Oil field · UK
Kraken North
Kraken North is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by EnQuest PLC. It was discovered in 2013 and has produced since 2017. In July 2026 it produced about 1,600 barrels of oil and condensate a day.
Production
Kraken North has produced about 13.1 million barrels of oil and condensate and 71.8 million cubic metres of gas since November 2017.
Latest: 1,600 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2018, averaging 8,300 barrels a day. Highest month: January 2018.
Latest: 0.01 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2019, averaging 0.04 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: November 2019.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 1,700 | 0.011 |
| 2025 | 2,300 | 0.015 |
| 2024 | 2,700 | 0.015 |
| 2023 | 3,100 | 0.017 |
| 2022 | 3,500 | 0.018 |
| 2021 | 4,200 | 0.017 |
| 2020 | 5,100 | 0.037 |
| 2019 | 5,000 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 8,300 | 0.029 |
| 2017 (Nov–Dec) | 5,200 | 0.01 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | EnQuest PLC |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | EnQuest |
| Discovered | May 2013 (well 9/02b-6) |
| First production | September 2017 |
| Water depth | 123 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
Platforms and installations
No platforms or production ships are recorded on the field or within 2 km of it. It is probably produced through wells on the seabed, piped to a platform elsewhere.
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Kraken (0.8 km).
Sources
Production: NSTA, UKCS field production reports (PPRS), monthly to July 2026. Field details, platforms, licences and wells: NSTA open data, as on the atlas map. Contains information provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and/or other third parties. Used under the NSTA Open User Licence.
Offshore Data Atlas converts the reported volumes to barrels and cubic metres a day (one cubic metre is 6.29 barrels). UK gas figures are all the gas produced, including gas used offshore as fuel, flared or put back into the reservoir.