HARDMAN RESOURCES, whose 50% partner is Tullow Oil, has stated that oil successfully flowed to surface from the sands tested in its Mputa-1 exploration well.

As of midnight last Saturday, Tullow Oil’s Ugandan Mputa-2 has been cased and suspended as a potential future oil producer.

Oil and gas, exploration and production Group, Tullow Oil, announced record results for the year ended 31 December 2005.