Appointment of Non Executive Director

RNS Number : 4209I

Tullow Oil PLC

25 July 2012

 



News Release

Appointment of Anne Drinkwater as a Non-executive Director

25 July 2012 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Drinkwater as a Non-executive Director with effect from today.

Anne joins Tullow after a long and successful career with BP. Anne held a number of senior business and operations positions, most recently as President and CEO of BP Canada from 2009 to 2012. Other positions within BP included Group Vice President managing non-technical risk, President of BP Indonesia and Managing Director of BP Norway.

Anne has a strong commercial and business development background from within the oil & gas sector and brings significant expertise in governance and stakeholder management to Tullow. Anne is currently a Non-executive Director of engineering company, Aker Solutions ASA in Norway.

There are no further disclosures required under Rule 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UKLA and 6.6.7 of the Listing Rules of the Irish Stock Exchange in respect of Anne Drinkwater to those disclosed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tullow Oil plc ([phone]) Chris Perry - Investor Relations James Arnold - Investor Relations George Cazenove - Media Relations

Citigate Dewe Rogerson ([phone]) Martin Jackson Kate Lehane

Murray Consultants ([phone]) Joe Murray Ed Micheau

Tullow Group Overview

Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian (symbol: TLW) stock exchanges and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Group has interests in over 90 exploration and production licences across 22 countries and focuses on four core areas: Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America.

In Africa, Tullow has production in Ghana, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Congo (Brazzaville) and Equatorial Guinea with two large appraisal and development programmes in Ghana and Uganda. Tullow also has exploration interests in Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Senegal, Tanzania, Madagascar, Namibia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Tullow's European interests are focused on gas in the UK Southern North Sea where it has significant interests in the Caister-Murdoch System and the Thames area and in the Netherlands where it has offshore gas production, development and exploration opportunities.

In South Asia, Tullow has exploration and production in Bangladesh and exploration interests in Pakistan. In South America, Tullow has exploration interests in Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.

For further information please refer to our website at www.tullowoil.com.

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