Oil field · UK
Kraken
Kraken is an oil field in the northern North Sea, operated by EnQuest PLC. It was discovered in 1995 and has produced since 2016. In July 2026 it produced about 10,000 barrels of oil and condensate a day.
Production
Kraken has produced about 68.9 million barrels of oil and condensate and 317 million cubic metres of gas since June 2017.
Latest: 10,000 barrels a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2020, averaging 33,000 barrels a day. Highest month: November 2019.
Latest: 0.067 million cubic metres a day in July 2026. Highest year: 2021, averaging 0.12 million cubic metres a day. Highest month: January 2022.
Average production by year
| Year | Oil and condensate, barrels a day | Gas, million m³ a day |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Jul) | 11,000 | 0.075 |
| 2025 | 13,000 | 0.086 |
| 2024 | 15,000 | 0.088 |
| 2023 | 16,000 | 0.088 |
| 2022 | 22,000 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 26,000 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 33,000 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 30,000 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 22,000 | 0.082 |
| 2017 (Jun–Dec) | 9,900 | 0.041 |
Field details
| Status | Producing |
|---|---|
| Type | Oil field |
| Operator | EnQuest PLC |
| Partners |
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| Original operator | EnQuest |
| Discovered | October 1995 (well 9/02-1) |
| First production | September 2016 |
| Water depth | 118 m |
| Region | Northern North Sea |
| Wells inside the outline | 6 |
Platforms and installations
Licences
The field lies in this current licence:
Nearby
- Fields within 10 km: Kraken North (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.