Oil and gas field · Norway
Murchison
Murchison is a closed oil and gas field in Norway, with 93.2 million boe of recoverable reserves, its owner available on request.
We hold more on this asset.Commodities, discovered, location, onshore or offshore, operator, owner, start year and status: available on request.
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Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Norway | Sodir FactPages · record · NLOD 2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | Sodir FactPages · record · NLOD 2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1980 | Sodir FactPages · record · NLOD 2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 1975 | Sodir FactPages · record · NLOD 2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Available on request | NSTA Open Data · NSTA User Agreement · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Recoverable reserves | 93.2 million boe (original recoverable) | Sodir FactPages · record · NLOD 2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Also recorded as
2 sources record Murchison; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murchison | asset:sodir-field:43665 | Sodir FactPages | — |
| Murchison | asset:nsta-field:murchison | NSTA Open Data | Same name and start and discovery years |
How it compares
Murchison is the 78th-largest of 140 oil and gas fields in Norway by recoverable reserves; its 93.2 million boe is 0.13% of the 70,075 million boe we hold for Norway. Ranks and totals cover the oil and gas fields in our data that report their recoverable reserves, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 78th of 140 | 70,075 million boe | 0.13% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- Production started
- Recoverable reserves estimated: 93.2 million boe
Place
Other oil and gas fields in Norway
- Troll11,422 million boe
- Statfjord4,512 million boe
- Ekofisk4,453 million boe
- Oseberg3,625 million boe
- Åsgard2,875 million boe
- Johan Sverdrup2,654 million boe
- Gullfaks2,639 million boe
- Ormen Lange2,208 million boe
Data on this page
- NSTA Open Data. NSTA Open Data, NSTA User Agreement.
- Sodir. Sodir FactPages, NLOD 2.0.