North Sea Kraken FPSO out of service after pump issues
June 6, 2023
Production from the EnQuest-operated Kraken oil field in the UK northern North Sea remains shut in following the recent failure of hydraulic submersible pump transformers on the FPSO.
First oil from the Kraken heavy-oil producing asset was delivered in June 2017, with the field development plan completed around the end of the first quarter of 2019.
Offshore staff
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia— Production from the EnQuest-operated Kraken oil field in the UK northern North Sea remains shut in following the recent failure of hydraulic submersible pump transformers on the FPSO.
The vessel, owned by Bumi Armada subsidiary, Armada Kraken Pte Ltd. (AKPL), operates under a bareboat charter contract.
AKPL and EnQuest attempted a restart of the facility following a remediation program but thus was unsuccessful, and the FPSO remains shut in.
The two parties are assessing alternative solutions with the aim of restoring production, on a phased basis, in the next few weeks.
Maintenance activities, originally scheduled for execution during single train operations this summer, have been brought forward to negate the need for any further planned outages in 2023.
