Tullow’s ops off Ghana going digital thanks to deal with French firm

Tullow Oil, an independent energy company with operations in West Africa, has signed a partnership agreement with Opsealog, a France-headquartered provider of maritime digitalization and fleet performance management solutions to digitalize its marine operations in Ghana.

Thanks to the agreement, four Tullow platform supply vessels (PSVs) and anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels working in Ghana’s offshore oil fields will feature Opsealog’s e-reporting system, Streamlog, and its data integration and performance platform, Marinsights.

According to the French firm, the enhanced digitalization process will ensure accurate vessel tracking, and provide insights to optimize fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

“This partnership with Opsealog marks an important step in the digitalisation of our marine operations, equipping our teams with granular, data-driven insights to improve the performance of our fleet and reduce our environmental footprint.

“This ability to leverage data to benchmark, report and boost our efficiency is essential to our strategic vision of building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa,” said Tullow’s Head of Logistics, Samuel Kwesi Dickson.

The French firm’s solutions will also be used for vessel reporting and streamlining data collection for weekly, monthly, and yearly reports while supporting forecasting and cost tracking. This is expected to ensure data accuracy and eliminate duplicated input. The energy company will also be able to monitor vessel activity to optimize aspects such as fuel and freshwater levels and crew certificates.

Briac Lemée, Business Development Manager at Opsealog, noted: “This project is a great example of how data and fuel efficiency expertise can work together towards sustainability objectives. It empowers Tullow Oil Ghana’s onshore teams with the right data to deliver high-value analysis and inform strategic decision-making to improve the utilisation of their assets.”

Tullow operates two oil fields in the West African country, Jubilee and TEN. The former started producing oil in 2010 through the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit Kwame Nkrumah MV21, and the latter in 2016 through the permanently moored FPSO TEN.

In December 2024, Tullow Ghana booked the Noble Venturer drillship for a drilling assignment set to start in May 2025. Worth $171 million, the new drilling campaign entails six firm wells and is estimated to last 360 days.

That same month, Tullow disclosed it was engaged in preliminary discussions with Kosmos Energy regarding a possible all-share offer from the latter following media speculations. However, on December 17, 2024, both players confirmed that the discussions were terminated and no offer would be made.