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Enquest’s Kraken FPSO Heads for Deepwater Anchorage


EnQuest announced Monday that the FPSO vessel for the Kraken development has completed its shore-based commissioning activities at the quayside in Singapore. 

The vessel’s inclination testing program has also been completed.

The vessel has left the yard and is now sailing to its deepwater anchorage, to undertake commissioning work on the water injection pumps, HSP power fluid pumps, sulphate reduction packages, lifeboats and fire, water and deluge systems.

The FPSO is on schedule to sailaway to the North Sea during this quarter. The journey should take approximately 50 days, bringing the vessel to Kraken field on course for first oil in first-half 2017.

Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea.

Source: Global oil and gas

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