Tullow reports first gas from Munro field

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 25 -- Tullow Oil PLC has begun natural gas production from Munro field in the southern UK North Sea.

Production began Aug. 22 at an initial average rate of 55 MMscfd, 6 weeks ahead of the development schedule and 16 months after the field was discovered.

Munro, Tullow's second UK development in 2005, produces from one well through a minimum-facilities platform and a 5 km pipeline that connects to Tullow facilities in the Caster Murdoch System area.

Production from Munro field, in which Tullow has a 15% interest, is expected to peak at 80 MMscfd of gas.