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Tullow Oil

December 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • TLW
  • Price:
  • 148p
Tullow has shocked investors with the announcement that gross production in Ghana is forecast to be around 151,000 barrels oil per day (down from the previously expected 180,000) and net production for the group should now be c.87,000 bopd from the previous range of 89-93,000. This reflects technical issues constraining water injection and gas handling, albeit these should be rectified “early 2020.”Worse still, Tullow has stated that the two recent discoveries in Ghana, Jethro and Joe (previously forecast to add 173m barrels net to reserves), are now considered to have “heavy crude oil with high sulphur content” (12 degrees API and c.5% sulphur), which suggests these are no longer commercial according to Jef ...

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