It comprised 11 platforms, 8 subsea wellhead completions and interconnecting pipelines centered about 155 km east of Flamborough Head Yorkshire.
However, its remote location near the UK / Netherlands median line meant there was no infrastructure to support the export of gas.
The discovery by Shell Oil of the Schooner Carboniferous gas field in Block 44/26 in December 1986 made the development of CMS viable.
Production from MD began in October 1993 and was through the 188 km 26” pipeline to the Theddlethorpe gas terminal (TGT) in Lincolnshire.
[1] Conoco's Boulton field (1997) and Shell's Schooner and Ketch platforms were tied into the Murdoch system in 1996 and 1999 respectively.
These were as shown in the following table, together with data on the peak rate and cumulative production of gas in million cubic metres (mcm).
[6] New pipeline reception facilities and process plant was installed at TGT as part of the CMS development.
[3]Wellhead gas from the individual fields was routed to either the Suction, the Interstage or the Discharge Manifold on Murdoch MC depending on its pressure.