Directors' Report: Business review
Significant progress towards Uganda becoming a major oil producing country
- Major pipeline in place for transport of surplus crude
- Potential to produce in excess of 200,000 bopd
- Major development focused on refined products for local and regional markets
- First commercial oil expected from Kasamene field by end 2011
Beyond 2010
- Basin-wide development plan to be agreed by year-end
- Extended well test to produce oil in the first half of 2010
- Tullow proposes farmdown to CNOOC and Total
- Tullow to acquire Heritage’s interests in Blocks 1 and 3A
2010
- Over 800 mmbo discovered, with 1.5 billion barrels yet to find
- By the end of 2009, 27 wells yield 26 discoveries
- Commercial threshold exceeded, development team established
- Major Jobi-Rii oil field discovered
2009
- Seven oil discoveries as confidence grows
- Kasamene-1 breakthrough opens Victoria Nile Delta play
- Kingfisher-2 flows at over 14,000 bopd
2008
- Kingfisher-1 flows at over 13,000 bopd
- Major seismic surveys acquired
- Tullow acquires Hardman Resources
2007
- Waraga flowed at >12,000 bopd
- Wildcat oil discoveries Mputa, Waraga, Nzizi and Kingfisher
- In-fill seismic acquired
- Tullow acquires Energy Africa
2004–2006
- Turaco drilling encounters CO2
- Reconnaissance seismic acquired
- Licences awarded
1997–2003
- International oil companies explore for oil in western Uganda
- Uganda’s visionaries prepare for oil exploration
1986–1993
- Uganda gains independence
- Ugandan Geological Survey probe Kibero & Kibuku oil seeps
- Waki-1 first well drilled and oil shows encountered
- 52 oil seeps documented
1938–1962
- Oil seeps found centuries ago
- Petroleum rift basin starts forming 8 million years ago
Jobi-1 (formerly Buffalo-1), Block 1 – 2009
Kingfisher-2, Block 3A – 2008
Turaco-1, Block 3 – 2003


