Kraken heavy oil field in the UK North Sea is on schedule for a production start the second quarter following arrival at the field of the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, reports operator EnQuest PLC (OGJ Online, Nov. 18, 2013).
The FPSO is on station and securely moored, awaiting commissioning of the topsides, reconstruction of the turret area pipeline, and connection of the risers and umbilicals to the swivel stack. That work will be followed by commissioning of the subsea infrastructure, EnQuest said.
Kraken is in the East Shetland basin, west of the North Viking graben about 125 km east of the Shetland Islands.
Enquest, which has a 70.5% interest in the field, expects peak gross production of 50,000 b/d. Cairn Energy PLC holds 29.5%.
