| Miller field | |
|---|---|
  Location of Miller field | |
| Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Location | Central North Sea |
| Block | 16/7b, 16/8b |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 58°45′N 1°20′E / 58.75°N 1.33°E |
| Operator | BP (1982–...) |
| Partners | BP ConocoPhillips Shell |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1983 |
| Start of production | 1992 |
| Peak year | 1995-6 |
| Abandonment | 2007 |
| Production | |
| Peak of production (oil) | 150,000 barrels per day (~7.5×106 t/a) |
The Miller oilfield is a deep reservoir under the North Sea, 240 kilometres north-east of Peterhead in UKCS Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b. It was discovered in 1983 by BP[1] in a water depth of 100 metres. Production from Miller field started in June 1992, and plateau production was from late 1992 to 1997 at rates of up to 150,000 barrels (24,000 m3) of oil and 255 million cu ft (7.2 million m3) of gas per day at standard conditions. Miller produced some 345 million barrels (54,900,000 m3) of oil during its lifetime. The field is named after Hugh Miller who contributed to Scottish geology in the early nineteenth century.[2]
The Miller field reached the end of its economic oil and gas producing life in 2007 when Cessation of Production (CoP) approval was received from the UK government. Preparations are currently under way to decommission the Miller platform, but the oil and gas pipelines will be preserved for future opportunities. [3]
On 1 April 2009, sixteen people were killed in the crash of a helicopter carrying workers from the Miller field back to Aberdeen.
- ^ McClure, N.M., and Brown, A.A., Miller Field, 1992, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978-1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN 0891813330, pp. 307–322
- ^ "Oil and Gas fields names in the North Sea" (PDF).
- ^ BP North Sea Website : http://www.bpnsi.com/index.asp?id=7369643D312669643D313130