Kraken Oil and Gas Field (United Kingdom)

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

Kraken Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Kraken Project.

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Kraken operating[1] Enquest[1] Enquest PLC [70%]; Waldorf Production UK PLC [29%][2][3][2][3] 1995[4] 2013[5] 2016[4] conventional[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kraken Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil reserves 128.0 million bbl 2017 ​[6]

Table 3: Production from Kraken 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 36.69 million m³/y 2019 ​[7]
production oil 11.0 million bbl/y 2019 ​[7]
production gas 44.23 million m³/y 2022 ​[8]
production oil 8.19 million bbl/y 2022 ​[8]
production associated gas 32.27 million m³/y 2023 ​[9]
production dry gas 0.0 million m³/y 2023 ​[9]
production gas condensate 0.0 million bbl/y 2023 ​[9]
production oil 5.74 million bbl/y 2023 ​[9]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kraken Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
9/2-1[5] offshore, United Kingdom[9] offshore[10] 59.9091, 1.2503 (exact)[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Kraken Project ():

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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 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230510225600/https://www.waldorf-production.com/assets/kraken/. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220817104615/https://www.scottishenergynews.com/aberdeens-first-oil-company-goes-bust-after-giving-away-kraken-stake-to-cairn-energy/. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/documents/OGAUTHORITY::oga-offshore-zipped-shapefiles-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758ec3e5274a6faebebded/Full_List_of_Offshore_Field_Approvals__September_2016_.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170823145401/http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/179802/enquest-has-delivered-kraken-heavy-oil-field-considerably-under-budget-179802.html. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://data-ogauthority.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/oga-field-production-points-pprs-wgs84. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::-nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://opendata-nstauthority.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/NSTAUTHORITY::nsta-field-production-pprs-wgs84/about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)