country since 1997 and
I am excited about the potential that these blocks, with their
proven petroleum system, offer."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tullow Oil Murray Consultants
plc (Dublin)
(London) (+353 1
(+44 20 3249 498 0300)
9000) Pat Walsh
Chris Perry Joe Heron
(investors)
Nicola Rogers
(investors)
George Cazenove
(media)
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Notes to Editors
Tullow Oil plc
Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and
production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock
exchanges (symbol: TLW). The Group has interests in over 80
exploration and production licences across 17 countries which are
managed as three business delivery teams: West Africa, East Africa
and New Ventures.
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