Miller oilfield
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The Miller oilfield is a deep reservoir under the North Sea
, 240 kilometres northeast of Peterhead
in UKCS Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b. It was discovered in 1982 by BP
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 150000 barrels (23,848.1 m³) of oil and 255 mmscf of gas per day. Miller produced some 345 Moilbbl of oil during its lifetime.
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 underway to decommission the Miller platform, but the oil and gas pipelines will be preserved for future opportunities.
On 1 April 2009, sixteen people were killed in the crash of a helicopter
carrying workers from the Miller field back to Aberdeen.
Miller oil was pumped via a 7.5 km-long, 18 inches (457.2 mm) export pipeline to the Brae A platform and then onwards via the Forties pipeline system
to the mainland.
In 2003, BP constructed a new 8.5 km, 16 inches (406.4 mm) gas pipeline between the Brae B and Miller platforms to allow gas to be exported from Brae to Miller for use in the Miller Field EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) scheme.
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
, 240 kilometres northeast of Peterhead
Peterhead
Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....
in UKCS Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b. It was discovered in 1982 by BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
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 150000 barrels (23,848.1 m³) of oil and 255 mmscf of gas per day. Miller produced some 345 Moilbbl of oil during its lifetime.
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 underway to decommission the Miller platform, but the oil and gas pipelines will be preserved for future opportunities.
On 1 April 2009, sixteen people were killed in the crash of a helicopter
April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash
The April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash, which involved a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 belonging to Bond Offshore Helicopters, engaged on flight 85N, that crashed northeast of Peterhead, Scotland just before 2:00 pm on 1 April 2009 in the North Sea while returning from a BP oil...
carrying workers from the Miller field back to Aberdeen.
Export pipelines
Gas export from Miller was via a sour gas pipeline system (Miller Gas System) comprising a 241 km, 30 inches (762 mm) sealine to St Fergus and then on via a 17.5 km 26 inches (660.4 mm) landline to Peterhead Power Station.Miller oil was pumped via a 7.5 km-long, 18 inches (457.2 mm) export pipeline to the Brae A platform and then onwards via the Forties pipeline system
Forties pipeline system
The Forties pipeline system is a pre-eminent pipeline network in the North Sea carrying 30% of the UK's oil, or about of oil a day, to shore. It is owned and operated by UK-based global energy company BP, who retained the asset after selling the Forties oilfield to Apache Corp. in 2003...
to the mainland.
In 2003, BP constructed a new 8.5 km, 16 inches (406.4 mm) gas pipeline between the Brae B and Miller platforms to allow gas to be exported from Brae to Miller for use in the Miller Field EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) scheme.