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    A

    AGM

    Annual General Meeting

    AFS

    Available for sale

    B

    bll

    Barrel

    bcf

    Billion cubic feet

    boe

    Barrels of oil equivalent

    boepd

    Barrels of oil equivalent per day

    bopd

    Barrels of oil per day

    C

    CMS

    Caister Murdoch System

    CMS III

    A group development of five satellite fields linked to CMS

    CR

    Corporate Responsibility

    CSO

    Civil Society Organisation

    CNOOC

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation

    D

    DLT

    Development Leadership Team

    DoA

    Delegation of Authority

    DRC

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    DSBP

    Deferred Share Bonus Plan

    E

    EA

    Exploration Area

    E&E

    Exploration and evaluation

    E&A

    Exploration and Appraisal

    E&P

    Exploration and Production

    EBITDA

    Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

    EHS

    Environment, Health and Safety

    EMS

    Environmental Management System

    ERC

    Energy Resource Consultants

    ESOS

    Executive Share Option Scheme

    F

    FEED

    Front End Engineering and Design

    FPSO

    Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel

    FRC

    Financial Reporting Council

    FRS

    Financial Reporting Standard

    FTG

    Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry

    FTSE 100

    Equity index whose constituents are the 100 largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation

    FVTPL

    Fair Value Through Profit or Loss

    G

    GELT

    Global Exploration Leadership Team

    GNPC

    Ghana National Petroleum Corporation

    GoU

    Government of Uganda

    Group

    Company and its subsidiary undertakings

    H

    H&S

    Health and Safety

    HIPO

    High Potential Incident

    HNBS

    Hewitt New Bridge Street

    HR

    Human Resources

    I

    IAS

    International Accounting Standard

    IASB

    International Accounting Standards Board

    IFRIC

    International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

    IFRS

    International Financial Reporting Standards

    IMS

    Information Management System

    ISO

    International Organization for Standardization

    K

    km

    kilometres

    KPI

    Key Performance Indicator

    L

    LIBOR

    London Interbank Offered Rate

    LTI

    Lost Time Incident

    LTIFR

    LTI Frequency Rate measured in LTIs per million hours worked

    M

    mmbbl

    Million barrels

    mmbo

    Million barrels of oil

    mmboe

    Million barrels of oil equivalent

    mmscfd

    Million standard cubic feet per day

    MoU

    Memorandum of Understanding

    MTM

    Mark To Market

    N

    NGO

    Non-Governmental Organisation

    O

    OR&A

    Operational Readiness and Assurance

    P

    p

    pence

    P10

    Reserves and/or resources estimates that have a 10 per cent probability of being met or exceeded

    P50

    Reserves and/or resources estimates that have a 50 per cent probability of being met or exceeded

    P&D

    Production and Development

    PAYE

    Pay As You Earn

    PRT

    Petroleum Revenue Tax

    PSC

    Production Sharing Contract

    PSP

    Performance Share Plan

    S

    SCT

    Supplementary Corporation Tax

    SIP

    Share Incentive Plan

    SMC

    Senior Management Committee

    SPA

    Sale and Purchase Agreement

    sq km

    Square kilometres

    SRI

    Socially Responsible Investment

    T

    toes

    Tullow Oil Environmental Standards

    TSR

    Total Shareholder Return

    U

    UK GAAP

    UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

    V

    VAT

    Value Added Tax

    W

    WAEP

    Weighted Average Exercise Price

    WCTP

    West Cape Three Points

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Internal controls

The Directors acknowledge their responsibility for the Group’s and the Company’s systems of internal control, which are designed to safeguard the assets of the Group and to ensure the reliability of financial information for both internal use and external publication and to comply with the Turnbull Committee guidance on the Combined Code. The Group’s internal control procedures require technical, financial and Board approval for all projects. All major expenditures require senior management approval at the appropriate stages of each transaction. Overall control is ensured by a regular detailed reporting system covering both technical progress of projects and the state of the Group’s financial affairs. The Board has put in place procedures for identifying, evaluating and managing any significant risks that face the Group. Risk assessment and evaluation is an integral part of the annual planning cycle. Each business unit documents its strategic objectives and the significant risks in achieving them and regularly reports on progress against these objectives. Key risks are also reported monthly to the Board. There is a comprehensive budgeting and planning system for all items of expenditure with an annual budget approved by the Board. Actual results are reported against budget on a monthly basis. Revised financial forecasts for the year and financial projections for future years are regularly prepared.

The Board has ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of the Group’s risk management activities and internal control processes. Any system of internal control can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that material financial irregularities will be detected or that the risk of failure to achieve business objectives is eliminated. The Board’s objective is to ensure Tullow has appropriate systems in place for the identification and management of risks.

The Board receives reports from business unit and corporate teams throughout the year to enable it to assess on an ongoing basis the effectiveness of the system of internal controls and risk management.

During the year, the Group Internal Audit Manager reviewed a number of areas of risk and his findings were reported to the Audit Committee. No significant weaknesses were identified. The Board has confirmed that through its Audit Committee it has reviewed the effectiveness of the system of internal financial, operational and compliance controls and risk management, and considers that the system of internal controls operated effectively throughout the financial year and up to the date on which the financial statements were signed.

For more information on how we identify and manage risk see Risk management