Oil field · Norway
Murchison
Murchison is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea. It produced from 1980 to 2014. Production has ceased. Over its life it produced about 91.1 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL.
Production
Murchison produced about 91.1 million barrels of oil, condensate and NGL and 348 million cubic metres of gas between January 1981 and February 2014.
Latest: 240 barrels a day in February 2014. Highest year: 1984, averaging 53,000 barrels a day. Highest month: May 1984.
Latest: 0 million cubic metres a day in February 2014. Highest year: 1984, averaging 0.22 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: February 1984.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil, condensate and NGL, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 (Jan–Feb) | 320 | 0 |
| 2013 | 480 | 0 |
| 2012 | 750 | 0 |
| 2011 | 860 | 0 |
| 2010 | 780 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1,200 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1,300 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1,400 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1,500 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1,400 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1,600 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2,000 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1,800 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1,500 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3,000 | 0.001 |
| 1999 | 4,400 | 0.011 |
| 1998 | 4,700 | 0.016 |
| 1997 | 5,000 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 4,100 | 0.016 |
| 1995 | 3,600 | 0.011 |
| 1994 | 4,000 | 0.012 |
| 1993 | 5,100 | 0.025 |
| 1992 | 8,300 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 7,000 | 0.031 |
| 1990 | 8,500 | 0.021 |
| 1989 | 8,600 | 0.046 |
| 1988 | 9,300 | 0.065 |
| 1987 | 6,300 | 0.066 |
| 1986 | 17,000 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 32,000 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 53,000 | 0.22 |
| 1983 | 19,000 | 0.052 |
| 1982 | 18,000 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12,000 | 0 |
Field details
| Status | Shut down |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Discovery well | ? |
| First production | September 1980 |
| Sea area | North Sea |
| Supply base | Peterhead, Skottland |
| Expected total recovery | oil 87.2 million barrels; gas 350 million cubic metres; NGL 0.3 million tonnes (Sodir estimate, 2025) |
| Produced so far | 100% of the expected total |
| Wellbores inside the outline | 4 |
| Official record | Sodir FactPage |
Platforms and installations
No installations are recorded for the field.
Nearby
- The field crosses the Norway–UK boundary: see Murchison (UK side).
- Fields within 10 km: Statfjord Nord (6.1 km), Statfjord (7.5 km).
Sources
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir): field, production, reserves, licensee and facility data from the FactPages, with production monthly to August 2026.
Offshore Data Atlas converts the reported volumes to barrels and cubic metres a day (one cubic metre is 6.29 barrels). Norwegian figures are saleable production.