Name and Location
Kraken field development project, North Sea, UK.

Client
EnQuest.

Project Description
Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of the North Viking Graben. It is one of the largest current development projects in the UK North Sea and has an expected production life of up to 25 years.

The field is estimated to contain an estimated 140-million barrels of gross oil reserves, with gross peak oil production expected to be more than 50 000 bbl/d.

Value
£4-billion.

Duration
First oil production is expected in 2017.

Latest Developments
Technip has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract for the Kraken development.

The contract covers various project management engineering and installation works, including:
• fabrication and pipelay of about 50 km of rigid pipe, 25 km of metallurgically clad pipe and 25 km of high-density polyethylene-lined pipe,
• installation of three umbilicals totalling 14 km,
• installation of 7 km of flexible risers and jumpers,
• template and manifold installation at three drill centres,
• diverless tie-ins to pipelines and manifolds, and
• pipeline flooding, hydrotesting and leak testing.

Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen, UK, will execute the contract.

The group’s spoolbase, in Evanton, will weld and load-out the rigid pipe and Technip Umbilicals, Technip’s wholly owned subsidiary, in Newcastle, will manufacture the umbilical. All construction work on the project will be undertaken using diverless construction methods.

Several vessels from the Technip fleet will be used for the offshore campaign, including Technip’s Deep Energy, one of the largest pipelay vessels ever built.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Technip (engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
EnQuest, tel +44 20 7925 4900, fax +44 20 7925 4936 or communications@enquest.com.
Technip public relations, Christophe Bélorgeot, tel +33 1 47 78 39 92 or email press@technip.com.