UK independent EnQuest says first oil from its US$2.6 billion Kraken heavy development in the UK North Sea is on track for Q2 after hook-up works completed. The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland…
Cairn Energy was awarded license option (LO) 16/18 in the Atlantic Ireland Licensing Round in 1H 2016, in addition to a farm-in to a 70% working interest and operatorship in the adjacent LO 16/19 with Europa Oil & Gas with plans for 3D seismic in 2017…
Sparrows Group has secured a contract to provide crane management services at the Kraken field in the UK North Sea. Over three years, Sparrows will provide support during the pre-operations and operations phase aboard the floating, production…
EnQuest confirmed that its Kraken floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) arrived in the North Sea, set to deliver first oil in Q2 2017. Image of EnQuest. The US$2…
Cairn Energy is moving to further explore Senegal, and working towards first oil in the North Sea this year, in what the company calls an eventful period. The Kraken FPSO, from Cairn. “The…
Israel's Delek Group has made a US$524 million offer for UK independent explorer and producer Ithaca Energy. The offer, a 12% premium on Ithaca's last closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange, would see Delek take over Ithaca's UK North Sea portfolio…
The floating production systems market remains challenging. Will cost-cutting measures made over the past two years help projects reach final investment decision in 2017? Infield’s Catarina Podevyn assesses the market. Johan Castberg…
UK independent EnQuest has brought its Scolty and Crathes development in the UK North Sea onstream. The firm also confirmed sailaway of the US$2.6 billion Kraken development floating production, storage and offloading vessel is due in coming days…
EnQuest has named Neil McCulloch as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO), who will also join the board as an executive director. McCulloch, currently EnQuest’s president, North Sea, is being promoted to the group position of COO…
First oil on EnQuest's Kraken heavy oil field in the UK North Sea is on track for 1H 2017 after the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the project set out for a deepwater anchorage. Vessel operator Bumi Armada…
North Sea independent EnQuest has cut the cost of its Kraken heavy oil development in the North Sea by a further US$150 million, thanks to progress on the drilling campaign and subsea workscopes. The cost of the development, which will see a floating production…
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary, Keppel FELS, delivered the Floatel Triumph semisubmersible to Floatel International, which will work on Chevron's Wheatstone, and INPEX's Ichthys Field, off Western Australia. The Floatel Triumph is…
UK independent EnQuest's proposed deal with Delek Group over the sale of a stake in the Kraken development in the UK North Sea has fallen through. EnQuest said the two parties had been unable to reach an agreement and discussions have been terminated…
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine is on track to deliver the Armada Kraken floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Bumi Armada, marking the Malaysian oilfield service company's entry into the North Sea. The Armada Kraken…
EnQuest and Delek Group have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to farm out 20% interest in the Kraken heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. The area is located in Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c in License P1575, approximately 350km northeast of the city of Aberdeen…
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