Merlin	(Shell)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number:	Part 211/23a, P.296
Map reference:	Plate 6
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Shell UK Ltd.	50.00
Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd.	50.00
Date of discovery:	February 1997
Production start:	November 1997
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):	3.10
First year of peak production:	1997
Peak production (million tonnes per year):	0.03
Water depth:	158m
Gravity:	31°API
Sulphur content:	Nil
Transport system:	Oil piped via Dunlin and South Cormorant to Sullom Voe. Gas used for power generation.
Extension into other UK blocks:	None
Remarks:	Subsea satellite of Dunlin ‘A’ platform
Name Merlin	Shell’s offshore oil fields are named after sea birds.

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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9
Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | Appendix 4 | Appendix 5 | Appendix 6 | Appendix 7 | Appendix 8
Appendix 9 | Appendix 10 | Appendix 11 | Appendix 12 | Appendix 13 | Appendix 14 | Appendix 15 | Appendix 16 | Appendix 17
Plate 1 | Plate 2W | Plate 2E | Plate 3W | Plate 3E | Plate 4W | Plate 4E | Plate 5W | Plate 5E | Plate 6 | Plate 7
Plate 8W | Plate 8E | Plate 9W | Plate 9E | Plate 10W | Plate 10E | Plate 11 | Plate 12