UK's Tullow oil seeking partners in bid for additional Ghana block

ACCRA (Reuters) - UK oil explorer Tullow Oil <TLW.L> is seeking partners in a bid to acquire a new oil block in Ghana which launched its first oil bidding round in October, the company's managing director Kweku Awotwi said on Thursday.

Tullow is already lead operator of two oil fields in Ghana including its flagship offshore Jubilee field, with cumulative output currently at around 160,000 barrels per day, Awotwe told reporters in Accra.

(Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo)