31st Mar 2008 07:01
Tullow Oil PLC31 March 2008 News release Retirement of Matthew O'Donoghue, General Manager Projects 31 March 2008 - Matthew O'Donoghue, aged 63, will retire as General ManagerProjects, and from the Board of Tullow, with effect from today. Matthew joined Tullow in 1987 as General Manager in Senegal and was appointed tothe Board in 1998. During his career, spanning over 35 years in the oil and gasbusiness, he has held a number of senior management positions both in Tullow andwith Schlumberger Wireline working in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In recent years, as General Manager Projects, Matthew has successfully managedTullow's Contracts and Procurement function and guided a number of Tullow'sdevelopments from sanction through to first production. These projects includedthe Group's first offshore operated development, Horne and Wren in the UKSouthern North Sea, and most recently, gas developments in Pakistan andBangladesh. Matthew will however maintain close links with Tullow in retirement and theGroup will continue to benefit from his experience and expertise through aconsultancy agreement. Commenting today, Aidan Heavey, Chief Executive of Tullow said: "Matt has given outstanding service to Tullow for over 21 years. He has been acentral figure in Tullow's growth since the first project in Senegal through tothe major development we are now commencing on the Jubilee field in Ghana. Iwould like to personally thank him for the incredible commitment and dedicationhe has shown during each of his roles in Tullow and for the major contributionhe has made to the success of the company. We all wish him well in retirement." For further information contact: Tullow Oil plc Citigate Dewe Rogerson Murray Consultants(+44 20 8996 1000) (+44 20 7638 9571) (+353 1 498 0300)Tom Hickey Martin Jackson Joe MurrayChris Perry Kate Delahunty Notes to Editors Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group,quoted on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges (symbol: TLW) and is aconstituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Group has interests in over 100exploration and production licences across 23 countries and focuses on four coreareas: Europe, Africa, South Asia and South America. Tullow's European interests are primarily focused on gas in the UK SouthernNorth Sea where it has significant interests in the Caister-Murdoch System andthe Thames-Hewett areas and operates over 70% of its production. In Africa, Tullow has exploration and production in Gabon, Cote d'Ivoire,Mauritania and Equatorial Guinea and two large appraisal and developmentprogrammes in Ghana and Uganda. Tullow also has exploration interests inMauritania, Senegal, Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Madagascar, Namibia and Angola. In South Asia, Tullow has exploration and production in Pakistan and Bangladeshand high impact exploration activities in India. In South America Tullow has high impact exploration interests in Trinidad andTobago, French Guiana and Suriname. For further information please refer to our website at www.tullowoil.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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