{"id":15662,"date":"2026-03-12T06:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15662"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:15:21","slug":"kenya-tullow-oil-reports-receipt-of-tranche-b-payment-for-sale-of-south-lokichar-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-tullow-oil-reports-receipt-of-tranche-b-payment-for-sale-of-south-lokichar-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: Tullow Oil Reports Receipt of Tranche B payment for sale of South Lokichar assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tullow Oil has announced it has received $36 million proceeds of the Tranche B payment, under the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) announced on 21 July 2025 for the sale of its entire working interest in Kenya to Auron Energy E&amp;P Limited, an affiliate of Gulf Energy Limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the second instalment of proceeds from the Kenya disposal and follows ratification by the Kenyan Parliament of the Field Development Plan for the South Lokichar oil project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final 10% of Tranche B proceeds ($4 million) is pending completion of transition support services, which is expected before the end of March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final tranche of $40 million, payable over five years from the third quarter of 2028 onwards and no later than 30 June 2033, is subject to the payment schedule as agreed under the terms of the SPA. In addition, Tullow retains a right to royalty payments, subject to certain conditions, and a no cost back-in right for a 30% participation in potential future development phases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tullow Oil has announced it has received $36 million proceeds of the Tranche B payment, under the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) announced on 21 July 2025 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-tullow-oil-reports-receipt-of-tranche-b-payment-for-sale-of-south-lokichar-assets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[12155,12402,12403,2571],"class_list":["post-15662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-auron-energy-ep-limited","tag-gulf-energy-limited","tag-south-lokichar-oil-project","tag-tullow-oil","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-44C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14865,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-gulf-energy-acquires-tullow-oil-assets-portfolio-in-lokichar-basin-for-120m\/","url_meta":{"origin":15662,"position":0},"title":"KENYA: Gulf Energy Acquires Tullow Oil Kenyan Assets Portfolio for $120M","author":"","date":"April 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tullow Overseas Holdings BV, has signed a heads of terms agreement with Gulf Energy Ltd to sell Tullow Kenya BV, which holds Tullow\u2019s entire working interests in Kenya, for a total consideration of at least $120 million. The consideration will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tullow-Oil-Kenya.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tullow-Oil-Kenya.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tullow-Oil-Kenya.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Tullow-Oil-Kenya.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15259,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-tullow-completes-sale-of-assets-to-gulf-energy\/","url_meta":{"origin":15662,"position":1},"title":"KENYA: Tullow completes sale of assets to Gulf Energy","author":"","date":"September 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"cplc (Tullow) has announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its entire working interest in Kenya to Auron Energy E&P Limited, an affiliate of Gulf Energy Ltd, following satisfaction of all conditions precedent under the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) announced on 21 July 2025. 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