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
Sunset in Uganda

Jobi-1 (formerly Buffalo-1), Block 1 – 2009

Kingfisher-2 oil discovery site

Kingfisher-2, Block 3A – 2008

Workers at the Turaco-1 oil discovery site

Turaco-1, Block 3 – 2003