Tullow commences production at Watt gas field

Tullow Oil plc, the international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announced its first production from the Watt gas field, situated in the British Southern North Sea.

Production from the single well development commenced on 28th November.

Watt is the fourth field to be brought on production as part of the five field development, collectively known as CMS III.

Partners in the development are Tullow Oil UK Limited - 14.1%, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited (operator) - 59.5%, and GDF Britain Limited -26.4%.

Production from the first three fields, Murdoch K, Hawksley, and McAdam, exceeded expectations since first gas was produced from CMS III in September 2002.

The current combined production potential from the four fields is considerably above the predicted plateau rate.

Chief Executive of Tullow, Aidan Heavey, said: 'Once again we have been delighted by the better than anticipated production performance from these reservoirs. '