Tullow Oil issued a notice of force majeure to Seadrill Partners on October 3 for the West Leo semi-submersible. The unit had been carrying out work on Ghana’s TEN development.
Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) has lifted its force majeure on gas supplies to the Nigerian LNG (NLNG) facility after locating and repairing a pipeline leak.
Production from the South Lokichar Basin will begin in March 2017, with exports beginning in June, Tullow Oil executives agreed in a meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta last week.