Murchison (UK)	(Oryx)
Offshore oil field in production.
Block and licence number:	211/19a, P.104
Map reference:	Plate 6
Licensees and company interest in block (%) at end of 1997:
Oryx UK Energy Company	88.33
Ranger Oil (UK) Ltd	11.67
Date of discovery:	September 1975
Production start:	September 1980
Operator’s estimate of:
Recoverable reserves originally present (million tonnes):	(Murchison Total) 52.78 (Murchison UK only) 41.06
First year of peak production:	1983
Peak production (million tonnes per year):	5.40
Water depth:	156m
Gravity:	36°API
Sulphur content:	Low
Transport system:	Oil and NGLs piped to Sullom Voe via Dunlin and South Cormorant. Gas transported via the Northern Leg and FLAGS.
Extension into other UK blocks:	None
Remarks:	77.8% of Murchison field lies in the UK, the remainder in Norway. Licence data covers UK interest only. Reserves and peak production statistics include the Norwegian sector of the field.
Name Murchison	Named after Sir Roderick Murchison (1792-1871), a Victorian geologist who conducted some of his studies as a guest of the Czar of Russia.

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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