Posted on :
5 Apr, 2018
5 Apr, 2018
Tullow Oil is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company primarily focused on Africa and South America with a portfolio of 90 licences across 16 countries.
Since 2006, Tullow has had interests in two licences in offshore Ghana. In 2008, Tullow was appointed as the Jubilee Field Operator and, working with its joint venture partners and the Government of Ghana, went on to achieve first oil in November 2010. The Jubilee field has become Tullow’s key asset generating significant high-margin oil production. Tullow’s second major discoveries and subsequent development in Ghana is the TEN fields where first oil was successfully achieved on time and on budget in August 2016.
There are further exploration opportunities for Tullow Ghana including expanding Jubilee to include outlying deep-water reserves. More information can be found here: Ghana BU
Job Description
Job Title: Associate General Counsel
Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) is seeking to hire an Associate General Counsel based in Accra who will be a functional leader and manager of legal issues relating to Tullow’s Ghana Business Unit (BU) including:
You will ideally be an experienced General Counsel and will have an extensive knowledge of international upstream Oil and Gas contractual, commercial, transactional, litigious, regulatory and compliance matters ideally in one or more African jurisdictions. You will also be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
In Tullow, all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully and everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources to enable them to contribute to Tullow’s overall success.
To achieve this, we offer our employees:
Our philosophy is to bring people into Tullow with whom we can build a strong, mutually beneficial and long lasting relationship. Working for Tullow will increase your knowledge, broaden your horizons and extend your professional network. We offer a competitive reward package of base salary, incentives and benefits which is designed to attract, retain and motivate the best talent in our industry.