Murchison oilfield

The Murchison oil field is located in the northern North Sea in the East Shetland Basin on the UK Continental Shelf. The field is situated 150 km north-east of Shetland and straddles the UK/Norwegian median line. It lies in UK Block 211/19 and extends into Norwegian Block 33/9.^[1] The field is named after the Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871). Recoverable reserves were estimated to be 340 million barrels of oil out of a total oil-in-place of 790 million barrels. The field was developed through a large steel jacket platform standing in 156 m of water.^[1] The peak production rate was 150,383 barrels of oil per day in December 1982.^[1] Oil production was supported by gas and water injection. Production ceased in 2014 and the platform was removed in 2017.^[2]