Miller (BP)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number: 16/7b, P.340
Map reference: Plate 8
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Britoil (Beta) Ltd 100.00
Date of discovery: March 1983
Production start: June 1992
Operator’s estimate of:  
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes): 41.11
(billion cubic metres): Gas 11.70
First year of peak production: 1993
Peak production (million tonnes per year): 5.90
Water depth: 102.4m
Gravity: 39°API
Sulphur content: 0.40%
Transport system: Oil and NGLs piped to Cruden Bay via Forties system. Rich gas transported through a new line to St. Fergus and on to Boddom Power Station.
Extension into other UK blocks: Block number, licence number and licensee/company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:

16/8b, P.341

Conoco (UK) Ltd. 50.00
Saxon Oil Ltd. 10.00
Saga Petroleum UK Ltd. 20.00
Saxon Oil Miller Ltd. 20.00
Remarks: Production via a fixed manned steel platform.
Name Miller After Hugh Miller (1802-1856) the Scottish geologist and man of letters.

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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