ISE Irish Stock Exchange : Ian Springett - leave of absence

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Ian Springett - leave of absence

5 January 2017- Tullow Oil plc announces that Ian Springett, Chief Financial Officer, is taking an extended leave of absence from Tullow in order to undergo treatment for a medical condition. Les Wood, Vice President Finance and Commercial, has been appointed Interim CFO. Les joined Tullow in 2014 as the Group's Vice President for Commercial. Before joining Tullow, Les worked for BP plc for 28 years in various positions including Regional CFO roles in Canada and the Middle East.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tullow Oil plc (London) ([phone]) Chris Perry George Cazenove Nicola Rogers

Murray Consultants (Dublin) ([phone]) Pat Walsh Joe Heron

Notes to Editors

Tullow Oil plc

Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW). The Group has interests in over 120 exploration and production licences across 21 countries which are managed as three business delivery teams: West Africa, East Africa and New Ventures.

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