Kraken North Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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Kraken North Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in United Kingdom.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kraken North Oil and Gas Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Kraken North operating[1] Enquest[1] Enquest PLC [70%]; Waldorf Production UK PLC [29%][2][2] 2013[3] 2013[4] 2017[3] conventional[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Kraken North Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production gas 14.63 million m³/y 2019 ​[5]
production oil 1.84 million bbl/y 2019 ​[5]
production gas 6.74 million m³/y 2022 ​[6]
production oil 1.31 million bbl/y 2022 ​[6]
production associated gas 6.22 million m³/y 2023 ​[7]
production dry gas 0.0 million m³/y 2023 ​[7]
production gas condensate 0.0 million bbl/y 2023 ​[7]
production oil 1.12 million bbl/y 2023 ​[7]

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Kraken North Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
9/2B-6[4] offshore, United Kingdom[7] offshore[8] 59.9655, 1.274 (exact)[7]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://data.nstauthority.co.uk/arcgis/rest/services/Public_WGS84/UKCS_Offshore_Fields_WGS84/FeatureServer/0. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20250515162230/https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/documents/NSTAUTHORITY::field-partners/about. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/documents/OGAUTHORITY::oga-offshore-zipped-shapefiles-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758ec3e5274a6faebebded/Full_List_of_Offshore_Field_Approvals__September_2016_.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/oga-field-production-points-pprs-wgs84. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::-nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)