Gas starts to flow for Tullow

OIL and gas exploration firm Tullow Oil has started production at the Horne and Wren North Sea gas field, the London and Dublin quoted oil and gas group, said yesterday.

The field is co-owned with British utility Centrica, and it has started production at a rate of 60 million cubic feet of gas a day.

This is Tullow’s first operated development in Britain. The group, headquartered in London, said in a statement yesterday the field went live on June 9.